“Tim Cook emails customer: Apple will start delivery Airpods in the coming weeks”

Apple will start shipping its wireless earbuds Airpods in the coming weeks. That’s what CEO Tim Cook is said to have said in an email to a customer who asked him about it. Cook has previously answered emails from random customers.

The email’s headers show that the message came from Apple’s headquarters, but MacRumors notes that it’s still possible that the email is fake. Cook reportedly emailed the customer: “Sorry for the delay. We’re finishing them up and I’m counting on starting deliveries in the coming weeks.” The customer had asked when the Airpods would be available.

Apple presented the Airpods at the same time as the iPhone 7 in September, but the manufacturer postponed the release of the bluetooth ear computers in October until further notice, for an undisclosed reason. The American company has not said when the product would be released since then.

The 179 euro AirPods connect via bluetooth to smartphones and have a processor on board with the W1 chip for processing input. They feature microphones so users can make calls or give voice commands to digital assistant Siri. The battery life of the earphones is 5 hours, but the box also contains battery charge, so that the box and earphones together have a battery life of 25 hours.