Contrary to all the naysayers, I love my AirPods.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls AirPods 'A Runaway Success,' Says 'It's Been a Great Holiday'
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It's broken down into Mac, iPhone and other. Other doesn't help much.
Edit: And so far, the last 3 quarters are down YOY.
Edit2: I'm not saying apple's doomed or anything like that, I'm just sick of everything that comes out of Cook's mouth. Unbelievably predictable. He's just an investor pleaser. Doesn't seem to have much of a backbone to tell his design team no on their compromises. At least we heard of Job's pushing back against his employees. That's often needed to get people to perform at a higher level and produce a truly enjoyable product.
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Is this really what passes for a "new and exciting" product from Apple these days? Some cheap dollar store earphones?
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It's not a breakout sales number - AirPod sales form part of the collective OTHER category - Cook can play as fast and loose with the sales propaganda as he wants and no one will know otherwise.
I wish Apple would stop using vague statements.
Please quantify "Runaway success"
Please quantify "Off the charts"
Etc, etc, etc.
Please quantify "Runaway success"
Please quantify "Off the charts"
Etc, etc, etc.
Yeah if they could've been at retailers for Black Friday they would have sold like crazy I bet...
They still would've sold better if they were actually in stock more before Christmas in general though, even if they didn't make it in time for Black Friday.
I had somebody tell me they were going to get me AirPods as a gift but they couldn't find them anywhere. I'm going to get them as a late gift for myself now, though. So Apple didn't really miss out on money with me but still, I'm sure there's many average people who never will get them now. Or at least won't until next christmas.
Thank you for reporting this. I would expect that the combination of AirPods and an Apple Watch would negate the need to touch your iPhone for many common tasks. But this does not appear to be true at least yet.
Both the AirPods and the Apple Watch Series 2 seem like very nice devices to complement the iPhone. I just don't think they are a good value with the current "Apple Tax" price.
does he ever say something is not a success?... Everything is ALWAYS going fantastic if you ask him.
I agree.
Not being able to control the volume during phone calls might be a glitch, or something that was overlooked, and it might be something that is fixed in the future.
But, if you look at Apple's own website, it gives the impression that the AirPods replace the EarPods in every way. Here is a snapshot of the website showing the ability to talk on the phone and adjust the volume without touching your phone by using Siri on the new AirPods. All this can happen, but as of right now, it cannot happen at the same time.
What is the point of having a great range if that range doesn't mean anything the second you get a phone call.
market share is dwindling in every aspect.... but ya let's just continue in the same direction
because hey, "we have the best product pipeline ever"
because hey, "we have the best product pipeline ever"
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That's exactly the problem. A lot of people are stupid enough to fall for the 'emotive' pitches, thinking it's the greatest thing. It's like believing and living in a lie in denial. That's how Apple likes to spin things to their favor in a 'holier than thou' attitude. You can thank Cook and Schiller for that.
Just my two cents as to why a launch day (or close to it) review is a bad one:
Reviews are either glowing or they're terrible, generally speaking. You know there are people that will give glowing reviews if anything Apple makes. Then there are those that do the exact opposite. It's even possible/probable that many of these folks don't even own the product.
My personal review (I got to play with a test unit, didn't buy one) is that they're almost exactly like wireless EarPods. IMO not a $130 premium no matter how you look st it for the convenience of wireless. Particularly annoying is that I know they'd be useless as they are in the gym, constantly falling out. I'd consider a pair, even despite the price, if Apple made them more gym friendly. I realize their are products out there to make that better, but it's almost certain they wouldn't work in the case without removing. And so... corded earbuds for me until these issues are resolved. For those not using during strenuous activity and happy with virtually the same sound as the $30 corded pair (granted they're a bit louder), these will make you smile.
I have a friend who really loves his. I'm so sure I'd lose mine, I don't dare try.
Apple CEO Tim Cook toured the New York Stock Exchange with his nephew this morning, where he took a few moments to do a quick interview with CNBC.
Cook said he couldn't comment on business when asked, but he told the interviewer that Apple has had a "great" holiday season. "It's been a great holiday," he said.
When questioned about Apple's recently released AirPods and the lack of available stock, Cook called the AirPods a "runaway success." "We're making them just as fast as we can," he said.
Introduced in mid-December, the first AirPods began shipping out to customers during the week of December 19th, the first day retail stores began carrying the accessory.
AirPods have proven to be popular with Apple users, and supplies have been constrained since launch. Retail stores and third-party retailers are receiving regular shipments, but many customers have not yet been able to purchase AirPods. Online orders placed today won't ship out for six weeks.
Reviews of AirPods have been largely positive, with customers praising the sound quality, battery life, ease of connectivity, and better than expected Bluetooth range, but some users have been having battery trouble with their Charging Case.
Article Link: Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls AirPods 'A Runaway Success,' Says 'It's Been a Great Holiday'
Only the aren't. AirPod revenue will be buried in the same category as Beats headphones, Apple Watches and USB cables, a category Apple has never announced specific unit sale numbers for. Even if there is a noticeable bump in said category come Q1 2017's call, there will be no way to know if it was due to AirPods, Beats or USB-C dongles.
A long wait at launch didn't magically transform into huge sales numbers for the AW either despite Tim's words almost verbatim to what he's said here about the AirPods, so take it all with a grain of salt.
Wake me up when there is a better CEO in terms of worth per dollar out there.
Of course, people only judge book by the cover. People only want phones that look different every 6 months, and laptops that carries legacy ports. Let's dismiss the fact that Apple is having a set of custom silicone on their belt, ranging from the A10 to S2 to W1, preparing themselves into a more mobile and wireless world. Nope. Let's just whine about how iPhones look the same, and how Apple should be like Acer/Asus.
The price of the Airpods is in a similar range as other very compact Bluetooth earbuds:
- Airpods: $160
- Earin: $175
- Jaybird X2: $180
- Kanoa: $199
- Bragi Dash: $250
- Samsung Gear IconX: $180
- Apollo 7: $280
Yes, they all have some different features which might justify some price differences. But I don't really see an Apple Tax in the Airpods price.
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Because the naysayers are people that don't actually own one.
It is true for most things.
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Please don't show facts. People at MR here only use $10 earbuds, thus anything else is overpriced.
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Try the Wireless Beats 2's. You can get them for around 89 bucks from several retailers right now and they work great at the gym for me. They lack the W1 chip functionality and extended battery life of the newer 3's, but they make up for that in cost (half as much, which isn't insignificant) and much better sound quality. Not sure what happened between the two generations, but the 3's are muddy as all get out and just sound like trash compared to the 2's. I'm hoping Apple corrects this in a silent revision at some point.
You cannot say much about sales yet while a product is severely production-constrained. But unless they really are a major hit (let's say they sell at 50% of the volume of iPhones), we likely won't see sales numbers. We also never saw sales numbers of Airport devices, monitors or any software product.
Apple reports sales numbers on items that really move the needle in regard to their finances, together with their financial results. Which is already more than what most other manufacturers do.
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Putting the phone call exception aside (which could be changed easily via software), I wonder if we eventually might add a tiny Bluetooth remote clipped to our lapels or collars with the basic controls of volume, play/pause and skip forward and back, something like the Satechi Bluetooth Button Series (Media Button) though smaller and with a clip (the current iPod shuffle might be a better design, but I think it can be made even much smaller than that.
Apple CEO Tim Cook toured the New York Stock Exchange with his nephew this morning, where he took a few moments to do a quick interview with CNBC.
Cook said he couldn't comment on business when asked, but he told the interviewer that Apple has had a "great" holiday season. "It's been a great holiday," he said.
When questioned about Apple's recently released AirPods and the lack of available stock, Cook called the AirPods a "runaway success." "We're making them just as fast as we can," he said.
Introduced in mid-December, the first AirPods began shipping out to customers during the week of December 19th, the first day retail stores began carrying the accessory.
AirPods have proven to be popular with Apple users, and supplies have been constrained since launch. Retail stores and third-party retailers are receiving regular shipments, but many customers have not yet been able to purchase AirPods. Online orders placed today won't ship out for six weeks.
Reviews of AirPods have been largely positive, with customers praising the sound quality, battery life, ease of connectivity, and better than expected Bluetooth range, but some users have been having battery trouble with their Charging Case.
Article Link: Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls AirPods 'A Runaway Success,' Says 'It's Been a Great Holiday'
I am a little tired of feeling like Apple is playing us. There are always "leaks", there are always shortages of new products. I have to wonder if this is all stage managed. Let's face it if something is easy to get and we know all about it before it is available, what is the life of the "news" around it's release? Just like a movie with all the hype, if it's no good, we never hear about it again - Suicide Squad as an example. Yet great movies never die. So does anybody else think Apple might just be using the media to get free hype? I love my Apple products, which are ALL the latest models but if it is stage managed then I have to wait sometimes for long periods to get what I want when it could be available sooner. I love to know what is coming up. The first click of every day for me is Mac Rumours. So how about Apple being as good as delivering products sooner and in reasonable numbers as they are at designing them??? How is a product that couldn't be released anywhere near it's promised time be a runaway success. At best it's a late comer success. My 2c
