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Originally Posted by Hellmark
It has been widely reported that Apple has had production issues due to the Japan 'quakes. Even if you discount what Apple has to say about the issue, you could easily figure out the same info on your own. There have been numerous studies and teardown reports of the iPad 2, with information on what parts are manufactured by who. Going off that, you can then find which companies are currently not producing at full capacity, or at all, due to the quakes.
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there is a lot of that issue. I believe Gorilla Glass, I know not used on the iPad, had a plant either in the area of the nuclear plant or in the prefect hit by the tsunami which has all but stopped many of their products.
And Apple too did have a few components produced in Japan but they can be sourced from other makers in Japan or outside Japan. I am sure Apple and every other brand with important products scheduled for release this year are doing.
I did not re-read the iSupply article but as I recall they, or maybe it was another source, indicated that there was a pretty large supply of components which had been pre-produced to allow for several months of full production before sourcing became an issue.