Last month the company Apple announced that it is officially ending the production of standalone monitors and will continue to leave it to contract partners such as LG. The agency's latest report Bloomberg has now confirmed the speculation that Apple will probably end the production and sale of routers AirPort.
Apple still sells its line of routers, but according to sources close to the company, it has reassigned staff responsible for their development to other projects, including Apple TV.
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This is certainly not the first time that there has been talk of discontinuing the production and sale of routers from AppWe hear that. They haven't been updated for several years. AirThe Port Extreme was one of the first routers to feature 802.11ac technology and transfer speeds of up to 1,3 Gbps. However, along with the Time Capsule, it has not received any attention from Cupertino designers since 2013 and its price is still the same. Similarly, AirExpress port with a transfer rate of 300 Mbps, which has not been updated since 2012. Series AirThe port has historically lagged behind companies such as D-Link, Netgear, and Belkin, which have adopted new standards very quickly.
Routers od Applu have always been perceived as slightly overpriced. But they were designed to work better with Apple devices, thanks to the settings in the devices. For Apple became a series of products shortly after their release AirPort a source of some revenue. However, they are now moved to the “Other” category, so they are not mentioned in detail in financial reports. Revenue from this category was $2016 billion in fiscal year 11,1, which is about 5% of total sales.
According to the agency Bloomberg The move could free up space in the crowded router market and free up resources Appto concentrate development in other areas.
Source: PCR-online
Damage, Airport is the best router I've ever had. I last rebooted it about a year ago and most of the time you don't even know it's there.
A few days ago, the software was updated to AirPort Extreme. For me, the best router I've ever had, it's been working without problems for almost 3,5 years. I hope that Friday will still make it :)