Bit of a PR disaster. The product should never have been announced.
Unannounced products are cancelled all the time. Nobody cares, because nobody knows.
Unannounced products are cancelled all the time. Nobody cares, because nobody knows.
My point is you should accept the fact that people will blame/praise that Tim Cook for each product during his tenure because he is the face of the company, and you should not be surprised by it. There is really nothing more to what I am saying.
Surprising, but fascinating to see so much activity over a product that never shipped!77 pages of comments for a minor Apple accessory.
The MacRumors server will surely catch fire and explode if Apple ever cancelled an actual significant product.
I can't recall the last time Tim Cook was praised for anything during his tenure thus far.
I feel this is a demonstration that quite a few people are disenchanted with Apple, whether this is the lack of a MP, the very high cost of some of their products, the 1 year OS upgrade cycle or the keyboard issues. The keyboard particularly seems to me to have caused a lot of angst, and has altered my perspective of Apple.Surprising, but fascinating to see so much activity over a product that never shipped!
Does this device require precise placement? Sounds very good, by the way.
If they ever do such a thing, I hope they'll just drop the "Mac" name. Actually, I wish they'd just discontinued the MacBook Pro moniker after 2015. The new ones are undeserving. And yes, responding to someone in a previous post, it is amazing how I and others have drifted off the original "AirPower" topic - banter has really sort of shifted to Apple product failures of late, generally speaking.I could see them turning the mac into something like a chromebook. Not quite a real computer but some kind of connected internet gadget that looks like a computer.
Yeah, I look forward to the fireworks once Apple drops Macs altogether. That should break records for posts and vitriol.77 pages of comments for a minor Apple accessory.
The MacRumors server will surely catch fire and explode if Apple ever cancelled an actual significant product.
77 pages of comments for a minor Apple accessory.
The MacRumors server will surely catch fire and explode if Apple ever cancelled an actual significant product.
Trying and failing is not what I was referring to when I said Apple screwed up. I meant the pre-announcement. My point was that most of the people complaining were never going to spend $150+ on AirPower in the first place, but they gave the anti-Apple brigade ammunition—served up on a silver platter—by canceling a pre-announced (and delayed) product.Seems a bit harsh! Why should Apple be bashed for failing to conquer something no one else has conquered? If they had tried to offer something similar to what the market already provides - and failed, perhaps criticism would be in order. Not so sure any company deserves to be ‘bashed’ for trying but failing over a new (and unique) product. Then again, maybe I’m not seeing something that you can see....
Well I bought the NoMad instead and couldn't be happier.
Bit of a PR disaster. The product should never have been announced.
Unannounced products are cancelled all the time. Nobody cares, because nobody knows.
I’m sure we’ll find out someday what the problem was, but currently Apple isn’t specifying in what way they weren’t satisfied with the product.And yet just few months ago we were all hoping with excitement ready for it as well... What happened..?
I'm just grateful they didn't release a half baked product i would end up needed to return to the store for replacement every 3 months *cough* butterfly keyboard *cough*
Lets hope my sealed AirPod charging case is worth some money one day with the elusive AirPower illustration.
I have also ordered this now, but I got a long wait
I didn't see the illustration on my box - I ordered on 3/21 and they shipped within a few days and arrived pretty quickly, before the AirPower was canceled. I ordered the AirPods 2 as soon as I knew about them, thinking I'd be getting an AirPower later.
Funny headline, but butterfly keyboard really awesome, Maybe I use it some days on 2013....What I'm really waiting for is the headline: "Apple Cancels Butterfly Keyboard"
That’s certainly one version of how it could have gone down.I'm going to call bs on the original reason for why this was canceled. Apple already makes crippled products on purpose, they also put in components that do not last very long like GPU's. It could have just made magsafe like connections using magnets on the devices that lock them onto the mat for proper charging, with the device shape printed on the mat. I say a possible reason they will not go forward with it is that they could not own the technology or control the company that will supply the components. Without them being able to get the parts cheaper and cheaper every year their strategy to maximize profits over time would not have been possible. They don't want another qualcom situation. Also, if the technology is at a stage where it cannot leapfrog the competition so they can first give the crippled version and then over the years upgrade it to its actual potential and the technology only manages to stay at the same pace as the rest of the competitors then it won't pour their money into the companies who supply the parts.
Completely wrong. You didn't even read the post which could have shown you how wrong you are. Hint: very.AirPower didn't offer anything new when it was announced aside from being able to charge multiple devices at the same time, but it even failed at doing that as Apple couldn't get it to work. Meanwhile dozens of third-party Qi chargers have been on the market for nearly two years can can charge 2-3 devices at once.
I bought a bunch of RAVPower Qi wireless fast-chargers for home & work. I plonk my phone down each time and it chimes to confirm that it's charging because it's a good charger. You are inventing problems or using cheap tat that doesn't work properly.
If Apple dropped the Qi standard then some users will drop the iPhone. We've all invested in Qi standard wireless charging tech, even speccing it in our new cars if the option exists. It would be suicidal to adopt a new standard this late in the game.
Completely wrong. You didn't even read the post which could have shown you how wrong you are. Hint: very.
Nothing to elaborate. The AirPower concept was not “just another Qi charger”. There is enough out there and if that is your opinion, that is your opinion.Elaborate.
Nothing to elaborate. The AirPower concept was not “just another Qi charger”. There is enough out there and if that is your opinion, that is your opinion.