[NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers

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Subject	[NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers
Date	2018-04-27 13:30 +1200
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Actual reliable news from MacRumors (unlike the rather silly survey
results I previous posted) ...

Apple Officially Discontinues AirPort Wireless Router Lineup
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Apple has officially ended development on its AirPort line of
products, which includes the AirPort Express ($99), the AirPort
Extreme ($199), and the AirPort Time Capsule ($299).

"We're discontinuing the Apple AirPort base station products.
They will be available through Apple.com, Apple's retail stores
and Apple Authorized Resellers while supplies last," an Apple
spokesperson told iMore.

Apple has not updated its AirPort products since 2012 (Express)
and 2013 (Extreme and Time Capsule), and in late 2016, Bloomberg
said that Apple had stopped development on the AirPort lineup
with the AirPort engineers reassigned to other products.

Apple reportedly began shutting down its AirPort unit in early
2016, in an effort to "sharpen" its focus on the "consumer
products that generate the bulk of its revenue."

Following news that Apple had shuttered the AirPort unit, the
company began selling third-party routers in January of 2018 when
it offered the Linksys Velop Mesh Wi-Fi System.

Apple's AirPort base stations provided unique benefits that are
not available through third-party options like built-in Time
Machine backup support in the Time Capsule and AirPlay
functionality for the AirPort Express.

While the AirPort line is being discontinued, Apple will be
providing service and parts for current generation AirPort Base
Stations for the next five years. iMore says Apple also plans to
share some knowledge-base articles in the coming weeks to assist
customers who are transitioning away from the AirPort Express,
Extreme, and Time Capsule.

Apple plans to continue to sell the three AirPort products online
and in its retail stores until available supplies are exhausted.
No price drops have been implemented at this time.

Update:
Apple has shared a new support document offering tips on choosing
a Wi-Fi router to use with Apple devices. The company recommends
a router that offerrs 802.11ac, dual-band support, WPA2 Personal
encryption, and MIMO or MU-MIMO.
<https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208753>

<https://www.macrumors.com/2018/04/26/apple-officially-discontinues-airport-wireless-router-lineup/>

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[NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-04-27 13:30 +1200
  Re: [NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers Krzysztof Staniorowski <nospam@ksx4system.net> - 2018-04-27 06:54 +0000
    Re: [NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-04-27 17:48 +0000
      Re: [NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers Peter Kozlov <pkoz@blacksea.design> - 2018-04-29 08:31 -0700
    Re: [NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-04-28 11:14 +1200
      Re: [NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers Pietro A1R <A1pietroromano@pec.telecomitalia.it> - 2018-04-28 02:01 +0000
      Re: [NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-04-27 23:33 -0400
        Re: [NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-27 23:44 -0400
        Re: [NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-04-28 16:05 +1200
      Re: [NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-04-27 23:39 -0400
        Re: [NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-04-28 16:39 +1200
      Re: [NEWS] Apple Discontinues AirPort Wireless Routers Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2018-04-29 19:02 +0100

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