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IPhone X faces delays due to parts called ‘Romeo and Juliet’
The iPhone X’s supply chain woes now have the making of a Shakespearean tragedy.
Early Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported (paywall) that the components of the iPhone X giving Apple the most trouble are named Romeo and Juliet.
The pair combine to make Apple’s brand new Face ID feature possible, with Romeo projecting the 30,000 invisible dots that create a depth map of your face and Juliet analyzing them to unlock your phone.
And though, like their literary namesakes, Romeo and Juliet are destined to be together, the components have tripped up* the tech giant because Romeo takes longer to manufacture than Juliet, causing a supply imbalance and slowing down production.
In other words, there are many Juliets in Apple’s factories waiting for their Romeo to arrive.
This is just the latest supply chain rumor to loom over the iPhone X’s impending Nov. 3 release date.
Previous reports indicated that it was the production of the iPhone X’s edge-to-edge OLED screen — a first for Apple — that was causing most of the issues.
Apple was eventually forced to scrap its Touch ID fingerprint scanner for the X because it was difficult to incorporate into the new design.
The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, on the other hand, still have Touch ID sensors, but do not feature Face ID.
Before this report, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo had predicted that Apple will not be able to fully meet demand until halfway through 2018. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus start at $699 and $799, respectively, while the iPhone X starts at an eye-watering $999.
Apple’s so-called “future of the smartphone” will be made available for pre-order on Oct. 27, and hits stores Nov. 3.
蘋果iPhone X生產因零部件問題再遇麻煩
知情人士稱，蘋果公司在新款手機iPhone X的生產方面遇到了又一個障礙，這次的問題出在被稱為“羅密歐與朱麗葉”的一對零部件上。這一問題更增加了外界對缺貨的擔憂。
9月12日，蘋果負責全球市場營銷的高級副總裁Philip Schiller在發布會上介紹iPhone X。 圖片來源： JOSH EDELSON/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
知情人士稱，蘋果公司(Apple Inc. ,AAPL)在新款手機iPhone X的生產方面遇到了又一個障礙，這次的問題出在被稱為“羅密歐與朱麗葉”的一對零部件上。
外界原本就擔心，等到11月初開賣的時候，缺貨的情形可能會持續較長時間，這個障礙更增加了外界的擔憂。
上述知情人士說，這對“羅密歐與朱麗葉”零部件是新的面部識別系統中的一陰一陽兩部分；面部識別可以讓iPhone X用戶通過掃臉的方式解鎖手機。
這些人士說，裝配羅密歐模組的用時比裝配朱麗葉模組的用時要長，這導致了供應不平衡。其中一位人士說，這是iPhone X量產過程中的一個瓶頸，有可能令這款手機在11月3日開售後的前期短缺問題比往年更嚴重。
羅密歐和朱麗葉模組是蘋果面部識別系統中兩個至關重要的部件，該系統以3D傳感器技術為基礎。羅密歐模組主要包括一個點投影儀，該投影儀利用一個激光裝置在用戶的面部投射3萬個激光點，基本可以測繪出用戶獨一無二的面部特征。朱麗葉模組包括能讀取面部特征數據的紅外攝像頭。
其中一名知情人士說，羅密歐模組由LG Innotek和夏普公司(Sharp Co.)裝配....
