March 29, 2019

Apple cancels AirPower product

In an email, Apple’s SVP of Hardware Engineering writes:

After much effort, we’ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we have cancelled the project.

Ouch. No conspiracy theory here, they just couldn’t deliver. I find it surprising they didn’t reduce the scope to something similar to the dozens of Qi wireless chargers that exists already.

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