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Post by monochromatic »

cocktailpeanuts wrote: post #24
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…

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 do you hate about iOS10? The new Messages app annoys me, but otherwise it seems fine.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by tomatoman »

kkoomi wrote: post #111
cocktailpeanuts wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

laptops break, eventually you will have to

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by elif »

eggoa wrote: post #110
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.

Someone just needs to sell accessory lanyards for them.

They attach magically to your croakies using only a $39 dongle.

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Post by mypalmike »

rjvir wrote: post #109
snegu wrote: post #92

The use case that I'm interested in is being able to have just one bud in my ear (to be able to hear what's going on around me) without the other one dangling. To me, that's worth the money.

I think that might not be possible with AirPods. One of it's features is that it stops playing music when you take out one of the ears.

You can buy the fake ear accessory for only another $75.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by zatkin »

kefka wrote: post #75

This is very much the "Apple" style, and gave me a laugh. http://4dpavshx5ly3quwy2v9yv83i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-c... Seriously, I have very little to add to this. It's overly expensive wireless earbuds to go alongside a failure of 3.5mm jack.

Removing the audio jack also removes a whole market of products that were taking advantage of the audio jack for non-audio purposes (e.g. the Square dongle). Now that the audio jack is gone, companies like Square will have to pay Apple a licensing fee to use the only available port on the iPhone, and even companies that want to attract consumers of their audio products to be used with iPhones will have to get licensing from Apple as well.

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Post by dntrkv »

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.

How do you think you will view this comment in 5 years when 90% of new ear buds sold are completely wireless? I'm guessing it will be similar to how people view Steve Ballmer's comments on the original iPhone.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by vacri »

CardenB wrote: post #70
skyyler wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find it interesting that you use that quote as an example of naysaying. Within a few months of the iPod's introduction, they introduced higher storage options. Though the Classic line never got wireless, the HUGELY popular iPod touch had wireless. Both of his complaints were eventually rectified by Apple in the iPod line.

But the iPod was already a huge success despite those shortcomings. Apple seems to be good at figuring out which drawbacks are deal breakers and which ones are not.

The iPod took a few generations to become that instant success we remember it as being.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by cocktailpeanuts »

Avshalom wrote: post #118
1_2__3 wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Maybe you missed something but I guess this is why you guys are so angry about this.

Because it IS an entry into a nascent market. Apple sees this as a new IO device, not a "pair of fucking headphones".

Take a look at the specs

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