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iPad Supply Constraints Begin to Ease, iPhone 4 Expected to Follow
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iP4 Can Be Found In Some Apple Stores' Stockrooms
Phone around and you'll probably find an Apple Store with some in stock. I reserved and bought in a day 4 weeks ago. Friend phoned and bought his immediately 2 weeks ago. So I wouldn't let this article discourage you from calling around to find one for sale today.
I'd say that the iPad sales are slowing down. The hype is over. People who want one bought one already. The new ad is here to triggering new attention. After all. There's no need for ads when a product sells well.
The iPad will of course keep selling, but at a [much] slower rate. The same thing happened with the iPhone 4.
The iPad will of course keep selling, but at a [much] slower rate. The same thing happened with the iPhone 4.
Ordered iPhone 4
I preordered my iPad and love it!!! Yesterday, I finally purchased an iPhone 4 (had to twist AT&T's arm). I checked my email this morning and it has already shipped. They told me they were experiencing a week delay in shipping, but it shipped the next day. I would say Apple's suppliers are catching up with demand.
I preordered my iPad and love it!!! Yesterday, I finally purchased an iPhone 4 (had to twist AT&T's arm). I checked my email this morning and it has already shipped. They told me they were experiencing a week delay in shipping, but it shipped the next day. I would say Apple's suppliers are catching up with demand.
The iPad should soon be available in Denmark now that demand in other countries is slowing down. Putting less stress on suppliers. Giving Apple the opportunity to introduce it everywhere. Good for you.
ramin' up supply
cross checked from many resources of the supply chain of iPad and iPhone 4.
iPad production for this month, Aug. is around 1.4~1.5KK and keep ramping up to 2.0+KK in Sep and ~3KK in Oct.
As a result, iPad was projected to ship 12KK in 2010
iPhone 4 production is ramping up as fast as the supply chain can. Also from the resources of component makers, it implied that the monthly shipment for iPhone 4 is around 6KK in Aug.
cross checked from many resources of the supply chain of iPad and iPhone 4.
iPad production for this month, Aug. is around 1.4~1.5KK and keep ramping up to 2.0+KK in Sep and ~3KK in Oct.
As a result, iPad was projected to ship 12KK in 2010
iPhone 4 production is ramping up as fast as the supply chain can. Also from the resources of component makers, it implied that the monthly shipment for iPhone 4 is around 6KK in Aug.
My Dad just bought an iPad in Dallas, TX.... and not only were there none to be found in the city... but he had to wait almost three weeks for his order to come in.
This was for a 16GB 3G.
Just anecdotal... but I think there is still some demand out there.
This was for a 16GB 3G.
Just anecdotal... but I think there is still some demand out there.
Is it that the surge subsided? It doesn't really appear so; the article quoted clearly said that production was increasing and that shipments would increase by nearly 50% by the end of this quarter. It looks like supply is finally catching up to demand rather than demand falling to supply.
Screw the iPad 1st Gen, Apple needs to release an iPad with a webcam real soon before the market comes swooping in...
If the 2nd Gen has a 7" model and has a webcam... I'm buying.
If the 2nd Gen has a 7" model and has a webcam... I'm buying.
You mean they aren't? After all the reports that the iPad is selling like crazy overseas already?
That's amazing! A 45% increase in Q4 from Q3 in shipments. The surge has not subsided at all. Quite the opposite, from these figures.
iPads constrained
So you can find iPads at a NYC Apple Store? So what?
Best Buy finally has them in-stock at some stores - but you can't buy them online ("Please call"). Amazon doesn't have a single model in stock that is fulfilled by Amazon. eBay iPads regularly sell at a >$100 premium.
Demand doesn't seem to have slowed - supply is BARELY starting to catch up. The supply that is available seems to go preferentially to B&M Apple Stores, then the online Apple Store, then select retailers. There was an article recently about Apple's efforts to improve the waiting lists at their stores.
As others have said, this doesn't factor in other countries (and their ensuing launches). Remember what Jobs said: "We're making them as fast as we can" - and that seems to be accelerating...
So you can find iPads at a NYC Apple Store? So what?
Best Buy finally has them in-stock at some stores - but you can't buy them online ("Please call"). Amazon doesn't have a single model in stock that is fulfilled by Amazon. eBay iPads regularly sell at a >$100 premium.
Demand doesn't seem to have slowed - supply is BARELY starting to catch up. The supply that is available seems to go preferentially to B&M Apple Stores, then the online Apple Store, then select retailers. There was an article recently about Apple's efforts to improve the waiting lists at their stores.
As others have said, this doesn't factor in other countries (and their ensuing launches). Remember what Jobs said: "We're making them as fast as we can" - and that seems to be accelerating...
It just depends when you go it seems....I walked into a local store in Dallas today to try and buy the IP4 as a surprise for the wife and was told they didn't have any but "here take this card and call between 11-1pm to check"...so i think others are right they get them in stock, but then they all get bought up by the end of the day...so call around...some sales clerks are nice and just give you a time window to check back...others in Dallas have said there is no way to buy them in stores now (i think these people are just sick of people asking about the IP4) and tell you just to order online...while others just say to check back randomly....so basically...how bad to want it I guess as it still seems to be a bit of work.
Master Chief said:
Shut down the assembly line, Apple, Master Chief has spoken.
You mean the iPhone 4 that people still can't get their hands on?
Your logic fails on one point--shipments of both products are increasing, not decreasing. That means that the products are selling almost as quickly now as they were the week after they hit the market. iPads are still selling at a rate of nearly a million a month and I can't begin to estimate iPhone 4 sales as yet. It looks to me that the products are selling just fine and the new commercial is simply to pop a reminder into the heads of people who haven't yet noticed them. (Believe me, more techies know about Apple's products than do Average Consumers.)
Does anybody else think this is calculated supply and demand? They must have known how many they will sell initially, they also know that if they produce less, we all want them more and seek it out!
Yay Capitalism rules (my iPhone 4 is on order , bahaha!)
Yay Capitalism rules (my iPhone 4 is on order , bahaha!)
I think average consumers know more about Apple's products than say Google or Microsoft's products.
The 16GB 3G+WIFI and the 16GB WIFI are the most popular ones.
I had to wait around 2 weeks for my pre-ordered iPad to arrive.
The 32GB and 64GB were in stock most of the time.
*my information is based on Germany
What happened to iPhone4? Sales are still through the roof. Plus iPad came out first so how can you judge the iPad sales based on iPhone 4?
This is how I got mine, about three weeks after launch. This was a store in a Buffalo suburb.
Wow, looks like that Foxconn rally helped a lot! They can really pick up the pace when you hand them some Spider-Man costumes.
...I kid, I kid!
...I kid, I kid!