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Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by kkoomi »

cocktailpeanuts wrote: post #95
plainOldText wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are some of the things you hate about iOS 10? I've also disliked a few changes they've introduced, but after spending more time with the OS, I've discovered that some changes were not as bad as I'd initially considered. It was more a matter of getting used to. I guess people don't like changes to the things they've grown accustomed to.

> I guess people don't like changes to the things they've grown accustomed to. Trust me I used to be one of those people who would say the same thing you're saying. I was like "What's the big deal? These people just don't like change. They'll get used to it." Except that you don't anymore. The reason I hate these changes is because things just don't work smoothly and disrupt your workflow, not to mention the UI being…

Nobody is forcing you to upgrade! They must make changes to make progress.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by elif »

AdamN wrote: post #33
FireBeyond wrote: post #7

There's like a next-level Apple marketing babble on that page: "AirPods introduce an effortless wireless listening experience packed with high-quality audio and long battery life. These magical wireless headphones use advanced technology to reinvent how we listen to music, make phone calls, enjoy TV shows and movies, play games and interact with Siri, providing a wireless audio experience not possible before." Magica…

Magical - they're beautiful in a way that is 'magical' Reinvent - well it certainly seems like a reinvention of the wireless headphone. What else would it be? Not possible before - without W1 it wasn't possible to jump between audio coming from multiple sources transparently

> Reinvent - well it certainly seems like a reinvention of the wireless headphone. What else would it be?

I would argue it's a reimplementation of Kanoa's reinvention of the wireless headphone, similar to Bragi, Earin, Nextear, Freewavz, and samsung Iconx.

I would even trace this earbud revolution back to the Moto Hint (2014)

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by tooFastFuckYou »

jobu wrote: post #96
plainOldText wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are some of the things you hate about iOS 10? I've also disliked a few changes they've introduced, but after spending more time with the OS, I've discovered that some changes were not as bad as I'd initially considered. It was more a matter of getting used to. I guess people don't like changes to the things they've grown accustomed to.

There are a lot of small things that are making me hate iOS 10. 1) Unlock process: When the fingerprint reader fails it now takes several presses on the home key to get a keypad to pop up so I can input my code. With previous versions I could just swipe when I knew the fingerprint reader would fail (e.g. wet hands). 2) App updates: When apps are updating on my phone it decides it really wants to stay on the home scre…

Not to mention it doesn't fix the glaring defect that has persisted since the first iPhone: http://goldmanosi.blogspot.com/2012/06/will-apple-ever-fix-i...

And then there's this idiotic calendar defect: http://goldmanosi.blogspot.com/2016/03/apples-idiotic-time-z...

And they've done stupid things like REMOVING the analog-display option from the clock app. WTF? Now you have no display of seconds to set your watch with (except the puny, puny icon on the home screen).

Jony Ive is an incompetent hack who is degrading Apple's product line into oblivion: http://goldmanosi.blogspot.com/2016/08/why-consumers-and-sha...

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by sergiotapia »

jjuhl wrote: post #5

To me these seem pretty stupid. Major features (to me) of ear-buds with wires and 3.5" jack are: 1) being attached with wires means I don't easily lose them when they slip out of my ear/hand/pocket. 2) the 3.5" jack actually keeps them pretty solidly attached to my phone (again, less risk of losing them). Walking around with two loose tiny objects seems less than ideal - at least to me; I'd lose them within days.

On the other hand, I signed up instantly because I need these things to go to the gym.

Right now I have some cheap headphones I bought at Ross and even if they're wireless, the little rubber headband is uncomfortable when I'm bench pressing.

These things are going to be magic!!!

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by robotresearcher »

jjuhl wrote: post #5

To me these seem pretty stupid. Major features (to me) of ear-buds with wires and 3.5" jack are: 1) being attached with wires means I don't easily lose them when they slip out of my ear/hand/pocket. 2) the 3.5" jack actually keeps them pretty solidly attached to my phone (again, less risk of losing them). Walking around with two loose tiny objects seems less than ideal - at least to me; I'd lose them within days.

I like volume control, and play/pause/skip. I like and use them a lot. On these it seems you have to ask Siri to change the volume, which is awful, and ask Siri or take 'em out to pause.

Please someone tell em if this is not the case. I really want it to not be true.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by tooFastFuckYou »

cocktailpeanuts wrote: post #95
plainOldText wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are some of the things you hate about iOS 10? I've also disliked a few changes they've introduced, but after spending more time with the OS, I've discovered that some changes were not as bad as I'd initially considered. It was more a matter of getting used to. I guess people don't like changes to the things they've grown accustomed to.

> I guess people don't like changes to the things they've grown accustomed to. Trust me I used to be one of those people who would say the same thing you're saying. I was like "What's the big deal? These people just don't like change. They'll get used to it." Except that you don't anymore. The reason I hate these changes is because things just don't work smoothly and disrupt your workflow, not to mention the UI being…

"They must make changes to make progress."

What does that have to do with his statement? He never said that he wanted them to stop making progress. He wants them to stop making changes THAT AREN'T PROGRESS.

And yes, sometimes you DO have to update for current versions of software to work.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by Avshalom »

1_2__3 wrote: post #104
cocktailpeanuts wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe because... it IS a marketing page? As much as I've also become an apple hater recently because of what they've done to iOS10 and the new macbook pro, I think criticizing a marketing copy for being a marketing copy is not fair.

There's marketing copy, and then there's throw-up-a-little-in-your-mouth marketing copy. This is the latter.

Right, this isn't a world class entry into a nascent market. This is a pair of fucking headphones.

A pair of headphones a month later than they should be that look exactly like their old headphones

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by hsod »

plainOldText wrote: post #63
cocktailpeanuts wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe because... it IS a marketing page? As much as I've also become an apple hater recently because of what they've done to iOS10 and the new macbook pro, I think criticizing a marketing copy for being a marketing copy is not fair.

What are some of the things you hate about iOS 10? I've also disliked a few changes they've introduced, but after spending more time with the OS, I've discovered that some changes were not as bad as I'd initially considered. It was more a matter of getting used to. I guess people don't like changes to the things they've grown accustomed to.

My lil complaint is that the "notification actions" are much less smooth then they were in iOS9. This is the feature where you can reply to a text or snooze an alarm or whatever directly in the drop-down notification while the phone is unlocked.

Also I've found that apple music CONSTANTLY loses my place if I pause my music for more than a couple minutes. This never used to happen with the old music app.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by spike021 »

snuxoll wrote: post #51
DoodleBuggy wrote: post #38

Very curious how long battery life actually is. Also, will Apple include these within iPhone box to replace the clunky new lightning things?

You think Apple's going to include a pair of headphones they sell for $160 in the box, when they can provide the super-cheap lightning earpods instead to incentivize you to get so frustrated that you upgrade? Hell, I know I ended up picking up a Jabra Halo Smart because I got so annoyed having to deal with the stupid dongle to use my $10 pair of Sony AS200's and the cheap Chinese Kinivo bluetooth headphones I had had…

Not that people will do it all the time (I certainly wouldn't) but the charging case thing is there for a reason. Most likely the idea is you keep it somewhere handy (desk, backpack, laptop bag, etc.) and so you put the AirPods in it while not using them.

As far as them falling out, like on the subway or something, that'll be the problem.

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