Whatever your views on Tim Cook or Apple more generally, I think we can all agree that heads need to roll over this... what a colossal **** up!
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple Officially Cancels AirPower
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Some Airpod 2s have a 2018 manufacture date on the box. So at minimum, they were made 4 months ago.
Give Apple credit, they pulled the plug on a product they could not produce to their satisfaction. That is much better than throwing good money after bad. Though the concept of the AirPower sounds very interesting, Apple cannot produced to their specs it is smart they stopped it; much business sense. Before bashing Apple look at other companies that have dropped products, think GM, Ford, Chrysler, Motorola, the list goes on. Then there are companies with too much hubris not to let go of doomed products then they lose tons of money; remember the saying “Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”
They print boxes for unannounced products 7 months in advance?
Shows how much the average poster know..... I said AirPods 2
The backlash would be 10x worst if this caught on fire and people would be saying they shouldn’t have put it in the market if it wasn’t ready.
Seems a little disingenuous to launch airpods 2 a week before... and then cancel it... what would the difference in sales have been if people knew his beforehand?
Then why hasn't anyone else come out with something identical?
Let's not put on airs here.
1. There are some products that have simply combined multiple individual charging spots into a singular casing. Not exactly earth shattering. And not at all what Apple was pitching.
2. Virtually none of them can charge an Apple Watch, and those that claim to be able to, usually can't.
3. A quick scan of the price tag and the reviews for the products that pretend to be an AirPower alternative tell you the real story. They are all imitation junk. I've done more than scan and tried some of them, and returned them all.
I have ordered the product from Nomad which again does not even come close to what Apple promised, but looks decent by comparison to the rest of the market.
In the end, even Apple couldn't even come close to what Apple was promising, and cancelled it. Let's not pretend there is even a close comparison on the market, or that what is on the market is even remotely good.
Last edited:
Lol to anyone saying lolIt's just a freaking charging matt!! Which isn't essential for ANYTHING! And lol to everyone, who is talking about returning Airpods 2 because of that.
There are no extra points around here for hyperbolic nonsense.
Umm, maybe the other thousands of wireless charging stands or mats?
Airpods were clearly supposed to come out in Oct/Nov. When Airpower didn't launch they held them.
Indeed, and then I look at the reviews online and they are all breaking after a couple of weeks. No thanks. Yet if Apple HAD released something that had lesser build quality or overheated, people would be howling about that.
They will never cancel Mac, because then how would developers make all those apps for the iPhone?
Somebody enlighten me... what was the big deal about an Apple wireless charger? Like, what was somebody waiting for this instead of just using something else? It's not like something that actually makes a physical connection with your device to charge it—what was the expectation that Apple was going to do something different or special?
Another Apple product failure.
At least they canceled before launching.
When are they canceling the Macbooks with the new Keyboards?
This shows how lame the product engineers have become at Apple.
With problem after problems in almost every product (except Watches and phones)
Look at the pathetic upgrades they announce the entire week before the event.
At least they canceled before launching.
When are they canceling the Macbooks with the new Keyboards?
This shows how lame the product engineers have become at Apple.
With problem after problems in almost every product (except Watches and phones)
Look at the pathetic upgrades they announce the entire week before the event.
I'm pretty sure they knew a while ago that this thing was going to get cancelled, but waited until after the initial wave of airpod orders to announce it. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Apple orchestrated that leak about airpower going in to production... Sneaky bastards.
Can someone explain why is it so hard to make a charging pad that charges two or more devices at once? Is it because of excessive heat or other engineering difficulties?
Edit: "I’ve heard that they ran too hot because the 3D charging coils in close proximity to one another required very, very cautious power management."
Hmm
Edit: "I’ve heard that they ran too hot because the 3D charging coils in close proximity to one another required very, very cautious power management."
Hmm