iPhone's Summer Production Glitches Create Holiday Jitters (wsj.com) 48
Yoko Kubota, Tripp Mickle, and Takashi Mochizuki, reporting for WSJ: Apple's new iPhone, which is expected to be unveiled Tuesday, was plagued by production glitches early in the manufacturing process this summer, according to people familiar with the situation, which could result in extended supply shortfalls and shipping delays when customers start ordering the device later this month (alternative source). New iPhones are typically in short supply when first released. But if shortfalls of the new phone extend beyond the initial sales period, which is expected to begin September 22, they could weaken analysts' and investors' projections for sales in the crucial holiday period. The production glitches led to a setback of about a month in the manufacturing timetable. Foxconn, the Apple contractor that assembles iPhones, has been ramping up production at its manufacturing complex in Zhengzhou, China. The company is paying bonuses to employees who can help bring new hires on board at its Zhengzhou plant, which Foxconn said in June employs about 250,000 people.
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These supply shortfalls are related to increased labor and environmental regulation by leftists.
This is China. What labor and environmental regulations are you babbling about?
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But they're literally a communist state, of course they're leftist. Politics in its entirety can be explained by a simple left/right dichotomy -- right? It's like you don't even read 99% of facebook and/or youtube comments.
(But what does that mean for Russia, AC's other punching bag? They used to be communist aka super-mega-cereal-lefty, but now they're not. Are they now on the right? I'm so confused)
Trivia: which president created the EPA, and which party was he from? Hint: his last name ends in 'ix
Too Bad So Sad (Score:4, Insightful)
So it looks like many iPhone users are just going to have to keep using their current phone that they probably just recently upgraded to just a little longer then. Oh noes! How horrific!
Or perhaps this will get at least a few off the constant upgrade treadmill at last when they realize the world didn't end just because they can't get the latest shiny nao.
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(not logged in because of mods, yes I mod)
So I'm confused.
When you say, "not logged in because of mods", I think, "Oh, he doesn't like Mods!"
However, when you say, yes I mod, it sounds like you do like them. Depending on the definition of what the phrase "I mod" is, Dr. Clinton.
So what is it . . . ? : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
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That is an account with a UID in the five millions. Certainly not ten years old.
Don't be faking us that Creimer has quit. Oh, the outrage, you fraudster.
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Creimer is neither a mod nor a rocker.
Creimer's mom doesn't let him wear that sort of outfits out in public.
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Creimer's mom doesn't let him wear that sort of outfits out in public.
Well, that's just grand . . . so he is running around in the nude, wherever he is . . .
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Because only technical support from inanimate objects makes it possible for you to coax a woman to be near you?
iPhone shortfall? Holiday Jitters? (Score:2, Funny)
Oh no! Forget about Irma. This is a REAL emergency! To alleviate this problem, let's start the holiday season on the 4th of July instead of Labor Day. Better yet you should start it on Valentine's Day. Oh hell, just make it all year, like campaign season.
No. (Score:5, Insightful)
I predict that this year the demand for shiny new electronic gadgets will be less, simply because the economy (real economy, not the Fed-reported propaganda) is bad. People have no money and they're up to their eyeballs in debt (at record levels now).
Don't believe me? Box office receipts and retail numbers are tanking this year, because ordinary people have less disposable money (even as easy Fed monetary policy is keeping equity/real estate prices at record highs)
Also not helping is Apple's (and Samsung's) insistence that useful, proven technology that works well (fingerprint scanner / Home button) must be discarded so they can make the screen fill up the entirety of the phone. What's gonna take the place of the fingerprint scanner? Face recognition. Except that for face recognition to work, you have to bring the phone up to the correct angle in front of your face, and your face can't be covered in shaving cream or green beauty mud or anything else. Oh and you can't be in bed with your face in the pillow while unlocking your phone now, you have to be make yourself presentable enough for the facial recognition to work.
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Don't believe me? Box office receipts and retail numbers are tanking this year, because ordinary people have less disposable money (even as easy Fed monetary policy is keeping equity/real estate prices at record highs)
Or new movies are shit and people prefer to buy stuff online because they don't get pressured by salespeople trying to keep up with ever increasing and desperate sales demands from struggling retailers.
Wrong (Score:3, Interesting)
Movie receipts are down because Hollowood continues to dig itself deeper in the same hole of crap it started digging years ago.
The economy by most other indicators is ticking up. Yes savings rate is down a bit at the moment but consumer confidence is still pretty high.
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Box office receipts are only down in the US. Movies have been doing quite well internationally. Hollywood has discovered that there is more than the domestic market, and if you look at a few of the movies, you'll find Chinese production companies at least partnering in the movies. Why? China is a huge market, and they WANT US movies. There is a really strong demand for foreign movie
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People have no money and they're up to their eyeballs in debt (at record levels now). . . . Box office receipts and retail numbers are tanking this year, because ordinary people have less disposable money
Correlation != causality. I would argue that Box office receipts are down because there were lots of terrible movies released and streaming content is on the rise. I would also argue that retail is hurting due to online sales.
Also not helping is Apple's (and Samsung's) insistence that useful, proven technology that works well (fingerprint scanner / Home button) must be discarded so they can make the screen fill up the entirety of the phone. What's gonna take the place of the fingerprint scanner?
Your assertion is that Apple has eliminated the fingerprint scanner on a phone not released. It's a rumor that Apple has done that. There are rumors that Apple has ditched the sensor because they couldn't get it to work under the screen but that it has the hardware. But these are all r
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Box office receipts and retail numbers are tanking this year, because ordinary people have less disposable money
I still have disposable money, I just don't want to dispose of it on the pile of recycled offal that Hollywood pushed out this summer. I like going to the movies, it's been well-documented that this summer was a collection of absolute duds and scripts that should have been killed off at the concept phase.
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When I am looking for an electronic pocket gadget to buy, I always look to see which is the most profitable supplier, because that way I can pay the highest price.
Call the whaaaaaaaaambulance (Score:2)
Classic FUD (Score:2)
If this isn't a textbook example of spreading FUD, I don't know what is!
Thanks, Samsung!
Sure hope the BATTERIES in the Galaxy Note 8 DON'T EXPLODE!!!!\
Back atcha!
Bonus for new hires! (Score:2)
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