If you want to buy any of these, you can buy through the Apple store.But when you arrive at the buy page, you will see that it will tell you that yo need to wait 4-5 weeks!
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| Apple Pencil - Apple wants you to either learn or buy |
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| Find out at the first buy screen on product availability |
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| Apple Pencil availability is show prominently on the buy screen |
Why the long wait?
1. Apple decided to launch the product - despite not having build up enough inventory. Why? To beat the holiday rush. Or the first batch of product has not been built, shipped, warehoused, or stocked.
2. Apple is experimenting with a "demand driven" buy-build-ship model, where the lead time between you clicking on buy and you receiving the product is 5 weeks. Why? Apple Pencil is "the only product in town", so buyers don't mind waiting 5 weeks. Or, Apple isn't sure of demand, it would rather build on demand... although maybe can track by iPad Pro attachment rate?
3. Apple is still having New Product Introduction issues - design issues (can't get the freakin thing to work), quality issues (it only works some of the time), performance issues (it works, but it is laggy) supply issues (critical component is not keeping up with demand), inbound deliver issues (parts are available but receiving them too late), outbound delivery issues (finished goods is available, but stuck somewhere)
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