They may come out in time for the holiday season and perhaps cannibalizing sales of AirPods or any of Apple's Beats products.
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Apple iPhone 8 Real Audio Review: Not much has changed (Video)
We've been covering how iPhones sound for a few generations now and while we've suffered the curveball of the iPhone 7, our conclusion isn't exciting.
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The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are plain ‘ol improvements
The standard-bearer iPhones get new Retina Displays, new cameras and new price tags. And all of them are on the upside of things.
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AirPods by Christmas? Tim Cook may have assured a customer in an email
Can we call the launch of the AirPods botched yet? Or should we give the products a chance?
As a commercial entity, Apple’s first wireless earbuds are failing on literal delivery. They were announced back in September with the iPhone 7 and the Beats Solo3 wireless headphones. Both of those products are out — the AirPods are not. Apparently, the company doesn’t “believe in shipping a product before it’s ready“.
So, how far out from announcement will the AirPods be before they are actually “ready” for delivery? Those $159 pre-orders are on the line.
Well, CEO Tim Cook has apparently addressed one customer’s concerns in an email exchange. MacRumors obtained the emails and has verified the headers that tag the email to Apple’s corporate servers. We do have to caution that such things can be faked, but other Apple executives have taken the time to address individual customer complaints once in a blue moon.
Here’s the exchange:
Customer’s comment: “Give us a release date. I really bought in to the wireless vision you painted. Now I’m stuck waiting with my EarPods but can’t charge my 7 at the same time which I need to do at work. Let us know if it’s a month or 6 months, because then I’ll just buy some other wireless headphones.”
Tim Cook’s response: “Thanks for your note. Sorry for the delay—we are finalizing them and I anticipate we will begin to ship over the next few weeks.”
Tim Cook has a little over three weeks to make sure that these wireless earbuds get to his customers’ doorsteps by Christmas.
Retail employees have also been on the scramble to stop customers from cancelling their AirPods pre-orders by, in some cases, mentioning arbitrary delivery dates.
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Apple AirPods ETA up in the air, Beats Wireless sets available
According to a spokesperson for Apple, its wireless earbuds, dubbed AirPods, are simply not ready.The new audio kit was supposed to be ready for purchase by around this part of the month, but we’ve been told via a statement to TechCrunch that in fact, Apple will have work some things out.“The early response to AirPods has been incredible,” said the spokesperson. “We don’t believe in shipping a product before it’s ready, and we need a little more ...
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Sky’s the limit for Lightning EarPods, AirPods, Beats Wireless
Apple has officially dumped the mini-phonojack — the 3.5mm headphone jack to us humans — and has elected to go Lightning only for any future audio listening.That includes EarPods with a Lightning connector and an adapter in every box to switch between Lightning and 3.5mm.Cupertino has also plopped in some Bluetooth-enabled AirPods, communicating audio wirelessly to individual earbuds. Each has an Apple-designed W1 chip to connect to your iPhone or Apple Watch and switch between them as needed and drive sound. Configurations can be backed up through iCloud. Beamforming microphones ...
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