Apple Delays AirPods Beyond Original 'Late October' Window (arstechnica.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Apple's new wireless, $180 AirPods have less than a week to meet their original shipping target of "late October," and now the company has confirmed that such a launch is officially off the table. A Wednesday statement, given to Ars Technica just one day ahead of the company's latest Mac-related press event, confirmed Apple's decision to delay the wireless headphones' launch. In the statement, Apple tells Ars that the company "needs a little more time before AirPods are ready for our customers." "The early response to AirPods has been incredible," the Apple statement reads. "We don't believe in shipping a product before it's ready." Apple declined to offer any estimate or release window information about when to expect the AirPods' official launch.

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Re:An idea for Apple

[Anonymous Coward]

Next time you feel like doing something brash, like removing a ubiquitous, standardized, and completely functional feature from your products, such as the headphone jack in order to promote wireless listening, why don't you go ahead and make the Bluetooth headphones available FIRST?

Bluetooth headphones have literally been available for years. These are just the first Apple-branded bluetooth earphones. iPhone 7s come with Lightning Earpods in the box, and you have the option of using any of the thousands of different Bluetooth earphones that have been on the market for years. This delay is not the disaster you are making it out to be.

Re:An idea for Apple

[Maritz]

Bluetooth headphones have literally been available for years.

Bluetooth headphones are shit.