A report coming out of Taiwan says Apple Watch contractor Quanta has borrowed 3,000 workers from fellow Apple partner Foxconn in an effort to decrease the defect rate for the new wearable.
Apple Watch debuted on March 9 at its press conference but until April 10 for pre-orders, the one month waiting time is maybe because of Quanta’s defect-free rate is below expectations.
The report claims the current defect-free rate for the Apple Watch is below 30 percent, which would be a lousy quality rate.
While Apple, Quanta and Foxconn all reportedly agreed that 3,000 Foxconn workers would make a move over to Quanta in an attempt to increase and improve the company’s production output, none of the involved companies would comment on the report.
Another report, via UDN, says the initial shipments of the Apple Watch will total a mere 3 million units. That report doesn’t jibe with an earlier Fortune report saying Apple had ordered 5-6 million units for the initial run.
