I bought a a 32g Playbook December 22 and the build date
was 4-21-11. I happened to see a few 16g at the time
and the latest build date I could find was 5-11-11
I'm wondering if they stopped producing them because of the
lack of sales and the tremendous inventory. Out of curiousity
If you just purchased a Playbook, what is your build date ?
A Collins Stewart analyst said on Thursday that RIM may have halted PlayBook production and canceled additional tablet projects.
"We believe RIM has stopped production of its PlayBook and is actively considering exiting the tablet market," Collins Stewart semiconductor analyst John Vihn wrote in a note.
He cited last week's news that contract manufacturer Quanta Computer had laid off a significant number of workers at a factory focused on producing the PlayBook.
"Additionally, our due diligence indicates that RIM has canceled development of additional tablet projects," Vihn wrote.
Not all Playbooks are produced from the same source. My understanding is that RIM had a contract with this company, but they were unhappy with the workmanship from this particular supplier, including recessed power buttons and bulges in the back of the tablet and decided not to renew orders from this specific supplier. My guess is that John Vinh owns Apple products supplied for free while toiling for a British publication owned by Rupert Murdoch.
Last edited by yestoeverything; 12-26-11 at 10:11 AM.
RIM over-estimated the demand for the original release of their tablet (as did most every tablet vendor except Apple). Hence the large write-down of inventory last quarter and all the sales. They need to clear their existing backlog before manufacturing any new units.
I susupect we will see a new version later in 2012 with upgraded hardware specs, but not until they've depleted the current stock.
The good news is the quality and specs of the current release os so good that it won't be obsolete for a while.
I really don't think anyone (outside of RIM) knows the answer to this one. We do know that during the firesale, RIM itself ran out of stock on the 16GB tablet and later got more, suggesting that then, at least, the device was still being manufactured; but, its possible that the new stock was from a warehouse someplace, needing weeks to be put into boxes and shipped to Shopblackberry's shipping centers.
If you still have the box, on the spline is a sticker bearing the serial number and a six-digit date code directly below "Accessories made in China". Mine is "060411", which in DDMMYY format means April 6---which I received in late Nov from Newegg.
Not all Playbooks are produced from the same source. My understanding is that RIM had a contract with this company, but they were unhappy with the workmanship from this particular supplier, including recessed power buttons and bulges in the back of the tablet and decided not to renew orders from this specific supplier. My guess is that John Vinh owns Apple products supplied for free while toiling for a British publication owned by Rupert Murdoch.
I think all PB's are made by Quanta,if its made in Taiwan, then it's made by Quanta.
If you still have the box, on the spline is a sticker bearing the serial number and a six-digit date code directly below "Accessories made in China". Mine is "060411", which could either be June 4 or April 6.
That's April 6. Same as the one we got in November. I don't have the boxes for the other two.
I really don't think anyone (outside of RIM) knows the answer to this one. We do know that during the firesale, RIM itself ran out of stock on the 16GB tablet and later got more, suggesting that then, at least, the device was still being manufactured; but, its possible that the new stock was from a warehouse someplace, needing weeks to be put into boxes and shipped to Shopblackberry's shipping centers.
Yes, how do you determine the manufacture date?
I don't think they manufactured any after the firesale. It's very possible the stock was still in Taiwan. It takes about 14 days for a container ship to cross the pacific. The truck hijacked in Indiana was traveling to Ontario. The schedules fit.
I have one from may, 290411 and 2 I got last week, 031211, so they must still be making them
Are you sure its not 120311 ? There hasn't been one post for a build date
past May..I wonder if the refurbs that BestBuy is selling creates new build dates ?
Are you sure its not 120311 ? There hasn't been one post for a build date
past May..I wonder if the refurbs that BestBuy is selling creates new build dates ?
