iPad 2 could be in short supply at launch

By on Feb 23, 2011 at 12:57 PM
Tablets February 23, 2011

An unconfirmed report from industry watcher DigiTimes suggests Apple may have been forced to reduce its first-quarter iPad production by as much as 50%. The report cites upstream component makers in claiming Apple’s first-quarter iPad 2 production volume has been revised down from between 400,000 and 600,000 units to between 300,000 and 400,000 units. The new lower production targets are allegedly the result of display panel shortages and last-minute specification changes Apple made ahead of production. Earlier rumors suggested Apple’s spec changes might delay the launch of Apple’s iPad 2, but DigiTimes claims the tablet is still on track for a second-quarter release. Apple is expected to unveil its next-generation iPad tablet at a media event next week.

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  • Anonymous

    [insert snide comment about overemphasis on apple news here]

  • Anonymous

    I’d like to wager my birthday cake that the next 5 articles posted on BGR today will be about crApple!

    • Anonymous

      If so why do you care? Why did you bother to comment on this article? Since you don’t know why, I will tell you the reason:

      This company has changed the face of tech for the past ten years and even you, an Apple hater, can’t wait to see what they do next so some other company can copy them and so you can have bragging rights.

      • mazine16

        Really?!? apple changed the face of the tech for the past 10 years??!!? What are you smoking?

        Apple has been behind w/ its technology for a long time. granted they made the iphone, but guess what, during the expo in 2003 there were similar prototypes by nokia already

        Apple is highly overpriced for what it is! even the iPhone 4 came out and was behind the curve already! no HD (until an update later) camera, only 5mp camera?! oh and….WHERE IS THE WHITE iPhone!?

        so apple didn’t make the white iPhone 4 cuz of the camera….forgot the camera in the ipad (but hey you can still view pics) :-)

        But i understand why apple didn’t come out w/ the white iPhone 4 yet…cuz apple never made a product in WHITE before…..oh wait (they did)! LOL

    • sirpaul

      So far so good! The 2 articles after this one are both about Apple. 3 to go!

  • Anonymous

    What would the spec changes be?

    • Anonymous

      More Ram and probably dual core.

  • Anonymous

    Hurry BGR, Steve Jobs has been spotted in New York City (with David Blaine)!!

  • Dope

    All the dopes that think the Xoom will come close to the ipad 2, you’re dopes

    • Johnny Rotten Crotch

      Yea like the Ipad 2 will have HDMI,SD slot. I don’t think so. Apple always comes up short on the specs and idiots like yourself eat it up. Your a sad Apple fan.

      • Anonymous

        oh YEAH? well I heard its gonna have a USB port! cutting edge baby!! woot!!!

        oh dear…I feel faint

        *sits down*

      • Anonymous

        oh my god really! I guess I have to drop another $700…
        I love basic functionality!

  • John

    You know, thi$ iPad bu$iness really could take off. If Apple choo$e$ to add better feature$, I might ju$t be willing to pick one up.

    There’$ ju$t one thing that’$ holding me back, though…

  • http://twitter.com/Davva360 David Moore

    Isn’t almost every Apple product in short supply at launch?

  • Anonymous

    I live in a pretty big city…I’ve only seen 2 people with an iPad in the last 6 months. Yet I hear these gargantuan sales figures. I’m not questioning the figures, it just seems odd to me. Any one else have a similar experience?

    • Bluelou65

      seems an aweful lot like you’re questioning the sales figures. maybe you should team up with the app developer who can estimate iphone sales based on how many people download his app; you can estimate how many ipads are sold based on the number of people you see using them. 2 people with an ipad in a pretty big city * # of big cities + 15% of that number for the rural areas gets me to around 326 ipads sold nationwide; maybe triple that to get to worldwide sales and i estimate 1,000 ipads sold worldwide (give or take).

      • Anonymous

        lol. Really! I’m not trying to be a troll (this time). It’s just kind of crazy to me that, given the population of this town, I can be so underexposed to a product that everyone seems to be so crazy about.

      • Anonymous

        I’m from NYC. I see AT LEAST 5 a day.

      • Bluelou65

        @ Rob_P:

        5 per day could be an outlier but i’ll change my estimate to 1,583 sold worldwide (subject to change as more big cities report in)

  • Anonymous

    Please, make it stop.

  • Batteman87

    Right…..There is only 12 made better hurry! Hype/rumor machine is cranked!

  • 1eyeBandit

    Starting the think those so-called “Analyst” are on Apple’s payroll. Trying to create more of a buzz for their product launches. Apple doesn’t have to advertise as much if they constantly have “analysts” and bloggers doing it for them.

    • Anonymous

      the quality of the products speaks for themselves. the market agrees. you are misguided.

      • 1eyeBandit

        Quality is relative. Unfortunately you & my one eye are misguided

      • Anonymous

        consumers vote with their dollars. Apple products have received more votes than their peers. That should tell you something.

  • mudfish

    Cause this never happens…..(eyes in full roll effect)

  • http://twitter.com/hawaiiinsomniac hawaiiinsomniac

    ha… I’m thinking of buying one and selling it on eBay. $$

  • Anonymous

    You can’t believe DigiTimes given their record with this kind of thing.

  • Anonymous

    Apple always has supposed short supplies due to this or that. Its just a marketing ploy, and one they do very well unfortunately. They release a product in short supply then that makes everyone want it more because they can’t have one. Its just a classic case of “the chase”, where men want the woman they cannot get. The thrill of the chase is more satisfying than the product they get at the end. Then that causes the second phenomenon of “Keeping up with the Jones”.

  • http://twitter.com/D4mi4n1988 Damian Wozniak

    Will be good to buy, use for a little bit, then sell and still make a few $

  • mazine16

    Ok!! this is just another BS way of apple to make sure everyone will go crazy and pay top bucks for this enlarged ipod touch!

  • Anonymous

    Makes sense, since Steve Jobs is not there to “crack the whip” so to speak.

    http://www.privacy-resources.at.tc

  • Anonymous

    What the…
    If they are using the same display like the first one, then why are they having shortages?

  • JD

    Of course there will be a shortage. That’s how Apple does things. Release very little & tell everyone they are selling faster.

  • fjpoblam

    I look at it this way: if they’re in short supply, then that means I’ll have to wait until some other folks try them out, and I get the chance to see whether somebody else (or a bunch of somebody elses) think the new iPad’s worth my money. I was thinking seriously about tossing out the bucks for a pair of iPads, but Apple’s been what I think is a little uppity lately. (I know many others disagree.) So I’m not totally committed to buying anymore…

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