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Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by jbigelow76 »

amlib wrote: post #429
jbigelow76 wrote: post #413

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>But what about the possibility of losing the earpieces? It's interesting to see how many people seem want to stop the conversation at "you're bound to lose one so what's the point." 10-15 years ago people the argument could have been made about cell phones, "why carry a phone you're bound to leave at a restaurant or on a train..." If the AirPods or wireless mini computers in your ears become so integrated into our d…

Ultimately that's what is going to limit the success of this product. It's not just one issue, you also now suddenly have to manage 3 pools of battery for a single device with that unnecessary dental floss container thing. I don't think this is good design, at least not in the function over form sense. If apple wasn't so stubborn they could just have linked both earpieces with a cable and a small battery in the middl…

"Ultimately that's what is going to limit the success of this product." in reference to losability due to lack of dental floss between the earbuds

I will politely disagree. If the automation/augmentation/functionality provided is good enough then losability is a non-factor. If the capabilities afforded by the wireless W1 chips don't live up to the hype then dental floss ain't going to save them.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by jen729w »

beedogs wrote: post #470
jen729w wrote: post #414

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That's such a cynical, boring view. I'm sorry, but it is. You really think that Apple removed the headphone jack to make a bit more cash? Seriously? Hand-on-heart honestly, you think that's why? Come on. I think it's because they love cool new things. Thank f k they do because, frankly, nobody else seems to be doing anything interesting. I know, I know, they're not perfect. AirPods are late. They're expensive. I know…

No one I know uses Siri, by the way. I've literally never heard anyone in the office ask Siri a question. Never heard it in public, either. It's not really a thing outside of the tech bubble, I reckon. I'm positive most people will still be using cheap wired headphones 3 years from now. If you're willing to lay money on it, I'll take any bet you offer.

They should. She's okay.

Today:

- "Call John Smith on speaker"

- "What's 110 pounds in kilograms?"

Both simple, granted, but both got me what I wanted much quicker than I could have done manually.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by rconti »

Not airpods, but I've gotta plug my amazing Bose QC35. I've never owned (or seen the need for) noise-cancelling headphones, never thought I'd use wireless headphones. But the QC35 caught my eye with the built-in mic (probably on a day I had a phone conference). I bought them despite the steep $330 price, and haven't looked back.

They're amazingly comfortable, the noise cancelling is best-of-breed, the battery lasts AGES (far beyond the rated 20 hour (!!!) life), the sound quality is epic, they play plenty loud, handle bluetooth handoff better than anything I've used.. I just can't stop talking about them.

It seems like just a year or so ago bluetooth was still an impossible-to-pair never-works-right pile of crap, and now it's turned a corner. I've always got my FitBit, Apple Watch, and often my headphones paired to my phone. Everything just works. I can be on a call on my headphones, hop in the car, and the call seamlessly transfers to the audio system in the car (2016 VW Golf).

My phone and laptop both play sound through the headphones just fine, it keeps both paired at the same time.

And they don't even support whatever high-resolution codec Apple uses (aptx or the other one, I can't remember). But the sound quality has to be heard to be believed, the noise cancelling makes tiny details in the music way more audible than ever before.

I'm not in the market for AirPods, but I'm a total believer in wireless headphones now.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by emgram769 »

untog wrote: post #456
stouset wrote: post #423

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That's five hours of continuous audio. OP is talking about a world where you leave them in all day and get periodic audio. Not everyone listens to music 24/7.

Do we know the battery drain relates to playing audio and not maintaining a bluetooth connection? The battery drain would certainly not be zero.

check out how bluetooth LTE works, I think you'd be surprised at how little it can consume in a passive state

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Post by nicky0 »

monkmartinez wrote: post #433
jen729w wrote: post #414

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That's such a cynical, boring view. I'm sorry, but it is. You really think that Apple removed the headphone jack to make a bit more cash? Seriously? Hand-on-heart honestly, you think that's why? Come on. I think it's because they love cool new things. Thank f k they do because, frankly, nobody else seems to be doing anything interesting. I know, I know, they're not perfect. AirPods are late. They're expensive. I know…

There is nothing wrong with cynical view. I have zero problems with bluetooth speakers and earbuds... yet many people find them irritating to pair and not very user friendly. Siri sucks. Once you've spoken to Google via "Ok Google" you quickly realize how bad Siri is. The world doesn't need Airpods. I get that you want them, but the overwhelming majority in the _world_ can not afford Airpod. I would bet that sales of…

Anyone who can afford an iPhone can afford AirPods.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by spost »

hobarrera wrote: post #422
brian-armstrong wrote: post #395

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They've also removed the headphone jack from the newest model iPhone. You can get an adapter that adds it back, but obviously this is fairly inconvenient. Apple's counting on this to get people to toss their old earbuds/headphones. Maybe force is too strong, but it certainly seems physically connected audio devices are now deprecated

You can use some plain old bluetooth headsets like most people have been for years. If you really dislike wireless for some reason, you can also get lighting earbuds (I think the iPhone 7 actually includes some). Finally, if you like all these ideas so much, you can avoid purchasing the product you dislike. It's not like they're forcing this onto existing clients by disabling the existing 3.5mm jack.

Or use the included lightning -> 3.5 mm adapter.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by miahi »

j2bax wrote: post #163
Avshalom wrote: post #118

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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

Actually it is a bit more than "a pair of fucking headphones". As someone who spends a lot of time throughout the day listening to music, and finds Apple's Earpods to be some of the most comfortable nice sounding headphones I have owned, I'm rather excited about some innovation being done around this space. A few features that make them new/innovative: • Smart switching between multiple devices logged into iCloud. Yo…

Auto-pause when removed: my old Plantronics did that.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by nicky0 »

beedogs wrote: post #470
jen729w wrote: post #414

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's such a cynical, boring view. I'm sorry, but it is. You really think that Apple removed the headphone jack to make a bit more cash? Seriously? Hand-on-heart honestly, you think that's why? Come on. I think it's because they love cool new things. Thank f k they do because, frankly, nobody else seems to be doing anything interesting. I know, I know, they're not perfect. AirPods are late. They're expensive. I know…

No one I know uses Siri, by the way. I've literally never heard anyone in the office ask Siri a question. Never heard it in public, either. It's not really a thing outside of the tech bubble, I reckon. I'm positive most people will still be using cheap wired headphones 3 years from now. If you're willing to lay money on it, I'll take any bet you offer.

I never use Siri in public because it's weird being overheard. But I often use it in private.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by chrischen »

erikpukinskis wrote: post #304

I find this headphone war discussion a bit boring. The AirPods are much more interesting as Apple's first foray into augmented reality. If they add positioning, this product becomes Magic Leap without the visuals. I don't think they see this as a music device, they see it as a new platform for audio. Interesting things start happening when people start leaving one or both in their ears all day. Arrival times in your…

They have had wireless buds before amd the features you drscribe would be cool to try even eithout airpods. Airpods don't enable those features.
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