Is this a misprint?

[ardchoille]

I just took this screenshot while looking over the iPhone 7 specs at Apple's website. Notice the description and picture for the EarPods? I thought the EarPods were wireless. Have I been reading the wrong news articles?

 

[J. A.]

For the nice amount of 179 € in the Austrian Apple Store you can purchase wireless AirPods. Those that come with the iPhone 7 are not wireless.

 

[carolineM]

Ear pods and Air pods - they sound similar, but the Air Pods, not available until October, have short stems and use Bluetooth connectivity.

 

[scifan57]

Ear pods and Air pods - they sound similar, but the Air Pods, not available until October, have short stems and use Bluetooth connectivity.

While the new AirPods use Bluetooth LE to initiate the connection, the new W1 chip in the AirPods does most of the work.

 

[ardchoille]

Thank you all for the replies. Some of the news articles that I've read made it sound like the Bluetooth AirPods were all that would be available. Now that I know the Lightning EarPods will be included with the phones, the removal of the headphone jack doesn't seem such a bad idea.

 

[KevinJS]

It gets better. The phone also includes a Lightning to 3.5mm adapter so you can use any headphones you have laying around.

 

[scifan57]

It gets better. The phone also includes a Lightning to 3.5mm adapter so you can use any headphones you have laying around.

And Belkin already has a splitter for sale so you can use headphones and charge your iPhone at the same time.

 

[ardchoille]

It gets better. The phone also includes a Lightning to 3.5mm adapter so you can use any headphones you have laying around.

Yeah, the problem is that too many people are blowing this way out of proportion.

 

[ardchoille]

While the new AirPods use Bluetooth LE to initiate the connection, the new W1 chip in the AirPods does most of the work.

Do you know whether or not the AirPods (wireless) will work with previous iPhone models? Or is there something in the iPhone 7 that is required?

 

[J. A.]

Do you know whether or not the AirPods (wireless) will work with previous iPhone models? Or is there something in the iPhone 7 that is required?

They require an iCloud account, and macOS Sierra, iOS 10 or watchOS 3.

 

[KevinJS]

Do you know whether or not the AirPods (wireless) will work with previous iPhone models? Or is there something in the iPhone 7 that is required?

Ios10 is required. They work with any device that will run it.

 

[KevinJS]

They require an iCloud account, and macOS Sierra, iOS 10 or watchOS 3.

That's interesting, Johanna. So they'll work with Macs running Sierra? Didn't realize that.

 

[J. A.]

That's interesting, Johanna. So they'll work with Macs running Sierra? Didn't realize that.

I found it in their descriptions in the Apple Store.

 

[ardchoille]

Interesting, so they'll work here even though I don't have an iPhone 7. Good to know.

 

[ardchoille]

I love these forums! So informative and educational.