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Hell no. I think this has done it folks. After almost 10 years of iOS devices it's time to move on. Vote with your wallets and reject this garbage.
Either way, I think it's kinda odd how "Think Different" has evolved (and is a footnote) after 100 million devices have shipped.
Although these have some nice ideas in them, I had the old disappointing Jobs-era Apple bluetooth earbud so I am not going to rush out and try them. Also, they don't seem to work with Apple TV which is a shame. Also: right and left are distinguished by printing on the device. Why wouldn't they put a flat part or a little bump so you could tell the two apart by feel before trying to get them to stay in your ear?
They are asymmetrical (the "porthole" points to the front) so you can easily tell them apart by feel with a bit of practice.
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Most of Apple's products have a status-display thing going for them, at least when they initially hit the market. When the iPod first came out, the white earbuds were a sign that you were listening to an iPod and not to some cheap Walkman. (There was a period of time when people were advised not to wear them in some places, because advertising that you had a $500 gadget in your pocket was a good way to get mugged.) T…
I'm not exactly sold on the AirPods, but when I first saw them being worn in the video, I smiled. They say " the future ."
As a parent and an owner of an Apple TV rendered useless by them losing the remote, I'll pass.
Can you use the ios remote app?
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Except the Dash is very specifically engineered to remain in the ear. It's one of their selling points. Apple made no mention of this and at first glance it doesn't look like they had the same concern. For example, the Dash doesn't have parts that extend out and down beyond the ear itself like the AirPods do. Seems like a simple way to accidentally knock them out.
Seems everyone could wait until they try these on, instead of the hot takes that Apple probably didn't engineer their headphones to stay in the ears.
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I'm not exactly sold on the AirPods, but when I first saw them being worn in the video, I smiled. They say " the future ."
The problem is that they look ridiculous. There are similar products (Bragi Dash, a Samsung model, and one other competitor whose name escapes me) that fit entirely in your ear instead of needing a bit poking down.
And who knows, for all the ragging on Apple for making form-over-function decisions right now, that part sticking out improves performance. Gotta wait to see what they're actually like to use.
I wonder what the loss rate of these will be? As in, how many will fall out of ears to be lost, as they are not physically tethered to the wearer?
Yeah - living in New York and taking the subway means I'm never buying these things, because if one falls out of my ear at any point during my commute I'll probably never find it again.