Oh good! People can finally stop whining about the AirPods release being delayed... and find something else to whine about.
It's not strange. Why would they have stock right now if they were going on sale in the new year?
The fact that some stores already have them backs this story up completely.
Then the feeling is mutual. Some stores already have demo units. It's not in this article however.I have no idea what you're talking about. Where in the article does it say stores have them in stock and sitting on them until next week?
Further, I was commenting on what a specious conclusion that the January timing would seem late assuming Apple would want them released before the holidays -- of course they do! but without knowing what the delay was about then certainly pushing it to January would not be a choice. Just like it surely was not a choice that Apple didn't have them ready from day 1 alongside he release of the iPhone 7.
If Apple were really going to start selling them next week, why wouldn't they offer them for pre-order now, just like the PowerBeats were? And everything else Apple sells in their on-line store?
January makes sense if they don't have sufficient yield to satisfy holiday sales -- and again, that's just as plausible a scenario based on what we know.
The bottom line is that Apple totally botched this, and the removal of the headphone jack, however it eventually turns out.
Can't wait
You can clean them before you know?! And...you open the McDonald's door using your hands...you open the toilet door in the same way...
I picked up some i.am Buttons in space gray, and I love them. Wish Airpods had been available to try them out, but now I don't care anymore.
Sound quality any good?I walked around with 2 Oral-B toothbrushes hanging out of my ears, to find out the feedback.
Hence I decided this isn't for me.
He'll buy a pair...You seem to care enough to post about it?
I will probably never get theses, but in certain situations I think the wireless would be nice. Well, as long as the sound quality was as good as the wired ones.
I am skeptical about them staying in my ears. Especially jogging at night, if they fall out, it could be hard to find them.
Don't bite the hand that feeds...lolLooks like Apple insider was right again. They ran the story that sources they had at apple were saying "no way it's delayed until January" at the same time the rest of the Apple press was citing January 2017 (without checking?).
Demo AirPods? You mean, where anyone can try them on?
I'm happy to hear something about these finally since I'm wanting to retire the lightning connector EarPods.
I will admit I'm going to buy these without trying them out in an Apple Store since I am not willing to stick earphones in my ear canal that have been in 1000s of other people's ears.
Well, they could have won by releasing a product on the date that they themselves made up.Apple can't win...
Three inch?!Struggling with that scenario--Three inch bright white object falls out of your ear to the ground. Hard to find???