{"id":113584,"date":"2019-03-02T14:10:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T11:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/apple-to-launch-airpods-2-on-march-29-discontinue-original-airpods-model\/"},"modified":"2019-03-02T14:10:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T11:10:15","slug":"apple-to-launch-airpods-2-on-march-29-discontinue-original-airpods-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/apple-to-launch-airpods-2-on-march-29-discontinue-original-airpods-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple to launch &#8216;AirPods 2&#8217; on March 29, discontinue original AirPods model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- font size selector, BEGIN --><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"cfix\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gray small byline\">\n\t\t\tBy <a href=\"http:\/\/appleinsider.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#c8a6adbfbb88a9b8b8a4ada1a6bba1acadbae6aba7a5\">AppleInsider Staff <\/a>\t\t\t<br \/><span class=\"gray\">Friday, March 01, 2019, 12:51 am PT (03:51 am ET)<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span><span class=\"article-leader\">An unsubstantiated rumor claims Apple&#8217;s original AirPods wireless earbuds will reach end of life status in late March, with a successor model slated to hit store shelves immediately thereafter. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"article-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/v9\/images\/1x1-white.jpg\" alt=\"AirPods\" height=\"406\" class=\"lazy\" data-original=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/gallery\/29938-48760-29395-47388-AirPods-detail-l-l-l.jpg\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/gallery\/29938-48760-29395-47388-AirPods-detail-l-l-l.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"minor2 small gray\">Apple&#8217;s current AirPods design.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Citing sources familiar with Apple&#8217;s supply chain, Spanish blog <em>Applesfera<\/em> reports Apple intends to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.applesfera.com\/accesorios\/todo-encaja-pistas-nuevos-airpods-llegando-a-tiendas-29-marzo\">halt sales<\/a> of current generation AirPods on March 28. In its place, the tech giant will introduce &#8220;a few&#8221; new models of the immensely popular accessory, sources said. <\/p>\n<p>The report hinges in part on a screenshot purportedly taken from the logistics software of an Apple supplier, which labels AirPods as &#8220;Out of Stock&#8221; on March 28. While its origin is unknown, the stock listing appears to suggest that a next-generation product launch is imminent. <\/p>\n<p>The publication, again citing unnamed sources, claims one or more new AirPods variants will be unveiled at a rumored special media event <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/02\/12\/apple-news-event-rumored-for-march-25-at-steve-jobs-theater\">slated for March 25<\/a> before they hit store shelves on March 29.<\/p>\n<p>Further details regarding the supposed next-gen AirPods were not furnished in the report. <\/p>\n<p><em>Applesfera<\/em> lacks an established track record \u2014  or any record \u2014  of predicting Apple product launches and <em>AppleInsider<\/em> is unable to confirm its claims. <\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s report adds to a confusing, and perhaps confused, chorus of rumors surrounding a so-called &#8220;AirPods 2&#8221; device. <\/p>\n<p>When <em>BuzzFeed News<\/em> broke news of the as-yet-unannounced Apple special event earlier this month, the outlet cited sources who believe the tech giant is unlikely to use the opportunity as a platform to debut new hardware. Instead, the media gathering <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/02\/13\/apple-planning-to-unveil-video-service-at-march-25-event-invite-hollywood-celebrities\">is expected<\/a> to focus on new video and news subscription services.  <\/p>\n<p>Previous rumblings suggested a new AirPods version with health tracking features would <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/02\/12\/airpods-2-ipad-mini-5-airpower-new-ipad-sales-predicted-to-start-on-march-22\">launch on March 22<\/a> alongside &#8220;iPad mini 5&#8221; and the long-delayed AirPower charging mat. Others claim a promised wireless charging case is set to debut with a minor AirPods hardware update sometime before a product line revamp is <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/02\/12\/airpods-2-may-not-launch-until-the-fall-wireless-charging-case-coming-sooner\">unveiled this fall<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>More recently, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in a note to investors pegged Apple to launch an updated version of AirPods in the <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/02\/17\/apple-plans-to-ship-airpower-wireless-charging-new-airpods-in-first-half-of-2019\">first half of 2019<\/a>, echoing a prediction first floated by <em>DigiTimes<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/01\/23\/second-generation-airpods-tipped-to-ship-in-early-2019-with-health-tracking-features\">in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t\t\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t\t\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t\t\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n\t\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\t\tfbq('init', '303691330110002');\n\t\t\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t\t\t<\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/03\/01\/rumor-apple-to-launch-airpods-2-on-march-29-discontinue-original-airpods-model\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u00a0 By AppleInsider Staff Friday, March 01, 2019, 12:51 am PT (03:51 am ET) An unsubstantiated rumor claims Apple&#8217;s original AirPods wireless earbuds will reach end of life status in late March, with a successor model slated to hit store shelves immediately thereafter. Apple&#8217;s current AirPods design. Citing sources familiar with Apple&#8217;s supply chain, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}