2019 AirPod Order Status

[iMacDragon]

October here here.

 

[Tdosthp]

Geez, September here. Already ~ 6 months old.

 

[PN4]

Out for delivery!

Edit: With all of these old 'build dates' it's no wonder the supply chain was so short of the Aipods (gen 1) during Q3 and Q4 last year.

 

[metalsiren]

is it wrong to be watching the "follow my delivery" on UPS.... screaming at the map to get closer to your house lol

 

[RobertNYC]

I ordered mine at 8:15a EST on March 21st with a ship date of April 11th - 18th. Order is still processed. Anyone else in this window seeing any movement. I was hoping they would come super early, but the website is saying:

This item will take longer than usual to ship. As soon as it’s ready, we’ll send you an update and prepare the shipment.

Just curious what others are seeing.

 

[Tdosthp]

is it wrong to be watching the "follow my delivery" on UPS.... screaming at the map to get closer to your house lol

Ha! I just went out and intercepted the truck!!!! Charging now.

 

[Jacoblee23]

Preordered from Best Buy.com yesterday with estimated ship date 04/03. I just received an email from Best Buy that they actually shipped today early! Between this and my new mini getting shipped two weeks early from Verizon I am pretty excited! Try ordering from Best Buy.com!

 

[valleian]

Ha! I just went out and intercepted the truck!!!! Charging now.

I did the same thing for the 1st gen AirPods! 2nd gen still processing and waiting eagerly for them to come.

 

[Chacocliff]

Looks like ours were made in December for the first set and January for the 2nd set.

Mine were produced in late Feb., week 7.

 

[metalsiren]

mine didnt populate the name but it was March of 2019. Airpods without the wireless charging case

 

[Shadowbech]

Mines currently is being held at the UPS Store Access Point ready for me to pick up mine. I would have chosen the UPS CC over the UPS Store, but since I get off work at 6 pm and the UPS CC closes at 6 pm, I opted for the UPS Store, which closes at 7. Can't wait to try them out.

 

[millerhifi]

AirPods Gen 2 with Wireless charging case
Production week : -45- (November)
Production year : -2018-

 

[Matthewzilla]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but has anybody ordered just the wireless charging case itself and received it faster than their estimated delivery window?

 

[Brookzy]

Four pairs of the new AirPods with wireless case here (for me and the family!), and they were made in August, October, October, and November.

As I've posted previously in an AirPower thread, I think these have been piling up in warehouses waiting for AirPower to be ready before they shipped, but they got fed up of waiting so went ahead and released them.

 

[PN4]

As I've posted previously in an AirPower thread, I think these have been piling up in warehouses waiting for AirPower to be ready before they shipped, but they got fed up of waiting so went ahead and released them.

Exactly.

I have a hunch that these were ready in "Late 2018" when Apple expected to release Airpower. Had to be a tough call, hold off on the Airpods Gen2 until Airpower so people dont buy aftermarket charging mats or release them without. This makes sense on why Gen 1's were so hard to find at the end of last year - they were producing Gen 2.

Unfortunately for Apple, it seems they didn't get Airpower working for this launch either but they had to release these Airpods (gen 2) because of the amount of stock and it's getting too close to Airpods 2 (gen 1) release at the end of this year. If Airpower was to come any time soon we should have seen an announcement yesterday. People are going to look at closer at wireless charging now that they have two or three devices (iPhone and Airpods and Watch) that can benefit from it.

 

[Brookzy]

Exactly.

I have a hunch that these were ready in "Late 2018" when Apple expected to release Airpower. Had to be a tough call, hold off on the Airpods Gen2 until Airpower so people dont buy aftermarket charging mats or release them without. This makes sense on why Gen 1's were so hard to find at the end of last year - they were producing Gen 2.

Unfortunately for Apple, it seems they didn't get Airpower working for this launch either but they had to release these Airpods (gen 2) because of the amount of stock and it's getting too close to Airpods 2 (gen 1) release at the end of this year. If Airpower was to come any time soon we should have seen an announcement yesterday. People are going to look at closer at wireless charging now that they have two or three devices (iPhone and Airpods and Watch) that can benefit from it.

Agree 100%.

 

[Scarpad]

Mine were scheduled to arrive today via UPS and I was glad it wasn’t Fedex as they will never leave the package. Ups always does. That is till today. I am pissed. reattempt tomorrow, I won’t be home then again, my delivery email said no signature required. So I had to go and request it gets dropped for pickup at the nearest access point location. Whacking me $6 bucks for that. I’m disabled so no I have to go pick it up. Thanks ups

 

[Mw0103]

Exactly.

I have a hunch that these were ready in "Late 2018" when Apple expected to release Airpower. Had to be a tough call, hold off on the Airpods Gen2 until Airpower so people dont buy aftermarket charging mats or release them without. This makes sense on why Gen 1's were so hard to find at the end of last year - they were producing Gen 2.

Unfortunately for Apple, it seems they didn't get Airpower working for this launch either but they had to release these Airpods (gen 2) because of the amount of stock and it's getting too close to Airpods 2 (gen 1) release at the end of this year. If Airpower was to come any time soon we should have seen an announcement yesterday. People are going to look at closer at wireless charging now that they have two or three devices (iPhone and Airpods and Watch) that can benefit from it.

There will not be any AirPods 2 (gen 1) later this year. No way they release two revisions to AirPods in one year. I think the rumors of additional features and black color were mistakenly attributed to AirPods when they were actually leaks of the new wireless PowerBeats features.

 

[eagleglen]

is it wrong to be watching the "follow my delivery" on UPS.... screaming at the map to get closer to your house lol

This is the first time I’ve seen this feature from UPS. Amazon does something similar. Hopefully FedEx will too soon. But yeah, I’m keeping a close eye on it too right now. My delivery window is still two hours away tho.

 

[PN4]

There will not be any AirPods 2 (gen 1) later this year. No way they release two revisions to AirPods in one year. I think the rumors of additional features and black color were mistakenly attributed to AirPods when they were actually leaks of the new wireless PowerBeats features.

At this point I agree that Airpods 2 probably wont happen this year - or even be announced (because of what happened with the airpower announcement). Apple also might time airpods releases with battery degradation and wait two years. However, new colors could be released along with new phones in September or alongside an over the ear headphone.

 

[edlex]

Finally got them! I've been tracking this delivery all day and in the 2 seconds I went to the bathroom the guy shows up. Thankfully my front door camera sent me an alert and I caught my UPS guy walking away from my house after leaving a note. So be aware although it says no signature required my UPS guy required a signature.

 

[YOTR]

So annoyed. I got an alert that someone rang my doorbell only to see the UPS guy standing there. I spoke to him via the speaker on my doorbell and he stated he needed a signature. So I called Apple and sure enough they stated they forgot to inform me it needed a signature (nor does it show needing one on the tracking page). I have ordered numerous things from apple so I am used to seeing the signature option. I even called when it shipped since I didn't see it in the tracking but they stated it didn't need a signature. Not a huge deal but definitely frustrated. I guess the UPS guy being rude didn't help either though.

 

[varun14]

So annoyed. I got an alert that someone rang my doorbell only to see the UPS guy standing there. I spoke to him via the speaker on my doorbell and he stated he needed a signature. So I called Apple and sure enough they stated they forgot to inform me it needed a signature (nor does it show needing one on the tracking page). I have ordered numerous things from apple so I am used to seeing the signature option. I even called when it shipped since I didn't see it in the tracking but they stated it didn't need a signature. Not a huge deal but definitely frustrated. I guess the UPS guy being rude didn't help either though.

I had the same issue, luckily I was upstairs but the UPS guy refused to leave it there without a signature.

 

[Zaned303]

Mine both arrived around 12pm today worked out nicely. The case seems smaller to me then my first generation. Also the UPS site said no signature required however I had to sign for them

 

[drmikey]

Mine were just delivered. Where are you folks finding the manufacturing date?