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Apple Cancels AirPower Product

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Post by darkpuma »

threeseed wrote: post #200
Hamuko wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The keyboards. My 2016 MacBook Pro has had issues with several of the keys. Apple has extended the warranty on the keyboard to four years, but it's not like they will actually give you a working keyboard design, but rather switch out the keyboard for the same design. They're also being sued for the keyboard issues.

I know that they had issues with the 2016 and 2017 models. I owned one. But those issues were fixed in the 2018 one. Which is why they haven't needed to extend the warranty at all.

> "I know that they had issues with the 2016 and 2017 models."

So it's no longer your belief that the 2017 model was significantly better than the 2016 version? Or was it significantly better, but still shit? In one or two years will the 2018 version in turn be considered significantly better but still shit?

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Post by anonoholic »

pkamb wrote: post #272
ctdonath wrote: post #261

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Were it "just like others with their markup", why would people pay more for the same thing?

Quality materials, nicer fit and finish, no obnoxious blue LEDs...

> no obnoxious blue LEDs...

:) True! But for $10 I'll live with it.

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Post by thamer »

hartator wrote: post #110
thamer wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The new AirPods can be charged on Qi chargers, that are available on Amazon for $10. No one bought wireless charging AirPods because of AirPower.

Actually did. I’ll try to use of the alternative then. What Qi charger you recommend?

I have this one, and really like it: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C40OG22/ref=oh_aui_sear... – it costs $10.99 and has anti-slip rubber on its surface.

I also own another that has a completely smooth surface and my phone tends to slide off.

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Post by nothis »

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’…

I'd say "alright, time to move on from Apple!" but what competition do they even have in the niche of high quality, UX-focused computer products? There's maybe some that do one or two things really well, but for a full-package experience, like a laptop, it's barren out there. It's not even like I root for Apple to somehow work this out out of some brand loyalty, it's because if they fail, they'll leave a huge gaping hole in the niche they built for themselves.

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Post by cududa »

midnightdiesel wrote: post #37

Are there any official announcements about this? It seems odd for Apple’s leadership team to make statements about unreleased products to reporters like that without any other context.

It’s called a “Friday news dump” - toss it out with the trash to some outlet. TechCrunch wouldn’t just make up a story.

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Post by thothamon »

So the thing here is Apple would never have announced the product and pumped it the way they have unless someone who at the time was highly respected said with very high confidence that it could be done. Not only that, but a lot of other experienced and respected people would also, almost certainly, have looked at it and also agreed it was doable.

For Apple to say now it can't be done in a timely manner means those people either got a serious black eye, or they're out of the company and the remaining people don't think it's doable.

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Post by cududa »

skiman10 wrote: post #244
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...

So the issue was on the receiving device, not the mat?

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Post by bredren »

julianozen wrote: post #259

I suspect Apple's launch plan was to ship last week's AirPods with the new mat for last holiday, and that as of ~Sept 2018, Apple assumed AirPower was possible (which is why last weeks AirPods were manufactured with AirPower documentation placed into the box) I spent sometime working on a hardware team at Amazon and we had an expression "hardware is like fruit" meaning the longer it sits unsold, the more stale and ob…

Apple has pulled off some reported last minute hardware changes while stretching timelines.

The 2016 MBP which had a 500+ day update cycle was apparently supposed to have the terraced battery used in MacBooks. [1]

That got chucked last minute and led to a lot of battery complaints early on. I returned a loaded 13” due to limited battery life.

The company ended up working SW systems to squeeze more out of what it has and it seemed to work.

In that case they also seemed to be trying to meet a holiday release.

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-20/how-apple...

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