Apple Is Officially Discontinuing Its AirPort Routers
RIP AirPort, AirPort Extreme, and Time Capsule. Roughly 6 years, AirPort products have not been updated since 2012 (Express) and 2013 (Extreme and Time Capsule), and in late 2016 by Apple Inc., which instigated that the longstanding rumours of Apple exiting the WiFi router market were true, according to Bloomberg, which explained that Apple had stopped development on the AirPort line up with the AirPort engineers reassigned to other products. And now, as reported, the company is officially discontinuing its AirPort and Time Capsule base stations. Apple has officially ended development on its AirPort line of products, which includes the AirPort Express ($99), the AirPort Extreme ($199), and the AirPort Time Capsule ($299). "We"re discontinuing the Apple AirPort base station products. They will be available through Apple.com, Apple"s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers while supplies last” an Apple spokesperson told iMore . WiFi has become a commodity. Apple int...