It's not just consumer demand that's constraining supplies of Apple Watch. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has discovered a major defect with the watch's taptic engine, which is what causes the device to vibrate or "tap" users whenever they receive notifications and alerts. Only two suppliers are producing the critical component, and one of them has rolled faulty hardware off the assembly line.
Taptic engines from AAC Technologies Holdings, which operates in Shenzhen, China, have been found to "break down over time." According to the Journal, this led Apple to scrap some Apple Watches that had otherwise completed the production phase, a decision that has almost certainly affected the smartwatch's availability — but also...
Apple reportedly has a big problem with defective Apple Watches
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