Apple to produce millions of 'made in Vietnam' AirPods amid pandemic

[Viet]

Shift away from China continues even as coronavirus hits demand for the wireless earphones

CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers
MAY 08, 2020 17:53 JST

Apple is mass producing AirPods in Vietnam for the frist time. (Nikkei Montage/AP/Reuters)

TAIPEI -- Apple will produce millions of its popular AirPods wireless earphones in Vietnam for the first time this quarter, sources familiar with the matter told Nikkei Asian Review, in a sign the company is accelerating its diversification of production out of China amid the coronavirus pandemic.


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[Smoke]

Users beware, Apple crippled gen 1 headphones (on purpose) with firmware 6.7.8 & 6.8.8. They crippled it by having one of the two headphones disconnect after 2 minutes of usage, putting it in the box and taking it back out fixes it for another 2 minutes etc. Batteries are fine.

AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE.

This is that "Slowing down iPhones bullshit all over again".

 

[ebr77]

How much they will be selling these for ?

 

[Aspen]

Users beware, Apple crippled gen 1 headphones (on purpose) with firmware 6.7.8 & 6.8.8. They crippled it by having one of the two headphones disconnect after 2 minutes of usage, putting it in the box and taking it back out fixes it for another 2 minutes etc. Batteries are fine.

AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE.

This is that "Slowing down iPhones bullshit all over again".

Absolutely 100% accurate.

Literally this happened with me exactly as you describe.

DO NOT BUY AIRPODS

 

[Viet]

Users beware, Apple crippled gen 1 headphones (on purpose) with firmware 6.7.8 & 6.8.8. They crippled it by having one of the two headphones disconnect after 2 minutes of usage, putting it in the box and taking it back out fixes it for another 2 minutes etc. Batteries are fine.

AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE.

This is that "Slowing down iPhones bullshit all over again".

Ok not a problem if those bugs are minor, sometimes bugs are unavoidable
Every software has bugs.
That keeps the developers busy.
Read US security bulletin: Huawei devices are a source of bugs.

Absolutely 100% accurate.

Literally this happened with me exactly as you describe.

DO NOT BUY AIRPODS

Such Apple stuffs are expensive.
Basically only affordable in rich western countries. The main point is Vietnam welcomes Apple factories even if Apple makes expensive low level products.