The lithium ion cells in the battery are made in Japan.
http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/Pages/Japanese-Earthquake-Poses-Potential-Supply-Problems-for-iPad-2.aspx
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Final iPad 2 shipments will be occuring in the next 2 weeks
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The lithium ion cells in the battery are made in Japan.
http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/Pages/Japanese-Earthquake-Poses-Potential-Supply-Problems-for-iPad-2.aspx
Do we really need another thread like this??? It's plain and simple demand was so much higher than apple anticipated..... They could not predict everyone would want one.. They are doing the best they can to meet demand. So stop with the bs and the apple is out to lie and get everyone!
Why would they stop taking people's money? The iPad is so smoking hot they could change the wait time to 2 months and people would still order. If that's what they in fact intend to do, why would they do it until they absolutely have to? They will merely email existing order holders and update the wait time with an option to cancel. They could easily know now that it will be 8 weeks or more and not tell anyone for another 1-2 weeks.
True or not, this news seems plausible. Just because you don't want to hear it doesn't automatically make it BS. None of you naysayers give a single reason why you think it's false.
Yea right. Troll.
One post Apple is hoarding to drive up demand. In the next they are stopping production.
There's a good reason it's called MacRUMORS
One post Apple is hoarding to drive up demand. In the next they are stopping production.
There's a good reason it's called MacRUMORS
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Yea...because they wouldn't do so otherwise (??).
I'm not saying I believe what the OP is saying, but for everyone who is just spouting negativity and disagreement- don't. What he said does make sense, and I very much so doubt anything he listed is completely baseless. We will see if he's right in a few weeks. And if he's wrong...who cares?
An unnamed source has told me that your source's 90% accuracy rate has been inflated by 50%.
But my source states that inflation of 50% has been inflated by 65%. Wait huh?!
Disclaimer, I on on the 5 week waiting list with Apple and could not care less if it is 5 weeks or 15. I don't know what percentage of Apple's parts come out of Japan, but if more than a few, supply chain impacts are hardly surprising IMO.
If iPad 2's are no longer a viability, does that mean iPad 1's are going to get real popular ($$)? Hey speculators, you going to run out and buy up iPad 1's?
If this is right, considering what's going on in Japan right now, a shortage of iPad's should not register as a concern to anybody.
Shortage or not, I really hope so. That just seems to make reseller's lives that much easier.
You make is sound like this is something important. Like food, water, or gasoline or something. 'OMG, massive shortages of iPads! What will we do!? The horror
Of course they are not telling the whole truth. Why should they unless required by law? A corporation being vague to keep competitors guessing and markets moving? Color me surprised.
Eh, I'll/we'll live. It does make you wonder, if true, how this may impact Apple's schedule for other products in the pipe line. Heck, this little issue in Japan could ripple through the entire CE industry and really set schedules on their ears. If they need a good lead time to get holiday products in the warehouses a delay of a few months could be a big deal.
If iPad 2's are no longer a viability, does that mean iPad 1's are going to get real popular ($$)? Hey speculators, you going to run out and buy up iPad 1's?
Damn, I thought this thread was full of enough misinformation and outright lies, and now we have this post. Will this thread just die? Can we please just bring it out back and do it in with a shotgun already?
Thanks to the OP for sharing. Only time will tell if the facts are correct. But if you remove the extremes of comments in this thread, the unfortunate situation in Japan could just make it more difficult for Apple to quickly fill the demand that is out there. They are not about to stop making anything. Slowdown? possible. But if I were Apple, I would continue to take orders hoping that the delays will be short lived and that they will ultimately fill all possible orders. Overwhelming demand is a good problem, but a problem nonetheless.
Look back about 9 months - I think everybody who wants an iPhone 4 probably has one by now, but they were a little difficult to get when they first came out too.
This too, shall pass.
Look back about 9 months - I think everybody who wants an iPhone 4 probably has one by now, but they were a little difficult to get when they first came out too.
This too, shall pass.
I don't know about it being the last shipment, but general consensus seems to be that the next major batch of iPads are coming in two weeks. My friends at Target were saying that, the 3rd party vendors I was calling about iPad before ordering said similar things and minimum wait for the iPad from the online Apple seems to be 2 weeks (or is it 3 now?)
For guys who are trying to get the iPad. Wait for that second week shipment guys, hopefully you won't be fighting over limited supplies with gougers.
For guys who are trying to get the iPad. Wait for that second week shipment guys, hopefully you won't be fighting over limited supplies with gougers.
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Get off Steelers' nuts about the A5 chip being made in Japan. Notice he said "I think". Meaning "I'm not sure". He probably doesn't care as much as some of you where it's made to research it. Jesus this forum is full of people who post to bag on others. And quite frankly it's annoying and is considered baiting.
OT: I don't think any of this is true. Like others have said, it would make sense to cease online orders if this was the case. They also might have released some sort of statement by now, right?
Get off Steelers' nuts about the A5 chip being made in Japan. Notice he said "I think". Meaning "I'm not sure". He probably doesn't care as much as some of you where it's made to research it. Jesus this forum is full of people who post to bag on others. And quite frankly it's annoying and is considered baiting.
OT: I don't think any of this is true. Like others have said, it would make sense to cease online orders if this was the case. They also might have released some sort of statement by now, right?
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This is why I am beginning to dislike macrumors. You get one attention seeker making up crap daily.
This is why I am beginning to dislike macrumors. You get one attention seeker making up crap daily.
That's why it is called MacRumors....
The best part of this thread is the laughing baby....
