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Apple Cancels AirPower Product

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Post by culturestate »

ctphipps wrote: post #195
chrischen wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple has a 1-week (or is it 2 weeks?) unconditional return policy. It actually disservices them to announce it after since they may now get a bunch of open box returns. Additionally your edit doesn’t hold because apple sells iPhones without an official wireless charger either. The AirPods can also be charged with a wire, not to mention any compatible qi charger. If you’re going to call out apple for making the charg…

Apple has much less consumer friendly return policies in many non-US markets. Take Hong Kong for example: "All products purchased at Apple Store in Hong Kong cannot be returned or exchanged. Exceptions for exchange will be allowed for defective products only." https://www.apple.com/hk/shop/help/exchange_return I'd have a hard time arguing that the AirPods are defective because the non-bundled mat on the box didn't sh…

This is...exactly the same as nearly every other retailer in HK. Off the top of my head - of places I’ve bought from recently - only Ikea allows random returns in HK. Everyone else is the same as Apple.

Unlimited returns for any reason at every store is quite an American thing.

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Post by rat9988 »

threeseed wrote: post #142
vbezhenar wrote: post #97

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What do you mean by "Apple will accept returns"? There's no Apple Store in my country and I'm not sure that ordinary shops would accept returns, especially after box was opened.

So obviously it depends on the country. In many parts of the world there are consumer rights which guarantees the ability to return items even if opened.

So apple doesn't accept returns, except when compelled to. Therefore we can assume that they have screwed some people in the process.

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Post by skiman10 »

eugeniub wrote: post #115

My guess is that an AirPower-like mat will come back in late 2019 or 2020, after Apple updates the Apple Watch to use the same wireless charging technology as iPhones.

It technically already does use the Qi standard, just locked down to Apple approved devices [1]. This AirPower cancelation was supposedly canceled because 3D layered coils generate too much heat and they could not figure it out.

[1] https://www.cultofmac.com/398423/apple-forces-you-to-buy-its...

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Post by rconti »

dkokelley wrote: post #171
derefr wrote: post #133

Something I don't understand about induction charging: why is it even necessary if the device and charger are still expected to be in flat contact with one another (with at most a few millimeters of separation)? Is the point just for arbitrary positionability on a flat charging surface? If so, I feel like there are simpler ways to solve that, just with clever solid-state connector design. Imagine a BGA processor that…

I wirelessly charge my iPhone through its case.

Hell, I charge my X through a Quad Lock case which is about as thick as you can get (it has a bulge on the back to handle the connection to the Quad Lock mounting devices). It doesn't work with everything, but it works with my cheapo Qi charger and my Nomad charger in my Tesla.

I'm sure it charges more slowly than with no case, but it does what I need.

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Post by basch »

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…

>There would still be plenty of complaints if Apple stopped selling their USB-C power brick.

Of all the examples you could give, I actually think just about nobody would care about the USB-C power brick. To be honest, its kind of stupid already to buy a first party charger. It';s throwing $50+ into the wind.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DW3QGJJ

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Post by cududa »

brandur wrote: post #131
bangonkeyboard wrote: post #48

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The new AirPods boxes were printed in 2018: https://twitter.com/horwitz/status/1110977803183374341

But even if we take copyright year to be the same as the printing year, Apple would almost certainly have just made a new box if they'd known well in advance they were going to cancel AirPower. This still shows an unusual level of disorganization on their part, which is surprising enough that I'm willing to believe a sudden decision was made. There's a good chance that we'll see this somewhat proven in that Apple wil…

Who cares - they delay it, reprint and repackage it. Apple is a massive company that’s gone through monumental efforts to enforce quality (in the past). They could’ve at least done that.

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Post by rconti »

Shivetya wrote: post #7

to be honest I was never onboard. I have phone chargers that hold the phone upright and this orientation made it easy to just glance over when texts and notifications popped. If I owned a watch I would want something similar; think how many watches are displayed in a stand up case; to keep the dial easily visible. plus in the end, the predictions of price were all elevated and in a world of ten and twenty dollar char…

Belkin produces a thing like this; "Valet Phone Dock", which holds an iPhone and watch in view. I have one by my bedside. It's convenient with the watch because a slight tap causes it to wake up and show the time. Everything's at the 'right' angle.

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Post by MBCook »

Nullabillity wrote: post #153
spectramax wrote: post #132

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No matter what Apple does, people will be pissed off at something . Contrary to your point: A. They announced the cancellation a week later, you still have time to return your AirPods 2. B. If they had gone with substandard product, then you will still complain, why didn't Apple cancel this product a long time ago!? Why did they release this piece of shit? We will have #AirPowerGate storm on Twitter, armchair special…

They could have cancelled the AP2 too, or at least announced this cancellation before that launch.

Why? The new AirPods still have Hey Siri and longer battery life on telephone calls. If you choose the Qi case they still charge wirelessly with other Qi chargers.

It’s a solid spec bump to a product. Not a huge leap (which is there is no 2 in the name) but it’s not like they were ONLY going to work with the AirPower and had no other new features.

No reason to cancel them.

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