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Apple Watch Series 7 Production Reportedly Delayed Due to Quality Issues [Updated]
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This information always is delayed so I doubt this close to an announcement it’s being delayed. It probably was over the summer during final validation. If anything maybe it’ll launch in October.
I think you're looking at a longer lead time between pre-order date and delivery time like we've seen with the new iMac's and iPad Pro's. Forget about the days when it was announce new iPhone on Tue for order on Fri and delivery the following Fri. SAD!
Because lots gets lost in translation. Someone probably heard there was a delay. Which could mean literally anything.
this doesn't seem believable. no way production just started now for starters and it has been made pretty clear there absolutely positively is no blood pressure monitoring in this device this year. the story seems flawed all over.
WTH is "complex design" about flat-edges and bigger displays? 🤨
lmao I thought the same. It’s cause the quality of the design blows! Chinese knockoffs already out. Most likely apple has a few and checking them out. Then find the leaked source.
If the quality issue is that the battery barely lasts 24 hours, then that’s no problem bc my SE has been this way since the start.
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Makes no sense. Chinese were able to put The clone Apple watch 7 into the market and a 2.1 trillion dollar company is struggling with the production? haha
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anyone else recall the original round of Watch S7 design rumours? Was the crown not to be replaced with touch sensitive area like indented volume rocker (no actual buttons). If this was actually happening and kept very secretive after first round leaks then yes if not working would be a huge major design flaw.
either way we’ll see in a week.
Not really as long as May. iPhones for example usually begin being manufactured at the end of July.
Given the Apple Watch usually launches at the same time, I'd imagine that's when they started manufacturing them too (or a month later given some delays from last year and this one)
I agree with everyone’s sentiment. These articles get released with information as if it’s in real time. Everything we hear and read has a huge lag time. Design and feature decisions get made months and over a year out from product release. That includes testing and trial runs. These things do not happen weeks before release. The information could be real but this happened long ago. I know this to be fact.
That’s fine. Better than going ahead with it and consumers having issues after purchase. Sort it out.
"Three sources said the current disappointing production quality could be attributed to the complexity of design, which is significantly different from that of previous generations of the watch"
Significantly different? How? They just squared up the outer casing. Otherwise this thing is identical internally to every version before. More likely some of the new companies Apple expanded production to this year suck and aren't up to the task, which is resulting in yield issues. Way to go, Timmy. I thought logistics were supposed to be your thing. Too distracted by all the Anti-trust cases, CASM backlash and internal mutinies going on within your own company to notice things weren't peachy overseas?
Significantly different? How? They just squared up the outer casing. Otherwise this thing is identical internally to every version before. More likely some of the new companies Apple expanded production to this year suck and aren't up to the task, which is resulting in yield issues. Way to go, Timmy. I thought logistics were supposed to be your thing. Too distracted by all the Anti-trust cases, CASM backlash and internal mutinies going on within your own company to notice things weren't peachy overseas?