BeatsX in-ear headphones will ship in February

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You'll be waiting just a bit longer for these headphones.
Photo: Apple

Apple’s much-delayed AirPods may be shipping in time for Christmas, but if you’re after the BeatsX in-ear headphones announced at exactly the same time, you’ll be waiting a bit longer than that.

That’s according to Apple, which just updated its official webpage to note that the new headphones won’t be shipping until February — or considerably later than the Fall release date they originally had.

The news follows a report yesterday, based on an email sent out to customers by authorized Apple reseller B&H Photo Video, saying that the headphones wouldn’t be available for “at least 2-3 months.”

At the time, we noted that — while this could mean the headphones would be available from Apple sooner than that — it would be an uncharacteristic move from Apple to hold products back from resellers for more than a short period of time.

It’s not known what the cause of the delay is. AirPods and BeatsX headphones both use Apple’s W1 chip, which Apple says will boost wireless performance. According to a previous report from The Wall Street Journal, Apple experienced difficulty getting sound to come from both of the AirPods’ twin earpieces at the same time, which could be a problem here as well.

With that said, Apple has obviously solved the problem satisfactorily enough to go ahead and release the AirPods, while keeping the BeatsX headphones temporarily on the shelf.

Via: MacRumors

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