Apple Delays AirPods Wireless Headphones Announced With iPhone 7

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  • $159 accessory was planned to go on sale in late October
  • Company says it needs ‘a little more time’ to ready device

An attendee wears the Apple Inc. AirPod wireless headphones during an event in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 2016.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Apple Inc. announced that its anticipated AirPods, a pair of wireless headphones, will no longer ship this month as planned. The AirPods were introduced in September alongside the iPhone 7, which was designed without a standard headphone jack.

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