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Apple Officially Cancels AirPower
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I can’t. I can’t figure out how this is scary or concerning. They were trying to design a product that had too many problems and they clearly couldn’t figure it out, so they cancelled it.
Tim: we still have magazines in the pipeline
Embarrassing but I can understand canceling it for those reasons. It sounded like it could have been a safety hazard.
Anyone has any wireless charge recommendations? That will charge my iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods? I heard about the Nomad charging hub but was wondering if there are other similar products.
For AirPods 2 w/ wireless charging case, there is a text reference to it on the side of the box near the serial number barcode.
The separately-available charging case ($79) has an actual drawing of AirPowr on the back of the box.
They got leapfrogged on HomeKit by Amazon and Google, and it hasn't been the same. I figure Airport networking was an idea they had to either keep up with yearly with firmware/hardware or throw in the towel.
Yeah, they obviously thought they could resolve the issues...apparently until really recently. Oh well.
Pretty crappy that they did this immediately AFTER they finally launched the new case for Airpods. There were surely many people who opted to buy them in anticipation of the Air Power. The engineering issues are what they are, but the timing of this is ham-fisted and beneath the Apple that I used to know.
To be fair, no other company has been able to create an AirPower equivalent.
I returned the Airpods 2 With Wireless charging and exchanged it for the Airpods 2 with Charging case. I knew this was inevitable.
Ouch. This is a big failure for Apple. There are many 3rd party chargers that allow multiple devices to charge simultaneously. Hell Samsung has one that will charge two phones at the same time. Announced in 2017 and after numerous delays, it just gets cancelled. Not a good look for Apple and can’t remember this ever happening to them. Usually if they announce it, it’s coming and soon.
Maybe this will help them to not announce things so far in advance or give a “sneak peak” as it builds up unobtainable hype. (Then again, they do this as a way to entice customers to stay and also keep pace with competitors)
Maybe this will help them to not announce things so far in advance or give a “sneak peak” as it builds up unobtainable hype. (Then again, they do this as a way to entice customers to stay and also keep pace with competitors)
no it won’t.
Samsung is a huge,highly capable technology firm and makes many technology that is used by many including Apple as well as developing new tech.
Apple is only about smart devices,computers and software but Samsung is capable of much more.
But...it's not April 1st yet...
This is an April fools joke-- if they knew this today, they knew it a month ago and wouldn't advertise it on the AirPods 2 box. They know how thirsty the tech media is for this.
On Monday prepare to hear "April Fools!"-- AirPower is shipping TODAY!
I guess you could stretch the graphic being a generic charging mat.
But I saw someone posted that AirPower is explicitly mentioned on the box also?
Dang that's scary actually, I could see this happening on the Mac Pro "We don't know how to glue or solder it enough and have it be modular at the same time"
Phil would love to laugh at everyone. Amazing if Tim Apple approved this.