The output of the AirPods Apple’s postponed until after Christmas, Le Figaro

first announced for the month of October, the delivery of the latest generation of earbuds of Apple lags behind concern.

The latest earphones from Apple will have little chance of getting under the Christmas tree this year. The marketing of AirPods was initially scheduled for October. Apple had announced an initial delivery delay of several weeks. Their output may eventually be carried over to the next year, according to the Wall Street Journal. While Apple has always treated the timing of the output of its products as the holidays approach year-end, the group would have been forced to review its agenda because of connectivity problems of the Airpods. Apple has not responded officially to this information.

With the Airpods, Apple wants to mark a major turning point. Leaving the headphone minijack on iPhone 7, the firm made the bet at all Bluetooth. The AirPods are to be the example of a successful integration and innovative of the wireless connection. To achieve this, a half-dozen of complex technologies have been integrated into the AirPods, including a new chip designed by Apple, named W1. It enables you to connect the earphones to the phone very quickly, without a break, and to preserve their battery.

unlike most headphones and Bluetooth headsets, the AirPods are not connected to each other by a wire. They have therefore each of their own Bluetooth receiver and shall synchronize to the perfection of the one and the other to simultaneously produce a phone call or a piece of music. Problems of discrepancy would, however, have been observed, says the Wall Street Journal, a source close to the company, and caused a delay in delivery. Apple should also remedy a defect of the battery and find a solution in case a user loses one of the headphones. The AirPods are to be sold for 179 euros.

last October, a spokesperson from Apple told Techcrunch, “don’t want to deliver a product before it is ready”. The company had then asked, “a little time” . On the website of Apple, the headphones are always advertised as flowing out “soon”. Failure to receive AirPods to Christmas, the new owners of the iPhone 7 wishing to take advantage of the integration of the features announced by Apple will be able to turn on Beats (acquired by Apple), some featuring also of chip W1. Or choose other wireless headsets already available on the market.