TAIPEI, Taiwan — The first day of the pre-order of Apple Watch has sold out one million units that proves Apple Watch is one of the unmistakable trends in 2015. However, according to Apple, Apple Watch won’t released as its original date on April 24. It is believed due to some supply chains’ problems.
Allegedly, due to the defect-free rate of key components from the upstream suppliers resulted in the late packaging and shipment of the downstream suppliers. It is widely circulated that it does negative influence on Taiwanese supply chains like Quanta and TPK, especially that of the second quarter in 2015.
The original official release date was on April 24, however, the release date has been changed into “The watch is coming” based on Apple’s official website. In other words, Apple isn’t confident enough in shipping Apple Watch.
Quanta and TPK withheld a comment on it with respect to the delayed of Apple Watch. According to an earlier report, Quanta’s packaging defect-free rate has reached to 60 percent, the problem falls on poor defect-free rate of components with haptic feedback and AMOLED display panels.
Furthermore, AAC is the supplier of haptic feedback components of Apple Watch, while LGD is the solo supplier of AMOLED of the watch.
