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Apple Cancels AirPower Product

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Post by save_ferris »

jbigelow76 wrote: post #197
slg wrote: post #4

It is a slimy move to wait a week after the wireless charging Airpods were released before announcing this. You can't tell me that Apple didn't know this was coming. What percentage of people who have bought new Airpods in the last week wouldn't have made that purchase if they knew AirPower was never going to be released? EDIT: Several people are responding that other manufactures make wireless chargers, so what is t…

It is a slimy move to wait a week after the wireless charging Airpods were released before announcing this. Slimey? Really? Slimey is opening a factory along side a river and then dumping the waste chemicals in the river while touting the number of jobs added to the local economy. In Apple's case, they announced a product early, turns out they couldn't deliver on it. No harm, no foul... okay maybe reputational foul,…

Apple explicitly marketed AirPower support as a main feature of the next generation of AirPods. To a lot of people on Twitter, it was THE main feature of AirPods 2.

Saying "hey, buy the new version of AirPods at a $50 premium because it's compatible with this new thing that's about to come out" and then fumbling on that product you just marketed to drive sales of AirPods isn't kosher.

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Post by andyfleming »

vbezhenar wrote: post #210
andyfleming wrote: post #5

It seems like they could have cancelled the multi-device charger and just released a single-device charger branded as AirPower.

There are plenty of chargers out there. I don't think that many people would buy overpriced Apple ones, unless they would introduce some proprietary lock-in, but it seems that it's too late.

People buy the more expensive Apple versions of accessories all the time even if they are not proprietary.

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Post by minikites »

tambourine_man wrote: post #33

Instead of reliable WiFi routers and induction chargers, Mac Pros and you know, laptop keyboards that you can actually type on… We get a credit card, news and streaming service that no one wants or understands. I really don’t get Apple's priorities recently. Which is a shame, since few companies step to the chalange of serving the expensive high quality tech stuff market. And what happened to the company that wouldn’…

Apple is a lifestyle brand now, not a technology company. Once you frame it in those terms, their decisions make a lot more sense.

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Post by aurailious »

randomacct3847 wrote: post #130

I haven’t found a situation where wireless charging is superior to wired charging, especially for my iPhone w wireless charging. The only situation is if you’re out and about and don’t have your cable with you, and in that case the only public wireless charging I’ve ever come across is at a certain Starbucks places, but it wouldn’t make sense in that situation why your own wirelessly mat would help since you probably…

Two places I have them: at my desk, on my nightstand. But both are the standing up kind, not the mat.

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Post by crooked-v »

ascagnel_ wrote: post #206
threeseed wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My 2018 MacBook Pro works great. No issues with the hardware at all and I love the TouchBar. What exactly is wrong with them ?

You're one of the lucky ones; my 2018 laptop has unreliable "o" , "s", "h", "j", "k", and "e" keys (can you tell I'm a heavy vim user?), and the black plastic around the "K" glyph has started to wear away.

For me it's endless stuttering with spacebar, e, and r for some reason.

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Post by ineedasername »

I'm just surprised they announced a product at all when, especially that long ago, they must have known there were issues that could be potential show stoppers. Whatever his faults, I can't imagine that ever would have happened under Steve Jobs.

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Post by geddy »

hartator wrote: post #98

Stupid question. I have an iPhone, the watch, and now the wireless AirPods. What will be the best charging pad out there?

This is a great question, not stupid at all! There are tons of people with devices reading for wireless charging that are now going to be looking elsewhere, now that this has officially been declared dead.

Just got my wife an Apple Watch and I was telling her about how cool the AirPower product would be... yesterday. Gotta break the news to her when she gets home.

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Post by trashcan »

rjknight wrote: post #46
slg wrote: post #4

It is a slimy move to wait a week after the wireless charging Airpods were released before announcing this. You can't tell me that Apple didn't know this was coming. What percentage of people who have bought new Airpods in the last week wouldn't have made that purchase if they knew AirPower was never going to be released? EDIT: Several people are responding that other manufactures make wireless chargers, so what is t…

On the other hand, announcing it now means that anyone who really would have changed their minds still can. Apple will almost certainly accept returns, even in countries which don't provide statutory rights to return unwanted goods within a certain time period. Announcing it a month from now, or later, would make such returns impossible. It does seem like this is the very latest date such an announcement could have b…

I bought the wireless charging version, but I also had it engraved. I'm guessing that will prevent it from being returnable. Hopefully Apple issues a blanket refund of the price difference for everyone.

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Post by AceJohnny2 »

ksec wrote: post #202
minimaxir wrote: post #2

The whole AirPower saga is a weird event in product development. AirPower compatibility was highlighted as a feature in the packaging of the just-released AirPods 2 : https://twitter.com/itsnicolenguyen/status/11106569269650636... There has to be something that caused this abrupt cancellation.

>There has to be something that caused this abrupt cancellation. They could have sold a Wireless Charger just like others with their mark up. Instead we got nothing. Also admitting MacBook Pro Keyboard Failure. I believe there is something happening to Hardware Engineering in general.

Methinks HWEng made a breach in Industrial Design's north flank, and provoked a rout. The tide is turning!
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