Apple’s AirPort units are beginning to sell out.
A few weeks after Apple announced it had discontinued its lineup of routers, the units are beginning to sell out or disappear from Apple’s online and retail stores in select countries.
The first casualty is the AirPort Extreme, now listed as “sold out” on Apple’s online store in the United States, and unavailable for pickup at Apple’s retail stores across the country. The base station remains available in limited quantities in select other countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan, and Singapore.
The company’s AirPort Express and AirPort Time Capsule models remain in stock on Apple’s online store in the United States, and select other countries, but they will eventually sell out too as inventory continues to dwindle.
At present, the entire AirPort lineup is no longer listed on Apple’s online storefronts in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Granted, it may be possible that some of the company’s retail stores still have inventory in those counties.
Apple said that its AirPort products would only remain available while supplies last.
Prior to being discontinued, Apple hadn’t refreshed its lineup of AirPort base stations in five to six years. The high-end AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule were last updated at WWDC 2013, while the smaller AirPort Express was last updated in June 2012 and still uses the old 802.11n Wi-Fi standard.
While the AirPort lineup has been discontinued, Apple will be providing service and parts for the current-generation base stations for up to five more years. Apple also shared a new support document offering tips on choosing a router to use with its devices, and now sells the Linksys Velop mesh system.
As always, you can continue to snag used AirPort routers off web sites like eBay and we’ll have additional details as they become available.
Via MacRumors and MacGeneration