AirPower Pictured on Retail Box for AirPods Wireless Charging Case

[Greenmeenie]

That’s what’s so convenient about it. You bring one cable. And also, use the phone while you’re in bed, and when you’re ready to go to sleep just reach over and drop it anywhere on the mat. You shouldn’t sleep with your phone in the first place

Nah, i will still prefer a regular charger while traveling. I am not always in hotels. Sometimes in hostels. Or a cafe while bike touring. Plugging in and being able to use my device at the same time is essential for me. At home, yeah, different story. I would definitely have an airpower on my nightstand. But on the road? A regular Charger all the way. Not even a debate.

 

[GizmoDVD]

Nah, i will still prefer a regular charger while traveling. I am not always in hotels. Sometimes in hostels. Or a cafe while bike touring. Plugging in and being able to use my device at the same time is essential for me. At home, yeah, different story. I would definitely have an airpower on my nightstand. But on the road? A regular Charger all the way. Not even a debate.

So you're gonna bring a charger for your phone, watch and airpods? And 3 wall plugs?

That's the point. This does all 3 with one cable and (likely) faster.

 

[charlituna]

At this point I feel Apple is just trolling us and AirPower is dead.

Then why did they bother filing a trademark for the name AirPower

 

[Eorlas]

I don't get it. Apple is more of a "complete" or "simultaneous" release sort of company. This back and forth about AirPower and then launching AirPods 2 with materials of a product they've not really acknowledged for half a year is weirdly disorganized.

 

[G5isAlive]

That’s what’s so convenient about it. You bring one cable. And also, use the phone while you’re in bed, and when you’re ready to go to sleep just reach over and drop it anywhere on the mat. You shouldn’t sleep with your phone in the first place

It’s 2019, we don’t get so judgmental about who or what he sleeps with!

 

[windywalks]

I don't get it. Apple is more of a "complete" or "simultaneous" release sort of company. This back and forth about AirPower and then launching AirPods 2 with materials of a product they've not really acknowledged for half a year is weirdly disorganized.

It's like someone has mentioned - the likely held on to the AirPods Qi case for so long since it was ready ages ago. Ages as in 2018, but AirPower is only now going to finally find it's way to consumer hands. That's why images of the charging mat appear on the box of the AirPods case which hails from 2018 as the box would seem to suggest.

 

[Brookzy]

Sadly, I wouldn't read too much into this.

I ordered a couple of pairs of the new AirPods, which should be arriving tomorrow. I can already see the serial numbers of them by printing the invoice for the order, and decoding the manufacture date from them, one of them was manufactured in October 2018, which was likely AirPower's expected ship date. (The second pair show as manufactured in November.)

Back in October, AirPower was likely still relatively on track, and so was mentioned in the iPhone XS paperwork, and illustrated on the back of the new AirPods packaging.

Mark Gurman has pretty much nailed it here: https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1110331249103527936 These wireless charging AirPods have been accumulating in warehouses waiting for AirPower, and since AirPower is being delayed again and again they've just gone ahead and shipped the AirPods anyway.

Further, this would explain the pre-Christmas supply constraints of AirPods so long after the product was launched - Apple probably was fully gearing up to manufacture the second gen and then had to switch back to manufacturing the first gen at short notice.

As Gurman has said, I would take the fact that the AirPods have shipped without AirPower as a sign that AirPower won't arrive until WWDC at least.

 

[rmoliv]

Can someone tell why is it written "2018 Apple Inc." and not 2019?

Because that’s fake. What a shame, MacRumors has just gotten fooled.

 

[Brookzy]

Can someone tell why is it written "2018 Apple Inc." and not 2019?

It's legit. It's because they've been in production since last year and sitting in warehouses in waiting for AirPower to ship, and now they've got fed up of waiting.

 

[Cat Servant]

As Gurman has said, I would take the fact that the AirPods have shipped without AirPower as a sign that AirPower won't arrive until WWDC at least.

Where does Gurman say that AirPower will not arrive until WWDC?

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

You shouldn’t sleep with your phone in the first place

Is that where pagers come from?

 

[Brookzy]

Where does Gurman say that AirPower will not arrive until WWDC?

He hasn't, he's said many times this week he thinks it's either imminent of a long way off.

 

[adam1080]

So you're gonna bring a charger for your phone, watch and airpods? And 3 wall plugs?

That's the point. This does all 3 with one cable and (likely) faster.

I don't have AirPods currently but will have gen 2 pods on Wednesday.

I travel ~100+ days a year and really don't think I will travel with AirPower if it exists. I would buy it to use at home and charge all 3 devices and am not sold on traveling with it.

I mostly don't want to give up fast charging my iPhone. There are countless times when I have 15 min or so to get enough charge for hours of use. No way to get that from AirPower...

I use a small Belkin battery pack with builtin AppleWatch charger that lasts for at least a week of watch charges and that stays in my brief case. No need for any other plug with that.

I can share a single plug for my MacBook Pro, MacBook and iPhone if I really want to on a trip. I usually bring two power bricks when I travel: my 87watt MacBook Pro brick and a 45watt with QC USB-A and USB-C brick. That keeps it pretty simple.

 

[alexandr]

i'm not seeing vertical charging...

 

[Juan007]

I was really hoping for an AirPower appearance during the keynote today, but nope. Where is it?!? Apple has only a few days left until the end of March.
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I'm sure that when AirPower finally arrives some people will cry themselves to sleep in disappointment.

We've waited for AirPower for almost 3 years. Now it's almost here.

You go to the Apple Store feeling more anxious than that time Mom said Santa would bring you that N64 for Christmas.

You give Apple $160 and rush home.

You post your unboxing on YouTube.

And then you place your phone on that goddamn mat. And your phone charges. And that's it.

The phone charges. Like it has since the beginning of time when connected to a charger. Because it's a ****ing charger that ****ing thing you just bought. What will we do with our lives when that finally happens????

Wrong again. AirPower is a game changer, there is no other product on the market that charges all of our devices at once. No more reaching for a million cables. Just put your devices on the mat and they charge, don't even have to think about it.

AirPower is a revolutionary product. It will change the way people charge devices.

 

[GizmoDVD]

Sadly, I wouldn't read too much into this.

I ordered a couple of pairs of the new AirPods, which should be arriving tomorrow. I can already see the serial numbers of them by printing the invoice for the order, and decoding the manufacture date from them, one of them was manufactured in October 2018, which was likely AirPower's expected ship date. (The second pair show as manufactured in November.)

Back in October, AirPower was likely still relatively on track, and so was mentioned in the iPhone XS paperwork, and illustrated on the back of the new AirPods packaging.

Mark Gurman has pretty much nailed it here: https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1110331249103527936 These wireless charging AirPods have been accumulating in warehouses waiting for AirPower, and since AirPower is being delayed again and again they've just gone ahead and shipped the AirPods anyway.

Further, this would explain the pre-Christmas supply constraints of AirPods so long after the product was launched - Apple probably was fully gearing up to manufacture the second gen and then had to switch back to manufacturing the first gen at short notice.

As Gurman has said, I would take the fact that the AirPods have shipped without AirPower as a sign that AirPower won't arrive until WWDC at least.

Really interesting and likely correct. I hope we see AirPower this week or next.

 

[Greenmeenie]

So you're gonna bring a charger for your phone, watch and airpods? And 3 wall plugs?

That's the point. This does all 3 with one cable and (likely) faster.

Nope. Don’t have the apple watch or the airpods. But even if i did, as a travel photographer, i already carry a bunch of cables & chargers. Again. My original point...which is my personal preference...is that i prefer the regular charger over a wireless one when i travel BECAUSE it serves a purpose which the wireless cannot. If i am out in a remote area...or biking all day and run out of juice by the time i get to my destination...i not only prefer...but NEED to USE my device WHILE it charges. Don’t know what is so hard to grasp about that. If the wireless charger works better for you thats totally cool. But different people have different needs.

 

[deadoctopi]

I'm sure that when AirPower finally arrives some people will cry themselves to sleep in disappointment.

We've waited for AirPower for almost 3 years. Now it's almost here.

You go to the Apple Store feeling more anxious than that time Mom said Santa would bring you that N64 for Christmas.

You give Apple $160 and rush home.

You post your unboxing on YouTube.

And then you place your phone on that goddamn mat. And your phone charges. And that's it.

The phone charges. Like it has since the beginning of time when connected to a charger. Because it's a ****ing charger that ****ing thing you just bought. What will we do with our lives when that finally happens????

We’ll all shell out almost $200 for a thing that $100 or cheaper mats have been doing for almost two years (and probably at faster speeds than what AirPower will deliver to the devices). BUT THE BOX WILL BE A PRETTY WHITE MATTE MATERIAL.

 

[riverfreak]

LOL @ 18 months late to ship an announced product, and one to support a key feature of now second generation of flagship products.

 

[haruhiko]

Just release it already. All the news around the AirPower has become so annoying these days.

 

[aaronhead14]

Too bad both AirPods 2 and AirPower will have Lightning though, because Apple just doesn't have the courage to move on to USB-C. They'd rather their customers suffer from inconvenience so that they can benefit from the slightly higher profit margins of proprietary connectors. While we're all living in 2019, Apple's still living in 2007. We've grown up. We don't want proprietary connectors anymore.

 

[Eorlas]

I was really hoping for an AirPower appearance during the keynote today, but nope. Where is it?!? Apple has only a few days left until the end of March.
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Wrong again. AirPower is a game changer, there is no other product on the market that charges all of our devices at once. No more reaching for a million cables. Just put your devices on the mat and they charge, don't even have to think about it.

AirPower is a revolutionary product. It will change the way people charge devices.

I mean, it's nice but let's chill out on "revolutionary" and "will change." "A million" is an absurd exaggeration, even with a phone, watch, and pods. That's 2 theoretical cables and a puck that doesn't have to be adjusted.

Right now I've got a puck and a wireless charger for the xs proximal to each other, and the pods get charged essentially...whenever they need to be. AirPower is a cool combination for all things included, but it's not ground breaking at all.

 

[joshuawalker]

They’re here! Another mention of AirPower “mat” on the packaging...

 

[recd]

My AirPods (2) were delivered 10am today, in Australia. the back of the packaging has an image of the open case with pods. Its labeled AirPods with Wireless Charging Case. On the side of the box is written " works with AirPower mat and Qi-certified chargers.

So no image of the AirPower mat

 

[Biu_miu]

That’s what’s so convenient about it. You bring one cable. And also, use the phone while you’re in bed, and when you’re ready to go to sleep just reach over and drop it anywhere on the mat. You shouldn’t sleep with your phone in the first place

I just LOVE these arguments-"You shouldn’t sleep with your phone in the first place". Why? Said who? As if you know, how it is best for everybody to use their gadgets. Maybe I like spooning with my iPhone X. Little snuggles
By using the same logic- if your phone battery dies too fast- you just shouldn't use your phone so much in the first place!
Don't like having dongles on Mac? Well, you shouldn't be using non usb -c devices in the first place!