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AirPods 2 and AirPower weren’t announced at Apple’s 2018 iPhone event

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6 years ago

September 12, 2018

Avery Hartmans

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Apple held its annual iPhone launch event on Wednesday,
announcing three new phones and a new Apple Watch.
But Apple didn’t announce two key products a lot of Apple
fans were anticipating: AirPods 2 and AirPower.
The wireless earbuds and wireless charging mat, respectively,
may still get a release date in 2018, however if Apple holds a
MacBook event in October.

Apple
hosted its major hardware event on Wednesday, unveiling three new iPhones and a revamped Apple Watch — but
there were two important products that didn’t get a
mention.

Apple fans were anticipating both an update to Apple’s popular
AirPods wireless ear buds, along with a release date for
AirPower, the wireless charging mat Apple showed off at this time
last year.

Neither product was announced or even mentioned at the event.

Apple introduced AirPods in September 2016, and they’ve since
become one of Apple’s most warmly received new products in years.
Given that it’s been two years since the first generation of
AirPods hit store shelves, it seemed like prime time for Apple to
release AirPods 2.

But the only AirPods appearance came in the form of the intro
video to the event, which showed a woman racing to deliver an
item to Apple CEO Tim Cook while wearing AirPods.

While AirPods at least showed up on screen, AirPower wasn’t
mentioned at all. Apple first gave a “sneak peek” of the
wireless-charging pad a year ago when it announced the iPhone 8
and iPhone X. Apple said at the
time that AirPower was “coming in 2018,”
and many assumed that meant at its 2018 iPhone launch
event.

Still, there’s a chance we may see these products before the end
of the year. In past years, Apple has held an event in October to
announce new MacBook laptops, and it could decide to roll out
AirPods 2 and the AirPower then.