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Even with a month’s lag products would already be in mass production, it regularly takes over a month just to ship goods from China to the US & Europe. Lead tim
by jon-wood 5y ago
Even with a month’s lag products would already be in mass production, it regularly takes over a month just to ship goods from China to the US & Europe. Lead time on a new production line can easily run from six months to over a year depending on complexity.
If they’re still having problems with the production lines they’re not going to be shipping to customers in a little over a month, short of using air freight to get goods across, and that would make a substantial dent in profit margins at scale.
- madmoose 5y agoApple does fly a lot of their products out of China so it doesn't take a month.
- nicce 5y agoYup. Last year I bought Apple Watch and it left China in next day.
- djrogers 5y ago> short of using air freight to get goods across Most iPhones and Apple Watches I’ve ever purchased on launch day ship via air from China to a FedEx hub somewhere in CONUS, then on to me. Takes about 3 days…