AirPods Launch on Apple Store for $159 With December 21 Delivery

[mikezmac]

Stopped by my local Apple Store 5 minutes before they opened this morning. There was a line of about 12-15 people. I was able to snag a pair and was on my way 15 minutes later. Cancelled my on-line order with a delivery date of Jan 12th. Now the real question is can I hold out till Christmas to open?

No you cannot. They are unbelievably comfortable. I forgot they were in, until my wife played music on my phone scaring me to death.

 

[melendezest]

"the slippery hard plastic will slide right out of sweaty ears" seems like an opinion on the AirPods functionality, but okay.

How was I defending Apple at all in my post, much less in a "knee-jerk" way...?

"People will also complain about Apple just because it is Apple. You've never had any experience with these Airpods, yet you already seem to have opinions."

Given that the AirPods design looks almost exactly like the current Apple wired headphones, and those do slide out of my ears with ease, it was a reasonable assumption at the time, not an opinion.

The whole "complaining" argument is irrelevant here. The fact you introduced it as a counter to the fact that I mention that people buy Apple products based on brand alone makes it a knee-jerk apologist defense of Apple. Especially when I'd already specified that I will wait and see what people that actually use them say.

 

[bradkrischel]

"People will also complain about Apple just because it is Apple. You've never had any experience with these Airpods, yet you already seem to have opinions."

Given that the AirPods design looks almost exactly like the current Apple wired headphones, and those do slide out of my ears with ease, it was a reasonable assumption at the time, not an opinion.

The whole "complaining" argument is irrelevant here. The fact you introduced it as a counter to the fact that I mention that people buy Apple products based on brand alone makes it a knee-jerk apologist defense of Apple. Especially when I'd already specified that I will wait and see what people that actually use them say.

I don't have that issue with the wired EarPods, and seeing that Apple didn't change from that design shape, I'm guessing I'm in the majority. So maybe that's a reasonable assumption for you, but probably not for most people.

Also, your first post:

Can't wait to hear what people really think after using these (hilariously ugly) things.

I also wonder how many people that end up not liking them will be labeled as haters or trolls by the apologists.

I just don't see wireless headphones trumping wired ones, particularly in regards to sound quality and consistency (no audio dropouts). And the slippery hard plastic will slide right out of sweaty ears, so I'm not sure about that either, especially in warm/humid climates.

But the functionality in Apple's ads appears to be pretty nice, which is not surprising given their marketing prowess.

Those are your opinions. I'm sorry that I interpreted them as your complaints.

 

[melendezest]

I don't have that issue with the wired EarPods, and seeing that Apple didn't change from that design shape, I'm guessing I'm in the majority. So maybe that's a reasonable assumption for you, but probably not for most people.

Those are your opinions. I'm sorry that I interpreted them as your complaints.

Fair enough.

 

[qwerty718]

Credit cards were charged last night around 6 pst. I wonder if they are shopping early. As they are in retail stores on Monday maybe Christmas comes early?

Preparing to ship for delivery Monday here in the UK

glad mine is preparing for dispatch

Same. In the U.K. with delivery Monday.

same thing for a delivery in Portugal

didn't expect this to actually arrive before Christmas!

What time did you guys order? What was your original ship date?

 

[MathersMahmood]

What time did you guys order? What was your original ship date?

Got mine around 2Pm

 

[tivoboy]

What time did you guys order? What was your original ship date?

I ordered the first day, within an hour of being available. got 12/21 delivery dates. they arrived 12/19.

 

[thewitt]

My Dec 29 date was just updated to the 23rd and mine shipped today.

 

[gorkt]

Same here! I was hoping this would happen. Nice job Apple on underpromising and over delivering!

 

[macmarco]

My order in HK target delivery date is 14 Jan 2017. The order status suddenly changed to prepare for shipping today. I hope can get it before New Year.

 

[dexterie]

What time did you guys order? What was your original ship date?

Ordered mine as soon as they were online... And I got them on the 20th (a day earlier)

 

[macmarco]

My order in HK target delivery date is 14 Jan 2017. The order status suddenly changed to prepare for shipping today. I hope can get it before New Year.

wow. just got the SMS that it has been shipped. The expected delivery schedule is 28 Dec. 17 days earlier than the original date.

 

[bushman4]

These are a big. They feel good, sound good and Siri is a master of your commands.
This will be bigger than the Apple watch in sales !!!

 

[Mac 128]

These are a big. They feel good, sound good and Siri is a master of your commands.
This will be bigger than the Apple watch in sales !!!

It won't be hard to be bigger than the Apple Watch in sales, which haven't been selling that well anyway. For most people, the AirPods are going to be far more useful, and necessary, than the Apple Watch -- not to mention much less expensive; especially since they removed the headphone jack from the iPhone 7, and Lightning headphones are incompatible with almost everything else.