Apple Officially Cancels AirPower

[shorestyle]

cause charging an apple pencil through the iPad charging port is high standard

 

[mgollaher92]

LOL but all these other companies including no-name Chinese and Korean brands can? I’ve seen plenty of similar products.

 

[Jeaz]

Same company who touted Qi charging for the Apple Watch Series 3 and never did it.

Did they do the same for Series 4?

As far as I understand, both S3 and S4 has support for Qi, but it's disabled (supposedly in waiting for AirPower)

 

[TrulsZK]

I wanted one or two very much and was ready to order. But now I have to look into 3rd party options?

 

[Asarien]

How is this the case when the image of it is literally on the back of the box of the brand new AirPods??

Epic Fail Apple

It's pure gold. Better buy a couple of the first runs of new EarPods before the packaging changes. It will be worth astronomical sums in a couple of decades.

 

[AustinIllini]

This is a rare hardware disaster in the post iPhone era.

That blows my mind, honestly.

 

[Zachari]

But... why did they put AirPower on the 2nd gen AirPod box?? What a joke.

 

[Rivvvers]

After following Apple for two decades, the days where I used to look forward to new announcements has subsided and been replaced with a long sigh followed by an exhaled meh. Sad times.

 

[ondert]

LOOOOOOL! Why the heck you promised then back in 2017?

My mind really blown away Tim Cook!! Thanks...

Now resign, go home and never come please!!!

 

[gigapocket1]

AirPower dies... but ApplePower is coming soon

 

[BJMRamage]

are people forgetting you can use almost ANY Qi Charging pad for most wireless charging Apple Products? (Maybe not the watch, that one is the outlier)

I decided to buy a few 'cheap' Qi pads and am pleased with the ability to drop in several places to charge when I feel the need. NOT just an overpriced Apple Pad.

 

[33man]

Yeah they should also talk about canceling Apple news in France, Switzerland...

 

[kognos]

Too soon for April 1?

 

[ck2875]

I feel like there had to be some underlying fire/safety risk that Apple didn’t want to take a gamble on (considering the rumors of overheating that we have had for about a year now.

The goopery and gaggery is far too much!

Found the RPDR fan.

 

[RippedAmoeba]

The media is going to have a field day!

 

[macduke]

$250 billion dolllars or whatever it’s up to nowadays and they can’t even make a wireless charging mat, lol.

I’ll be picking this up at some point. Charges Apple Watch, AirPods, and iPhone all wirelessly at the same time. And unlike AirPower you don’t have to remove your loop strap to charge the Watch: https://hellonomad.com/products/base-station-apple-watch

So much for Apple creating a truly wireless AirPower someday when they can’t even get this right.

 

[Agent OrangeZ]

Steve is rolling in his grave... urn... well he is rolling where ever he is...

 

[birdieman128]

So now what with the AirPods wireless charging option?

Think I may return mine and get the non wireless version.

I think I would do the same. That is stupid.
I guess they have changed to a service company overnight since there is little innovation on hardware.

 

[gri]

Gone are the years where Apple innovated and was able to pull off the first private supercomputer (Mac Pro), the thinnest laptop (MB Air), a media player/internet browser/phone in one thing (iPhone), a new internet browsing device like a laptop (iPad). Now they just say nope, can't do it. Our bad.
Tim needs to go.

 

[twocents]

Ding dong the dang witch is finally gone. Glad there's at least resolution for all the suspense around a freaking wireless charger!

 

[Danilo - Italy]

Incredible. The biggest tech company in the world can't build a charging mat.

That's really incredible. Small companies succeed and the $1 trillion company doesn't?! Worrying!

 

[33man]

Maybe apple realized that selling one device to charge them all was not as monney maker than selling one qi charger per device...

 

[philipmv]

This is sad news and a case study in vaporware. I hate to say it, but you know it’s coming. A headline on MacRumors will one day say: “Apple Officially Cancels Mac.”

 

[al256]

Ok, make up your mind. One day it is rumored to have gone into production and the next it is cancelled and has always been cancelled.

Sure AirPower is dead but, why not get something useful out of its demise? Leak that it’s in production and find out who some leakers are.

 

[newyorksole]

I am shocked honestly. And the fact that it’s in the back of the New AirPods lmao wow. Crazyyyy.