Posted on Tuesday, May 01 2018 @ 9:55 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Sources in the Taiwanese supply chain
told DigiTimes that Apple has delayed mass production of its new MacBook Air. Manufacturing of a new budget-type was supposed to start later this quarter, but is now scheduled for sometime in the second half of this year. There are no details about what's causing the delay, but some partners speculate it could be caused by issues with some key components. In particular, the partners are pointing to the processors:
The sources said that Apple has informed supply chain partners that mass production of its new notebook model for 2018 will not kick off until the second half of the year, yet without explaining the rescheduling move. Some partners speculated that the postponement might be caused by problems with some key components such as processors.
The new MacBook Air is rumored to have a slim design, a Retina-class screen, and Intel's latest laptop processor series. Pricing is expected to start at just $899 or even $799, which is well below the $999 of the current base model.
