“Thanks to orders for Apple’s AirPods earphones, Inventec’s revenues are expected to grow 7% on year to reach around NT$754 billion (US$23.83 billion) in 2017,” Joseph Tsai reports for DigiTimes. “Its EPS will also grow 35% to reach NT$2.10, up from NT$1.55, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report citing market watchers.”
“Apple originally planned to release the AirPods at the end of October, but has postponed release,” Tsai reports. “Inventec is expected to begin shipping AirPods in January 2017, the paper noted.”
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MacDailyNews Take: If true, AirPods will be missing Christmas.
Somebody really screwed the pooch on this one.
Apple’s now commonplace penchant for announcing things and then not having product to ship is not a virtue.
Real artists ship. – Steve Jobs
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Apple’s AirPods make Google Glass look even more ridiculous (if that’s even possible) – September 19, 2016
Why Silicon Valley is all wrong about Apple’s AirPods – September 17, 2016
Apple CEO Tim Cook: AirPods won’t fall out of your ears (with video) – September 14, 2016
What AirPods can tell us about Apple’s future – September 12, 2016
Hands-on with Apple’s new AirPods: Stayed in my ears, sounded awesome – September 10, 2016
Apple and a truly wireless future: AirPods are just the start – September 10, 2016
Whoever makes the first AirPods strap is going to get rich – September 8, 2016
