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AirPower Pictured on Retail Box for AirPods Wireless Charging Case
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The image is back of the standalone Wireless charging cases for AirPods. Not AirPods with Wireless Charging Case.
I expected Apple to release AirPower this week. I expected Apple to release AirPower straight after last nights event to allow the services news to steal its thunder and save them some embarrassment. Nothing so for...
But I guess apple has gotten his estimated revenue for q2, so they decided to save a few products to help their bottom line for next financial quarter and get a good start in q3.
So now I expect Apple to release the new iPod touch, red iPhone XS and AirPower next Monday.
Together with the release of AirPods, iPads and iMacs at the end of q2, q3 could be a good quarter, and q4 with new iPhones , MacBooks , Apple Watch and the new services kicking in could be a great financial quarter for them again.
But I guess apple has gotten his estimated revenue for q2, so they decided to save a few products to help their bottom line for next financial quarter and get a good start in q3.
So now I expect Apple to release the new iPod touch, red iPhone XS and AirPower next Monday.
Together with the release of AirPods, iPads and iMacs at the end of q2, q3 could be a good quarter, and q4 with new iPhones , MacBooks , Apple Watch and the new services kicking in could be a great financial quarter for them again.
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I finally worked out the reason for the delay... They're using a G5 chip for power management and they've had troubles with heat management 
But after that initial shock you put your watch on it and your airpods on it and you see this tiny device that charges all your EDC devices at once through a single cable on this tiny surface and you know that it's a far superieur solution than having to juggle 3 cables and a power strip or multiple wireless chargers or having to switch out your devices.
The Airpower is Definitely coming. The question is when. If I had to guess, it really could be at any time, but likely more near the fall keynote. I predict the Airpower backorders within five minutes of when it ‘Goes live’. Even with the delay, this product still has a lot of potential.
They're not gonna put it on the packaging of the new airpods if there was any doubt of releasing it in the near future. They're crazy but not that crazy.
See? Apple wants you to get the 3% cash back on AirPower so they're waiting for their card to be available.
...also heard there are issues with the white paint they're using, and that the computers used for manufacturing are running Copland.I finally worked out the reason for the delay... They're using a G5 chip for power management and they've had troubles with heat management
My guess is this Friday with a press release, so it is close to the weekend and gets little coverage.
The best would be a tweet from Tim Cook on April 1th, so everyone think it is a joke and surprise, AirPower available for purchase!
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I think you have to lie down?
Ok. I’m in a super rush this morning and don’t have time to read.
Will the new ones be in the store this morning?
Will the new ones be in the store this morning?
There's this small company called Anker that makes wireless chargers- you guys should check them out!
That's a possibility.
It seems unusual that the new AirPods, which will be a popular product, will have a reference to an Apple product that has not yet been released, and which Apple has not directly acknowledged since September 2017. Has that ever happened before?
I'm aware that the Xs and Xs Max had a reference to AirPower.
I wrote in a previous post that I would be surprised if they discussed AirPower at the event yesterday. That leaves the rest of this week to quietly announce, and then as more time passes, the greater chance it may happen at WWDC.
The new AirPods have been in a warehouse since October 2018, waiting for AirPower. Back then the charger was mentioned on Apple's website, etc, but not anymore. Let's see if there is any difference on the packaging of the earbuds manufactured this year, that will give us a solid clue on what is going on. You can check the manufacturing date of your earbuds with the serial number.
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It makes more sense if you don't think of the launch as a single fixed date. For example, say they were scheduled to release Oct 14, 2018, but on Oct 1, 2018, Apple cancels the launch. That would mean we were 2 weeks away from launch. Then, let's say given this packaging, we estimate that Apple will launch AirPower 1 week from today. That would mean we are 1 week away from launch, which would mean "AirPower appears to be closer to launch than ever" because 1 week is less than 2 weeks.
I think the iPhone 7 mentioned AirPods in the paperwork, several months before they were released? I may be mistaken.
I can't see why they would announce it so soon after the last flurry of announcements.
From a purely practical perspective, there surely won't be any material difference in what they know internally between last week and this week (e.g. last week it wasn't shippable, this week it is). So they could have announced it last week if they wanted to.
From a PR standpoint, I can't see them wanting to bury it. However late it arrives it will still be unique and impressive and I'm sure they will be marketing it, so there is little point trying to hush it up.
And if they wanted to hush it up, they could have just put it as a footnote of the AirPods press release.
Additionally, when other products have missed ship dates, Apple has acknowledged it. AirPods first gen:
"The early response to AirPods has been incredible. We don’t believe in shipping a product before it’s ready, and we need a little more time before AirPods are ready for our customers." (TechCrunch)
HomePod:
"We can't wait for people to experience HomePod, Apple's breakthrough wireless speaker for the home, but we need a little more time before it's ready for our customers." (The Verge)
Almost an identical statement. Yet we haven't heard the above for AirPower.
Overall, I don't think Apple even knows when it's going to be ready.
But the messaging has been terrible. There should have been some expectation management, even if just to avoid the disappointment last week. All it needed was a little controlled leak to Gruber and Gurman that AirPower wasn't coming any time soon, and us nerds would have known not to get our hopes up. At least, that's what they did in the good old days!