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So real talk: Do we even know what on earth is causing this supply constrain?

beldenben said:
The problem wasn't with the manufacturing, it was with the name. Apple has had the entire team scanning through dictionaries and thesauruses, consulting with scientists, being coached by trained linguists, all to make sure that instead of calling them 'rubber' bands they are 'fluoroelastomer' bands.
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Y'know, it's a real thing.

From Wikipedia:

A fluoroelastomer is a special purpose fluorocarbon-based synthetic rubber. It has wide chemical resistance and superior performance, especially in high temperature application in different media.
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In other words: it's not rubber.
 
pmau said:
My guess: Software.

Believe it or not. The watch was ready at the first keynote.

...Seriously: The hardware was ready ... and sport models do not rely on sapphire. I think they dropped the ball and redesigned the whole software.
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You are way off the mark and have no idea what you're talking about. The Apple Watch was still being developed and the hardware was still undergoing changes. Would you like to know at least one thing that changed between the keynote introduction and now? The placement of the Digital Crown. Since the keynote introduction, the Digital Crown has been relocated closer to the watch's display, making it easier to spin it with your finger.

I love how people claim that something is "wrong" here when in fact, everything is just fine. Apple pre-announced a product that was still in the final stages of development and they are just now wrapping things up, on time and as promised. Simple as that, nothing more.
 
Stetrain said:
That wouldn't cause a slow shipping rate. If there were enough watches sitting in storage for everyone who has ordered one, and all they had to do was flash the new software build and ship them, then everyone would be getting them within a week of the launch date.
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its not Apple's style to produce zillions of units and risk someone stealing them etc. Not to mention that there's a lot of little parts to be put together to make one.

They probably didn't start final production until the second keynote. it just turns out that it was so insanely popular that folks were willing to order sight unseen. Not really a bad thing from their POV
 
I have a feeling that Apple was planning to have about 5 million for launch, but something caused the delay in production and inventory was reduced in half. I think globally there was about just over 2 million in pre-sales.

Why would Apple have a launch day and then change to June. In the past they have always set aside a certain amount for pre-sales and a certain amount for walk-in sales. This time they completely ran out of pre-sales and did not even have any available for walk-in sales for April 24th.

This is just my opinion, not based on facts.
 
This is a question by someone who could not possibly have worked in any type of manufacturing industry. The coordination to get this all to come together on the planned date is MASSIVE. I cannot imagine how they managed to keep so much of it secret until release.

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vi2867 said:
I have a feeling that Apple was planning to have about 5 million for launch, but something caused the delay in production and inventory was reduced in half. I think globally there was about just over 2 million in pre-sales.

Why would Apple have a launch day and then change to June. In the past they have always set aside a certain amount for pre-sales and a certain amount for walk-in sales. This time they completely ran out of pre-sales and did not even have any available for walk-in sales for April 24th.

This is just my opinion, not based on facts.
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Wait? WHAT WAS THAT? Launch day was not moved to June. June is when they expect to catch up with 2-3 million pre orders.
 
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