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Shortages of Components and Labor Affecting iPhone and iPad Production?
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I think this sets the right tone.
I was very pleased to find a few iPad's in a UK branch of John Lewis yesterday, having been out of stock practically since the launch. I Intended to buy a WiFi only 32 Gbyte model, but ended up getting a WiFi+3G 32GByte. The extra money I paid I hope, in a small way, will go towards regenerating the Apple resources in Japan.
Japan produces some of the most cutting edge technology we have. The people are warm and generous. Part of me feels a little guilty about enjoying an iPad, knowing that people who help to bring these devices to market are suffering, and another part feels that by buying and enjoying these things, we are respecting them.
My prayers are with the people of Japan, and those people in other parts of the world affected by Earthquake and Tornado..
I think this sets the right tone.
I was very pleased to find a few iPad's in a UK branch of John Lewis yesterday, having been out of stock practically since the launch. I Intended to buy a WiFi only 32 Gbyte model, but ended up getting a WiFi+3G 32GByte. The extra money I paid I hope, in a small way, will go towards regenerating the Apple resources in Japan.
Japan produces some of the most cutting edge technology we have. The people are warm and generous. Part of me feels a little guilty about enjoying an iPad, knowing that people who help to bring these devices to market are suffering, and another part feels that by buying and enjoying these things, we are respecting them.
My prayers are with the people of Japan, and those people in other parts of the world affected by Earthquake and Tornado..
Finely tuned racing engines.
When manufacturers design cars, they consider an engines performance and life. It is possible to produce powerful engines that will propel cars from 0-60 in sub 3 seconds, the problem is that they are stressed engines and tend not to last very long. Fo a car engine to be long lasting and reliable, it needs detuning..
Part of Apple's product success is by careful timing and creating suspense. The rumours were rife, a year before the iPad's initial launch as was the rumour and secrecy surrounding the iPhone 4. Like a finely tuned performance engine, it doesn't take too much to tip the whole supply and demand link into blow-up. Is the product going to be as good as expected? What will the competition do? never mind can we get the product to the customer...
This year's launch if the iPad2 had to be timed carefully, with little room for error because of the forthcoming tablets about to hit the market. If Apple are unlucky, the slow delivery will swing demand onto their competitors, or it could just increase the suspense?
When manufacturers design cars, they consider an engines performance and life. It is possible to produce powerful engines that will propel cars from 0-60 in sub 3 seconds, the problem is that they are stressed engines and tend not to last very long. Fo a car engine to be long lasting and reliable, it needs detuning..
Part of Apple's product success is by careful timing and creating suspense. The rumours were rife, a year before the iPad's initial launch as was the rumour and secrecy surrounding the iPhone 4. Like a finely tuned performance engine, it doesn't take too much to tip the whole supply and demand link into blow-up. Is the product going to be as good as expected? What will the competition do? never mind can we get the product to the customer...
This year's launch if the iPad2 had to be timed carefully, with little room for error because of the forthcoming tablets about to hit the market. If Apple are unlucky, the slow delivery will swing demand onto their competitors, or it could just increase the suspense?
It's pretty remarkable that as many are being built as it is, given the conditions that still exist in Japan.
We should be very grateful it's not us over there. Suddenly an iPad wouldn't be at the top of ones priority list.
We should be very grateful it's not us over there. Suddenly an iPad wouldn't be at the top of ones priority list.
Well gee Apple, if the Far East fails to meet supply for whatever reason you increase price to reduce demand or you have the West/Middle-East create the products.
bought one
it took 5 days to get here in alberta canada from china. my apple TV and Logic pro upgrade box took 9 days to get from ontario to here. PLUS apple needs to include HDMI cables with the apple TV.
it took 5 days to get here in alberta canada from china. my apple TV and Logic pro upgrade box took 9 days to get from ontario to here. PLUS apple needs to include HDMI cables with the apple TV.
Apple's margins are large enough to pay every single worker $100 per hour and still turn a hefty profit. Apple sells $800 worth of parts inside a shiny case for $3,000, you know they could.
Obviously you dislike Apple for some inane reason, why contribute to an Apple forum?
Yes we get it
1) Apple makes a massive profit and could pay its poor Foxconn workers more but it doesn't... If you don't agree then don't support Apple, it's that simple.
2) Apple does sell at a premium, is it justified? Not sure but people still pay the prices.
3) Apple also tends to underspec machines sometime, but they still sell well.
There are things we all know about Apple but all I know is that my 2006 iMac and 2008 MBP has outlasted 6 Dell lappys from work.
I believe it's already impacted Apple's quality, since this year alone I've had to return all three orders, once or twice each. An experience unlike in prior years and we're not even half way thru 2011."An increased rate of defective products in the future" as a consequence of this is quite shocking. More backlight bleeding iPad 2s = more unhappy customers....
The degradation of Apple quality has had a multifaceted negative impact. First it's unsettling to experience since one begins to lose confidence in Apple.
Second it's costly to the customer in time and money.
Third as a shareholder it greatly concerns me.
I think that I will postpone further purchases until next year, thereby giving Apple a fair amount of time to sort out their quality issues. This will also insure that I don't experience any more wasted time and money on returns.
It's very disappointing, but its the prudent thing to do. Unfortunately as the one that my family and friends look to for advice, I will be forced to share the bad news with them, so as to save them from the same fate.
Hopefully 2012 will see Apple return to its trustworthy position of the past.