On Monday, Cook was reluctant to guarantee investors that the company could produce enough Retina iPad mini units to satisfy consumer demand, and said: “It’s unclear whether we will have enough for the quarter or not,” in response to a question from Steve Milunovich, an analyst with UBS. “We know how many we will have, but you really don’t know the demand until you start shipping.”
While the fifth-generation iPad Air will be released on Nov. 1, the Retina iPad mini is said to become available later in November. The fact that the new iPad mini is launching after the new full-sized iPad also could be interpreted to mean that Apple may not be able to meet demand for the new 7.9-inch tablet this holiday season, Apple Insider reported.
Prior to the announcement of the Retina iPad mini last week, multiple reports surfaced predicting that production issues could limit the device’s supply through the end of this year and until early 2014.
Last week, Timothy Arcuri of Cowen and Company said in a note to investors that the Retina iPad mini could face tight supply constraints ahead of this year’s holiday shopping season as Apple is expected to encounter problems with producing the high-resolution displays for the tablet. According to him, the company is not expected to ramp up production of its Retina iPad mini 2 until early 2014.
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