Below is an article on weiphone.com (Google translation below):
Apple Pencil supply shortage is likely to continue until the first quarter of next year
Apple Pencil supply shortage is likely to continue until the first quarter of next year
Apple Pencil is small, but its internal structure is very complex, and this is the main reason for difficulties in the assembly.
Today KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo had forecast in a report, first quarter sales of approximately iPad Pro can reach 240-260 million units, and this achievement is under the premise of limited supply available. Ming-Chi Kuo also talked about Apple Pencil Due to the design of complex, assembled more difficult. Now Wei Feng Net had learned that Apple's supply chain, Apple Pencil supply state is likely to continue into the first quarter of next year.
Supply chain said that in the next three months, Apple Pencil assembly orders apple suppliers submitted very limited, it may be they also predict production problems Apple Pencil encounter. As for the specific order numbers, supply chain sources do not provide. Apple Pencil recently listed together with the iPad Pro, but the latter ordered is sufficient, while the former Apple official website is to wait 4-5 weeks to ship.
Due to the delay reduced delivery time, the opportunity to catch some of the scalpers use Apple Pencil fortunes. For example, in the foreign large-scale shopping site eBay, the original price of $ 99 (the domestic price of 728 yuan) of Apple Pencil been pushed to the highest $ 400 (about 2548 yuan), which is more than the cheapest Apple Watch Smart Watch also expensive. Of course, even if this is still someone willing to buy.
About Apple Pencil phenomenon of delayed shipments, Apple has been no official explanation for this conduct. After stocking the situation does not improve, orders to buy Apple Pencil meant after a month to get the goods.