The State of AirPower

Currently, the AirPower charging mat is just shy of a year since its announcement. We are expecting some kind of update on it this Wednesday at Apple's iPhone event. In fact, it was announced on the same day last year, September 12, 2017. And with that, we're seeing this trend of accessories with names starting with "Air" getting delayed ridiculous amounts of time. Apple Watch Series 3 used AirPower as a legitimate selling point, but they'll likely use it as a selling point for Series 4 as well to make it sound better. AirPods were delayed as well, but not to this extent. It's getting ridiculous where accessories take over a year to come out. While AirPower works across device generations, it shouldn't serve as an excuse to take a year for it to come out. We don't know every specific about what caused the delay, but it's becoming a legitimate trend for Apple lately. Hopefully, Apple finally learns from this and can start delivering more within their timeframe.