AirPods Might Not Launch Until January 2017

[foxkoneko]

Are you ****ing kidding me. Been waiting forever

 

[AgentElliot007]

I can't imagine them shipping these after Christmas. If it's truly that bad, someone royally dropped the ball here. Very disappointing.

 

[kevinkyoo]

If they can add in fast-foward, rewind, and volume control, I'd be a little more excited. But having these omitted? Won't bother.

 

[chfilm]

noooooooo, I'm so stoked for them...

 

[RickInHouston]

unapologizingly apple.

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Apple is doomed.

Just kidding, I never gave a rat's ass about these.

 

[blacktape242]

lame.....but probably means they were not ready in the 1st place. They wanted to rush them out so the people would see them before Samsung came out with a version of theirs.

 

[Kaylor]

I was never interested, but that's unfortunate for anyone who was planning on getting them. Potentially missing the holiday rush? Ouch. I'm sure there were plenty of people making an excuse to splurge for the holidays who won't be buy them after the season because they bought something else that'll get the job done.

 

[clunkmess]

 

[pat500000]

There are better earbuds for cheaper price.

 

[fokmik]

better later and better than earlier and worse

 

[LordQ]

White iPhone 4 anyone?

Also, @SMIDG3T is going to be sad.

 

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

AirPods announced: Majority of MacRumors dismisses them as garbage and say they'd never buy them.

AirPods delayed: Majority of MacRumors acts like they were going to actually buy them and get outraged.

 

[iKnackwurst]

Launch should be in quotes. If Apples product launches in the last year are anything to go buy, they'll be supply constrained until the end of time. The series 2 is still backordered by 3-4 weeks, same goes for the 7 Plus.

 

[needfx]

Christ, here we go again. I'll check back in 350 comments to make sure the world is still ending.

Cynical win of the day!!

 

[acegreen]

Because of AirPods orders, Inventec's revenue is expected to grow 7 percent in 2017, to reach around $23.83 billion, while its earnings per share are also estimated to increase by 35 percent. Its Q4 2016 earnings will be mainly in its PC supplier business, which will "stay flat" from the third quarter output of around 4.85 million units shipped.

Great numbers for Inventec. Are these numbers in USD? Numbers don't add up compared to their last financial statements

http://www.inventec.com/english/service/pdf/105Q2E.pdf

 

[Bazooka-joe]

I can't bethat just six weeks ago. Apple were announcing the release date would be the end of October. Surely they would have known then if there were going to be product issues

 

[Juicy Box]

I wasn't interested in them, but this seems to be a growing trend for Apple.

I know of a few products that have had some delays in the past few years.

The late 2012 iMac, 2013 Mac Pro, wireless CarPlay, just name a few. Now this.

 

[peterdevries]

No replaceable battery? I imagine an entire landfill full of that trash within a year. Where are the environmentalists advocating responsible product design made to last? (All things considered, li-ion doesn't have a great lifespan to begin with but it "butthurts too much profit to be responsible to recycle" don't expect it to happen.)

How do replaceable batteries promote lasting products? The reality is that most people that use AA or AAA batteries buy the cheapo kind and discard them in the normal trash.

I haven´t seen wireless headphones with proprietary battery designs. Have you?
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lame.....but probably means they were not ready in the 1st place. They wanted to rush them out so the people would see them before Samsung came out with a version of theirs.

Baseless speculation

 

[coolfactor]

This would have never happened if the ESC key were still alive.

The ESC key is still alive.... the Touch Bar has a dedicated "System Button" area on the left for this key, when context calls for it. This was my biggest concern as well, but Apple did the right thing and honoured this very useful button. I hope it is displayed for all modal dialogs!

Back on topic re: AirPods... I wonder what has happened? Apple has the design done.... so is this strictly a manufacturing issue?

 

[stevet]

Guess we all just have to wait a little longer, but should be worth the wait!

Also, must resist to buy Bragi or others in the meantime..

The issue with other bluetooth headphones is that they don't seamlessly change form one device to another. These are supposed to cover that use case where you have multiple devices you'd like to use them.

 

[Munky]

Ordered with our business account, was told mid-november, yesterday was told UNKNOWN via email. Sigh...

You can't possibly have ordered them yet...

 

[BootsWalking]

Just in time for Christmas...2017

 

[Newfiebill]

Buy the new iPhone they said, we will have cool new Bluetooth headphones they said.....

Too Funny... I nearly pee'd myself!!!

 

[kingofwale]

AirPods announced: Majority of MacRumors dismisses them as garbage and say they'd never buy them.

AirPods delayed: Majority of MacRumors acts like they were going to actually buy them and get outraged.

read the thread for once?