Presenting in September wireless on-ear headphones AirPods, Apple promised to start selling them in October. However, despite the fact that the month has ended, “Apple” the novelty has not yet appeared on store shelves. In late October, Apple told that it was postponing the start of sales of the AirPods, as, apparently, it was discovered that the product is not ready yet. According to Economic Daily News, “brand” wireless earphone Apple may be delayed until January 2017.
Announcing the delayed release of the AirPods, the manufacturer has not indicated the exact timing of the start of sales of the device.
“We do not consider possible the delivery of the product before it is ready, and we need a little more time before the AirPods will be ready for our customers,” said Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller. The company has not provided any technical reason for the delay.
“Apple initially planned to release the AirPods at the end of October, but postponed the release, writes the Economic Daily News. – Supplier Inventec expects to start deliveries of AirPods in January 2017”. According to the newspaper Inventec expects supply growth of 7% in 2017, the growth in the revenue per share will increase by 35% “due to the orders AirPods”.
It is worth noting that this is the first transfer of the planned start of sales of Apple product at a later date over the past five years. Recall that the white version was announced in June 2010, the iPhone 4 went on sale only in April 2011 due to problems with production. With the release of the software was broken for the delay. In 2012, Apple has postponed the release of iTunes 11 for a month to fix bugs.
AirPods was introduced with the iPhone 7 in early September. The flagship smartphone Apple, whose sales began in the same month, no more standard 3.5 mm connector for headphones, assumes the use of a wireless headset or headphones through the Lightning connector, which is also used for charging and syncing your smartphone with your computer.
In the US the cost AirPods will be $160, in Russia is more expensive, 13 000.
See also:
- The main reason why you ought to buy AirPods
- AirPods was more popular than the Apple Watch: 12% of users plan to buy new Apple earphones
