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Re:Ask HN: Why is there a chip shortage? by noveltyaccount on Monday January 03, 2022 @03:47PM (#29786626)
What does this mean? "Apple has decided to push as much supply chain problems to iPad as they can." Starve iPad so everything else can thrive?
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Re:Ask HN: Why is there a chip shortage? by TradingPlaces on Monday January 03, 2022 @08:30PM (#29789913)
Well, all the devices share a lot of parts. Say there’s a particular power module that goes in iPhone, MacBook and iPad, and that’s the holdup. The choice is to put as many as they can get into iPhone and Mac, and let iPad be delayed. Just checked US Apple Store iPhone 13: Tomorrow M1 MacBook Air: Tomorrow iPad Air: 2 weeks
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Re:Ask HN: Why is there a chip shortage? by marcusklaas on Monday January 03, 2022 @04:04PM (#29786863)
Indeed. I think iPads are their lowest margin product.
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