Apple’s J595 home robot faces internal disagreement, software delays; launch may slip to 2028

The internal disagreement matters more than the timeline slip itself: hardware programs rarely stall on components alone, and a split over direction at this stage suggests the product's purpose is still unsettled. A roughly $1,000 price point puts it in a crowded consumer segment where Apple's usual premium positioning is less automatic, so software delays carry outsized weight. Whether the disagreement resolves into a defined product or the project keeps drifting is the open question worth tracking.