iPad 2022 and new iMac could be hit with significant delays

iPad 2021 and new iMac could be hit with pregnant delays — here's why

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Apple CEO Tim Cook has warned of iPad 2021 and new iMac 2021 shortages every bit pre-orders open. Both products are bachelor to order starting today, but supply constraints are already existence flagged.

During Apple's Q2 earnings call, Cook was asked about the outlook for iPad and Mac supply for the dorsum end of the yr — and it doesn't look skillful. The semiconductor shortages that have been affecting products like the PS5 and Xbox Series X are spilling over into everything from smartphones to cars. It was just a matter of time earlier Apple felt the furnishings.

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Speaking to the iPad 2021 and new iMac supply (via MacRumors), Apple CFO Luca Maestri explained: "The constraints come from semiconductor shortages that are affecting many industries and it'southward a combination of the shortages and the very high level of demand that we're seeing for both ‌iPad‌ and Mac."

Melt elaborated, noting: "To Luca's point about shortages, those shortages primarily affect ‌iPad‌ and Mac. Nosotros look to be supply gated, not demand gated."

When asked when the supply issues might abate, Melt was unable to comment definitively, merely said that Apple tree would try to overcome the bleep. He acknowledged that a breadth of industries are feeling the compression, and that to "answer that question accurately," Apple "would need to know the true demand from each actor and how that changes over the next few months, so it'southward difficult to give a expert answer."

He added that the company has a "good handle" on information technology's demand. "But what everybody else is doing, I don't know. Nosotros will practise our best, that's what I tin can tell y'all," Cook added.

Knowing that the chip shortages are going to persist for at least another vi months, it's probable that Apple will struggle with keeping up with the need for its latest products.

If you've been on the contend about ordering, only look to the PS5 restock situation; the console is insanely hard to get agree of five months mail-launch. Gamers are still clamoring to get hold of i, fifty-fifty as hardware sales surpass the PS4. So if you don't want to be left high and dry out, nosotros'd propose getting those pre-orders in and securing yourself your new iMac or iPad every bit presently as possible.

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