iPad 9's stock shortage?

[ebendl]

So I've been saving ebucks to buy an iPad 9 - Takealot had it for ~ R5500 the other day for the 64 GB Wifi version.

But I see they no longer sell it - which I now believe are due to stock shortages.

Furthermore I also noticed that the iStore now has a 4 - 6 week lead time on it:




Even the 256GB is out of stock with 4 weeks waiting time:



Does anybody know what is going on?

EDIT: probably the global chip storage, eh?

 

[charlieharper]

Yea, also shortage on the new Macbooks and iPhones

 

[ebendl]

I wanted to argue that surely Apple can sort out supply of their own A and M chips, but then again, they are probably struggling to find some of the other chips used in these devices.

 

[Roger Banana]

Message iStore on their site during working hours tomorrow to check if any of their stores have stock. I managed to get one when it said 4 to 6 weeks

 

[Magandroid]

Apple has confirmed that it will cut manufacturing of IPads to concentrate on iPhones only due to global chip shortage.

Apple cuts iPad production to feed chips to iPhone 13 -Nikkei

Apple Inc has cut back production of iPad tablets to allocate more components to the iPhone 13, a sign the global chip supply crunch is hitting Apple harder than previously indicated, Nikkei said on Tuesday, citing multiple sources.

www.reuters.com

 

[ebendl]

Ugh, I wonder if I should just go ahead and try and backorder one.

Is it worth it to add iCare + @ R599?

 

[Mr Smooth]

Have you tried Digicape? They much better than dealing with Core Group.
I took the iCare warranty.

 

[ebendl]

Have you tried Digicape? They much better than dealing with Core Group.
I took the iCare warranty.

I have a crapload of ebucks available, so it either has to be iStore or Takealot, unfortunately.

I did contact the iStore this morning via their chat - they say no stock available anywhere due to the global Apple stock shortages due to the chip shortage.