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Production delays on iPhone x

Is Apple really having production issues or are they purposely not funding a fast production?

  • Really having issues they don't know how to fix

  • Lying, they're not funding a fast enough production

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Spooner83

Spooner83

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It really disappoints me that the iPhone x has such a limited production. I mean, not even a quarter of the units made for iPhone 8 are being made for iPhone x. This is the shortest supple for an iPhone Apple has ever had, it seems. I can't believe that a company as wealthy and famous as Apple can't get their **** together to produce enough of a product that so many customer want. It shows flaws in their company in my opinion. It's like they really aren't as amazing as customers think. It's a weakness. If they really wanted to meet the customers' demand, they would. If they can't, they are not as great as we think they actually are. Samsung was getting note 8's shipped to people before the release date. Samsung is on top of their game. Apple is failing so miserably. I mean, you're Apple! Yet, you can't get enough of these produced to meet the majority of customer's pre-orders to fulfill your iPhone x release date?? Pathetic.

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Spooner83 said:
It really disappoints me that the iPhone x has such a limited production. I mean, not even a quarter of the units made for iPhone 8 are being made for iPhone x. This is the shortest supple for an iPhone Apple has ever had, it seems. I can't believe that a company as wealthy and famous as Apple can't get their **** together to produce enough of a product that so many customer want. It shows flaws in their company in my opinion. It's like they really aren't as amazing as customers think. It's a weakness. If they really wanted to meet the customers' demand, they would. If they can't, they are not as great as we think they actually are. Samsung was getting note 8's shipped to people before the release date. Samsung is on top of their game. Apple is failing so miserably. I mean, you're Apple! Yet, you can't get enough of these produced to meet the majority of customer's pre-orders to fulfill your iPhone x release date?? Pathetic.

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By the time you get one the new iphone will be out
 
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Nobody knows how many units will be available at launch. Yeah it will be hard to get but right now we don't know all the details on how much stock goes to the online stock or even the phone carriers.
 
I think these delays are intentional and have nothing to do with a supply shortage. Apple was unsure how the X and the weird notch were going to be received. If there was a lot of backlash over it they wouldn’t be sitting on a stockpile of phones that no one wants.
 
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I love Apple but every year they have a certain model iPhone that has production delays. This year, it's the iPhone X. Apple proudly admits their fixes to every release of iOS in order to make the operating system more convenient and smarter. So, you'd think they'd do the same and learn from mistakes on iPhone production errors. It's just silly that they have production issues on the new iPhone that is supposed to be groundbreaking.

Like, "oh, we have this amazing new smartphone that does all this cool stuff but we're not smart enough to fix our production line errors that we've had for ten years. So, you won't get one on release day unless you wait outside the store overnight to try and get one of the 4 units that your local Apple store has" It's so frustrating!! Apple is better than this. I feel like we're being treated like mindless sheep.
 
It’s not the same production line errors.

Every new device will have its own yield and production problems.

Every time I come out with something new, I always have these problems. Sometimes it takes a year to get things running as smooth as I want them.
 
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You're gonna get blasted with a bunch of people telling you how difficult it is to produce iPhones on a massive scale. And to be fair, they are certainly correct. But yea, everyyyy year and every product has some kind of delay that limits numbers at launch. Really makes you wonder.
 
BeefSupreme said:
It’s not the same production line errors.

Every new device will have its own yield and production problems.

Every time I come out with something new, I always have these problems. Sometimes it takes a year to get things running as smooth as I want them.
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Yet, Samsung came back after having a phone that literally blows up in your hands, to meet customer's demands even before the release date. I'm losing respect for Apple.
 
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Oh undoubtedly if they poured a ton of money into production they could get it out in quantity a lot quicker - the trouble is in doing so they'd wipe out the profit from the device entirely and then some...
 
eoblaed said:
Yeah. Apple intentionally restricts how many units they'll ship to customers, thereby hurting their profits because ... reasons. :rolleyes:
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because spacing them out over months instead of a week guarantees profits and demand for months.
 
Spooner83 said:
because spacing them out over months instead of a week guarantees profits and demand for months.
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Denying potential customers a device and delaying giving it to them for months increases the chances those customers will go purchase something else. Or won't get anything and will just wait for the 'next thing'.

No, there's no salacious conspiracy here. It's simply the consequence of trying to manufacture cutting edge technology with new factories (to try to produce the mass volumes of that new tech) for millions upon millions upon millions of customers. There's always issues with new tech and the production thereof. There always has been and there always will be. Companies like Apple absolutely want to get as many of these devices into the hands of customers as quickly as possible.
 
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BeefSupreme said:
It’s not the same production line errors.

Every new device will have its own yield and production problems.

Every time I come out with something new, I always have these problems. Sometimes it takes a year to get things running as smooth as I want them.
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Oh, sure. Now we're expected to listen to someone who actually has experience with production lines issues! :D
 
Spooner83 said:
Yet, Samsung came back after having a phone that literally blows up in your hands, to meet customer's demands even before the release date. I'm losing respect for Apple.
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1. Demand for a new iPhone near release is usually much higher then demand for a new Samsung. 2. The Note 8 is basically an S8 with a stylus. 3. Samsung is Apple's only supplier for the OLED panel with 3D Touch, so shortages can be expected based on demand. 4. Apple doesn't care about having your respect.
 
There are no real problems year after year, it’s all the analysts trying to get attention.

Apple produce iPhones to manage the peak demand period, but they don’t produce to match that peak demand, as that would be extremely inefficient.

So it’s normal for demand to exceed supply when the new iPhone products launch.

If Apple added additional production, that capital investment would be wasted when the peak demand had subsided.
 
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Spooner83 said:
I love Apple but every year they have a certain model iPhone that has production delays. This year, it's the iPhone X. Apple proudly admits their fixes to every release of iOS in order to make the operating system more convenient and smarter. So, you'd think they'd do the same and learn from mistakes on iPhone production errors. It's just silly that they have production issues on the new iPhone that is supposed to be groundbreaking.

Like, "oh, we have this amazing new smartphone that does all this cool stuff but we're not smart enough to fix our production line errors that we've had for ten years. So, you won't get one on release day unless you wait outside the store overnight to try and get one of the 4 units that your local Apple store has" It's so frustrating!! Apple is better than this. I feel like we're being treated like mindless sheep.
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Sounds more like the real issue is impatience. You don't want to wait for the new phone. Gimme, gimme, gimme.
 
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