Demand for the Apple Watch Series 4 has exceeded expectations generated by Apple, causing a "bottleneck" for the manufacturer. The manufacturing company cannot increase production further, and the apple company has been forced to commission the production of the Apple Watch Series 4 to a second manufacturer.
In this case, the order is made to the Taiwanese manufacturer Compal Electronics, which will start mass production in November, when you have all your facilities ready to deal with orders. We know the information from DigiTimes.
Therefore, both Compal and the first Taiwanese manufacturer Quanta Computer will coordinate to supply the unforeseen demand for Apple's watch. Last week, the Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo told us that the reserve orders had exceeded Apple's expectations, which led to a good reception of the watch in the market.
As Ming-Chi Kuo also advanced, this new Apple supplier in regards to the Apple Watch Series 4, will be in charge mainly from the final assembly. Product estimates speak of 18 to 19.5 million watches in 2018, counting the Series 4 and the rest of the range. This figure is not verifiable with Apple, since it has never provided the number of Apple Watch sold, it is only limited to categorizing it within "other products", sharing space with Apple TV, AirPods and HomePod.
In any case, each time you see more Apple Watch on the wrists of the people with whom we pass every day. The reasons for the success of this Apple watch are: new design much more current than its predecessor, being wider and flatter and the versions with LTE. For example, this modality is the first time that it can be marketed in Spain and many users in forums notified of their certain purchase in case of having a model with LTE.
Now we only ask Apple not to delay the shipping and receiving days for long in favor of users who want to have their Apple Watch Series 4 shortly before.