I DEMAND NEW FEATURES NOT ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN MY PRODUCT BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM!
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AirPods Wireless Charging Case Rumored for December Launch at $69
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Yeah, that's what I replied to someone else. But from what I can tell, these charging mats are generally finicky. Perhaps Apple could design a better one, but the orientation of the receiver in the Apple Watch would be best positioned to maximize surface area along the horizontal axis, and I think the way inductive charging works is that the two surfaces need to be parallel to each other.
I hope you are all aware that the charging pad doesn't work with old Apple Watches. So basically everyone now cannot charge the Apple
Watch on the mat incl everyone who already bought AirPods. The mat is completely useless. It will take a while
before I'm getting a new watch and certainly not getting a case for £69 just to have inductive charging. Who will do that ? The moment buy this your current £69 case becomes worthless. Doesn't make sense to sell this separately. Can't see this happen.
Didn't realize they removed the all-caps filter, lol. It used to be limited to a few words. NOW I CAN GO ABSOLUTELY CRAZY BWA HAHAHAHAH!
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Salty much? Voting with your wallet doesn't work with Apple. They are a company looking to make a profit not churn out low quality garbage. They charge $69 because it earns them money. This is capitalism. Deal with it. If you can't afford it, move on somewhere else. Apple isn't looking for your "wallet". They want paying customers.
Yeah, that's why I qualified that with saying I'm not upgrading for another year so I have time to see how it works before buying. It's right in the part you quoted!
$99 is optimistic. Tim's Apple will probably charge $159 for the AirPower mat.
Once those are set, you wouldn't do any plugging again. Unlike plugging stuffs everytime.
the airpower mat is going to be 199.00 im calling it now!!!!!!
If that really is the price, the £69 includes VAT/GST. It also factors in tariffs, currency exchange rates, etc. There still could be a bit of a premium on top of the cost but it's not nearly as large as it appears at first.
That's insane for just a case. The Airpods should come with this case and have both methods of charging them. The case probably costs around a few dollars to manufacture anyway.
I think Nissan should upgrade my Juke because it didn't come with Airplay, and do it for free.
I think there is a good chance that I will get one of these new cases and keep the original to use as a battery back-up the way you might carry a battery pack for a smartphone.
Just look at the amount of stuff in there, people.
Add on wireless charging.
$69 is a bargain.
You do know it comes with a new uncycled battery as well to charge the Airpods. This is nice in the since that if you want to use wireless charging and don't want to fork out another $160 for earphones you already have. Also you don't need to buy these at all. Most everyone has been using the Airpods for over a year now and have been fine without wireless charging.
I was holding out hope that they would take care of early adopters and have a trade in deal for around $25 or so.
I don't see myself shelling out $70 just be able to lay the AirPods down. Especially since I've probably charged them 4-5 times since December.
I don't see myself shelling out $70 just be able to lay the AirPods down. Especially since I've probably charged them 4-5 times since December.
I'm not usually one to scoff at Apple pricing. But 160 bucks for VERY mediocre IEMs and 70 bucks for a case is hilarious.
And their pricing schemes work very well for them. They've averaged a gross profit margin of about 39% over the past 5 years. Their net profit margin, however, is about 19%. That means that unless they take a loss on this new case (assuming a $69 price point), their break even price point is about $56. However, pricing isn't that simple so that breakeven price point could be higher or lower based on many factors. But what do I know? Economics isn't my field so take anything I write with a healthy skepticism.
Actually (most not all) people seem to be aware of the need to buy / pay for the case, they aren’t asking for it to be free, they are demanding what they perceive to be a fair price.
Says the person with at least 5 different Apple products.
/I have a whole storage shelf full of Apple product boxes.
Maybe you have a point about the AirPods themselves but the case has 398 Mah of battery. No way that should cost $69, even with QI charging.