They're certainly not doing it for charity, and there's no other reason to remove something functional for something that... doesn't work yet. The alternative solutions (lighting headphones) are just to sugarcoat the medicine; they're bulky solutions (can't even use the headphones on the new MBP!).
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AirPods Delay Attributed to Apple Ensuring Both Earpieces Receive Audio at Same Time [Updated]
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They're certainly not doing it for charity, and there's no other reason to remove something functional for something that... doesn't work yet. The alternative solutions (lighting headphones) are just to sugarcoat the medicine; they're bulky solutions (can't even use the headphones on the new MBP!).
You're fooling yourself if you think after all this "delayed testing" that the Airpods will be flawless. The simple fact that they ARE delayed suggests that once they are released, they will be fraught with intermittant fault errors.
Agreed. I'm glad they're not fielding it until ready. But really, they have to be careful of setting false expectations of a launch date and then failing to meet it. Better to wait till sure before announcing. But then they did this sort of thing with the original iPhone launch and got away with it even though their demo phones for Steve kept crashing if you used them in the wrong order.
Of course, it's a supply issue.
15M Airpods would have to ship.
The constraint is clearly the W1 chip production.
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When you're passing judgement and speaking about how THESE THINGS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN then it is about you. I actually want to buy these but am I bitching? No. I don't claim to be able to do better. You do.
So as I said, please tell us all about how YOU would be so much better and would NEVER let things like this happen.
You don't know this until they are released. If and when this happens, then you have a case. Until then, this means nothing.
He's a customer. He was promised a release date of 10/30/2016. As of 12/9/2016 the release date was not respected. He's right: "These things should never happen." (Esp. During christmas season)
But how would that solve the problem of pesky wires getting tangled, broken, getting stuck on things and annoyingly bouncing on the back of your neck when running?
Ah yes! It's called the aritificial apple supply shortage.
So then you know exactly what issue is that they are having right? And in your experience launching products on this scale you've never had this happen at the 11th hour right?
So tell us more about your experience and knowledge. If you say "this should never happen to a company..." then clearly you know better than Apple on matters like this. I'm sure Tim would love a long, thorough email on how to do things better.
Its time Apple comes clean on these. They don't have to specify the exact issue(s) but either tell us they are committed to bringing these to market or not.
How did you survive the removal of the floppy drive?!?!?!?
There's plenty of reasons to remove the headphone jack, starting with the obvious trend towards wireless headphones. Just because they don't have an Apple logo doesn't makes any of the numerous offerings any less functional.
Second and more to the point, why waste the space for an outdated jack? Whether they removed it this time around or in a few years, it's going away.
You're making a mountain out of a mole hill. They provide an adapter. It's anything but bulky. Same goes for the lightning headphones.
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Don't even compare the two. Two total different issues; this is not equivalent to removing the floppy drive.
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Worked my ass off to prevent this to happen during my aerospace years. And no delay was acceptable (unless it was a government program) in that industry where a program spans 20 years.
Exactly. Removing the floppy was a much bigger deal. You need to get a grip. There are hundreds of Bluetooth headphones out there. AirPods will be one of many options. You act like it's all or nothing. AirPods or bust. Seriously???
If what you said was true, every tech product released this year would be fraught with errors because they all receive software/firmware tweaks just prior to and after their release. Only hardware issues creates unsolvable problems.
There are many units out in the wild being tested. There have already been full reviews but embargos restrict release. This is not even close to vaporware.
OK so Tell Tim how to do it better. Put your experience to work. Bitching on a forum isn't helping these things get produced.