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Not being able to produce your incredibly high profit margin product fast enough to meet demand is an okay problem to have, as long as it doesn’t persist. AirPo
by empath75 9y ago
Not being able to produce your incredibly high profit margin product fast enough to meet demand is an okay problem to have, as long as it doesn’t persist. AirPods were back ordered for most of a year, but now they’re stocked in stores.
- mercer 9y agoI just upgraded from an iPhone 5 to an iPhone 7, and I still the AirPods were a more worthwhile purchase. I've also seen a steady increase of usage whenever I'm out and about. I'm not surprised they were unable to meet demand. In fact, I got so used to these things that I have not noticed until this thread that my audio jack disappeared.
- macintux 9y agoI haven't used my audio jack since I got my AirPods. Mine could disappear and I wouldn't notice. The only thing that I semi-regret, lacking the usual earbuds, is being able to use the clicker to take photos when I wanted a steady shot.
- stupidcar 9y agoI don't know, if I were an Apple investor (I'm not) I might be kind of pissed that supposed supply chain geniuses missed out on billions in potential sales because of entirely foreseeable and avoidable difficulties. Are regular employees whose screw ups cost their employer massive sums given a second chance? Why do we hold executives to a lower standard of performance than those below them?
- icebraining 9y agomissed out on billions in potential sales Did they, though? Is there a real replacement that people might have purchased instead?
- empath75 9y agoWhy do you think they've missed out on billions of potential sales? They're going to sell iphone X's as fast as they can make them and the overflow is likely to go to 8's, not Samsung or Google.
- mcphage 9y ago> I might be kind of pissed that supposed supply chain geniuses missed out on billions in potential sales because of entirely foreseeable and avoidable difficulties. Do you think someone else at Apple would have done a better job at getting 3rd party companies to manufacturer their parts faster? Sometimes, things take a while because they take a while, and burning through managers looking for someone who can roll out babies in 6 months instead of 9 just means you burned through all of your good managers.
- scarface74 9y agoI might be kind of pissed that supposed supply chain geniuses missed out on billions in potential sales because of entirely foreseeable and avoidable difficulties. Anyone who is willing to spend $1000 on an iPhone X, probably really wants an iPhone. They aren't going to shrug their shoulders and go buy an Android phone. They are going to wait until it's available. The only people that care about delayed revenue are short term investors. It's not like Apple doesn't have enough money in the bank to meet payroll while supply catches up with demand.