Seriously, where the heck is Apple’s AirPower charger?

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If you carry around more than one Apple product, you might be asking yourself when the heck the company’s first wireless charging pad, AirPower, will be available for purchase.

Well, at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) this week, we learned that even after nine months since it was announced, Airpower still doesn’t have a release date or price — in fact, it wasn’t even mentioned during the keynote presentation.

The company’s first wireless charging pad was unveiled alongside the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X in September 2017 at a special press event. The charging station was billed as the only one that could wirelessly charge an iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods all at once. And to its credit, Apple did say it was a future product that would launch in 2018. Read more…

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Verizon is offering $50 off two pairs of Apple Airpods, and discounts on Airpods *never* happen

Verizon wants to give you two pairs of Apple Airpods for $270. That’s $50 off.
Y’all.
This is the only way we know of to get Airpods with this big of a discount right now, and Verizon is the only carrier in on the action. It’s only happened once befo…

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Apple’s over-the-ear headphones could feature noise-canceling

 The plot thickens. Last week, KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported that Apple has been working on over-the-ear headphones in addition to new AirPods. Today, Bloomberg confirms this information and adds that these new headphones could also feature noise-canceling capabilities.
KGI said that this new product should be available at some point in Q4 2018, just in time for the holiday season. But… Read More

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Google needs to give the AirPods better competition

 In the race for in-ear AI, Apple has the clear advantage despite the fact that their intelligent assistant is one of the dumbest of the bunch. Yesterday, reports emerged that Apple was working on a pair of follow-ups to its Airpods headphones that could bring them always-on Siri functionality as well as a splash-proof design. As we think about all the things that Apple could do right with… Read More

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Apple said to debut voice-activated Siri AirPods in 2018, water-resistant model in 2019

 Apple is preparing a couple of updating models of AirPods, according to Bloomberg. The popular fully wireless earbud-style headphones that Apple introduced last year are currently on track for a refresh in 2018 with the addition of a new version of the “W” line of chips that Apple created specifically to manage and improve Bluetooth-based connections between gadgets. The 2018… Read More

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Apple AirPods are the latest tech product that can allegedly explode

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Another tech product, another explosive allegation.

Except this time it’s not a phone. A man from Tampa, Florida claims one of his Apple AirPods blew up while he was at the gym.

According to WFLA, Jason Colon was listening to dance music at an LA Fitness when the right side of the wireless earphones started emitting white smoke. 

Colon decided to leave it on a piece of workout equipment and seek help, but when he returned, the earphone apparently was good as gone.

“It was already popped. I didn’t see it happen, but I mean, it was already fried. You can see flame damage,” he told the television station.  Read more…

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Amazon has copycat AirPods on sale for $36 right now — they’re normally $300

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Apple will probably launch new AirPods in the second half of 2018

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Apple AirPods are sold out on its online store until next year — but the wireless earbuds may still get a major refresh in 2018. 

A leading Apple analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities, released a memo on Tuesday predicting that Apple will offer a new version of AirPods in the second half of 2018. The rumor blog Apple Insider spotted the memo and reports that Kuo expects the earbuds to have some smaller components and a higher selling price. AirPods currently cost $159. 

Unlike many of Kuo’s predictions about Apple’s forthcoming phones and batteries, he does not go into more detail about this particular rumor.  Read more…

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