So why are the bands delayed? If they were available in store I would have bought at least 2 more by now. Something weird about this whole rollout.
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Apple Watch in Short Supply Due to Taptic Engine Bottlenecks
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Not intentionally. Did some faulty watches go out before they figured out the problem? That happens sometimes.
I have always believed China is know for quantity and Japan for quality. So this helps explain the backlog. Well it's probably likely some of the watches that used the engine made by the other company will eventually break down but no worries my friends Apple will just replace your watch with one made by the supplier in Japan or elsewhere. This is one of the reasons why Apple doesn't like to mass produce stuff, this way if there are issues it's much easier to correct and the best way to avoid upset customers. Although a lot of us are not thrilled with the fact that we still haven't received our watches that we ordered minutes after launch.
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They may have told the other suppliers to hold off until they get watch production in balance. They don't want to be carrying lots of excess inventory, though I agree it would be nice if they made some available for extra band sales.
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They aren't artificially limiting supply to make it appear more in demand. They are losing impulse buys the longer it gets delayed. More likely what they are doing is waiting for watch production to ramp back up before receiving more bands. They don't want them sitting in a warehouse for weeks at a time.
This is so dumb. People can't buy something that doesn't exist. Most people aren't going to look at 4-6 week delay and say "ooh I have to have this now". What will happen is Apple will lose impulse buyers who would buy it if it was available to ship now. And these impulse buyers may just buy something else since the Watch isn't available.
Of course there were no issues.
That's why they gave away free bumpers and changed the antenna design in the next phone.----------
I must have missed that in TOS.
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Of course! All Apple issues are non issues. I forgot.
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It's the headline on Drudge right now. "DEFECT FOUND IN APPLE WATCH"
Obama did ask the TV news to stop talking about the rioters burn down places. So I guess this counts.
This is not headline news unless it's an Apple news site. No one says that Defective parts made it to the customer. Apple found it during QC and rejected them.
OK this makes me embarrassed to be from the USA. With all the crap going on on our country and the world today and THIS is breaking news?
This could be bad if all the general public remembers is the word defect associated with Apple Watch.
Ordered one for my wife a few minutes after mine (38mm SS Milanese) and she got hers Monday. Where's mine (42mm SS LB), you may ask? Still sitting at 4-6 weeks.
Maybe, but Gruber also notes that he has no way to know who made the defective Taptic engine. Even parts that don't have major defects fail a small percentage of the time.
Can someone elaborate more specifically, but more importantly in basic terms, how the linear actuator works? I love the way it feels on my wrist and I've always been one to be curious on how things work