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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
by julianozen 8y ago
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 obsolete it gets (and it costs an unbelievable amount of money to keep it in storage). A few weeks/months ago, Apple must have decided that AirPower isn't going to happen, and that the AirPods that have been sitting in storage since September need to be sold so that they can actually sell their inventory before the launch of AirPods 3 (whenever that arrives)
- bredren 8y agoApple 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-alienated-mac-loyalists https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-20/how-apple...
- scarface74 8y agoThe most famous example has to be that the iPhone was introduced with a plastic screen, but after Steve Jobs noticed how easily it scratched, they changed to a glass screen. I can’t find it now. But Apple even had a press release that they were changing to a glass screen.
- julianozen 8y agoStill, the plastic iPhone was never made and put into boxes before the switch was made. It's surprising how late in the game this product was canceled
- karmelapple 8y agohttps://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-new-iphone-screen-2012-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-new-iphone-screen...