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after nearly a two-month delay Apple's air pods have finally gone on sale just barely arriving in time for the holidays Apple's wireless bluetooth earbuds were first shown off alongside the iphone 7 back in September the 160 dollar wireless air pods were supposed to go on sale in October but Apple delayed the launch saying it needed a little more time to get the product ready well Apple sure cut it close those among the first to order on Tuesday morning could have it delivered by december twenty second but quantities will likely be limited according to an earlier report from Apple Insider so why was there such a delay well these are some complicated headphones each of the earbuds are receiving independent signals from the iphone and the microphone it needs to pick up your voice in a phone call and eliminate the background noise it can also detect when it is in your ears and a DoubleTap brings up Siri for voice commands and you know that case that looks like a box of floss well it's how you recharge the batteries apple reportedly had trouble syncing audio between the two separate earbuds that's according to a source talking to The Wall Street Journal also in that report Apple was said to be solving the problem of what to do when someone loses one of the earpieces or what happens if the battery runs out in one ear Apple has been experiencing problems with another headphone to the beats ex in ear bluetooth buds are pushed back until februari the 150 dollar headset has the same w 1 ship as the air pods but there's a cable connecting the two earpieces Apple showed off these headsets for the iphone 7 launched as part of the company's vision for a wireless future since it removed the headphone jack from the iphone I'm Bridget Carey and whether or not you've gone wireless you can listen to all the latest tech news at cnet com