Apple still can’t build enough iPad minis:
A common issue often presents itself when
Apple (
AAPL) launches new products: it can’t build them fast enough. We’ve seen it time and time again, most recently when Apple launched the
iPhone 5 and
150,000 dedicated factory workers still couldn’t keep up with demand. Now, a report has surfaced claiming that Apple’s manufacturing partners in the Far East can’t build units fast enough to keep pace with Apple’s
iPad mini orders.
According to
Digitimes’ supply chain sources, Apple’s parts suppliers have prepared enough components to build between 10 million and 12 million iPad mini tablets in the fourth quarter to accomodate heavy demand. Apple’s manufacturing partners are only expected to ship 8 million assembled units, however.
The report states that yield rates are improving though, and Apple is expected to ship 13 million iPad mini tablets in the first quarter of 2013.
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