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I'm confused by the PPS: A few weeks later the reseller informed me that the authorized repair shop accepted my headset as defective and replaced it with a new one under warranty. I guess I am going to auction it off for the benefit of the local foster home institute. So was this another lie, or was his headset actually defective?
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Is the implication here that even after going all the way up to the CEO, Vodafone still only fixed it because of your association with your company?
I think the implication is that despite contacting the CEO through a personal email address, Vodafone looked up his employer on LinkedIn and complained to them. From the sound of it, this would be petty revenge from the customer service department, who didn't like having been put in the spotlight for poor customer service.
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Unless I missed something, if it works it'll be with the SBC codec and it's not very good. For music the BT profile is the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP). But this is just a transport, and on top of it there can be many codecs. The only mandatory codec is SBC [1], which is BT specific and not very good. YMMV, but I prefer using a wired headphone than BT SBC. There are other options, but then you need supp…
There is support for better codecs on Linux, it's just not shipped by default on most distros unfortunately. https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt
I'm surprised. I have the exact same headset (Jabra Evolve 75) at work and have had no issues at all using it on my 2018 MacBook Pro. I use it daily for Slack and other VoIP calls as well as to listen to music. I usually have it paired to my phone as well, but it works just as well connected solely to the Mac. That said, I did have an issue once with it when trying to play a game on Steam. I couldn't hear the in-game…
Bluetooth uses different Profiles for the same functions but different purposes: A2DP is for HiFi (ahahah) stereo audio uni directional. HSP is for headsets, it supports "LAB" audio and headset controls (e.g. volume, answer/hangup). HFP is for hands-free in cars and support "LAB" audio and overlaps HFP with controls. AVRCP is for media controls which overlaps HSP (e.g. play/pause, skip/previous, volume) So a problem…
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In practice, it's far less effective than what most Americans enjoy. Return policies are usually abysmal in most of Europe, to begin with, and long term support is only technically better because of more regulations on warranties. In practice, American firms are far more lenient with their policies and credit cards alone provide more protections than most all of the EU regulations seek to implement.
This is just anecdotal nonsense, what factual sources do you have for this as it is completely contrary to my experience.
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It's far far worse in Europe ESPECIALLY if offshored to a low GDP country.
I went to a warranty provider of a well-known tech company, was turned down, then sent an e-mail to the "global warranty support" or whatever. Some Russian basically told me to go fuck myself. It was kind of funny (the response fit the "stereotypical Russian" image), but I'm never buying products from that company ever again.
Reminds me of the time my wife cancelled our internet with Vodafone and three months later we got a letter to say our arrears were being referred to a debt collection agency. I spent an hour on the phone, talked to 8 different people to only end up back at the 1st person. They claimed we only cancelled the direct debit and not the account, I agreed that they would pull the call and if that was the case I'd pay what w…
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For me it's areas a few blocks around Times Square. The only thought I had (and maybe the Oculus is the same) is that the sheer number of people also using Airpods in the area means everything gets confused.
Just googled a bit, and this seems to explain it: http://www.iphonehacks.com/2018/04/heres-why-your-airpods-or... In short, it's the combination of no walls + lots of signal congestion. Times Square + Oculus both fit this mold.
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Bluetooth uses different Profiles for the same functions but different purposes: A2DP is for HiFi (ahahah) stereo audio uni directional. HSP is for headsets, it supports "LAB" audio and headset controls (e.g. volume, answer/hangup). HFP is for hands-free in cars and support "LAB" audio and overlaps HFP with controls. AVRCP is for media controls which overlaps HSP (e.g. play/pause, skip/previous, volume) So a problem…
There's a subtler issue where you can use a number of different codecs with something like A2DP. There should be a lowest common denominator of common support mandated by the spec, but you can get into fun with codec negotiation.
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This is just anecdotal nonsense, what factual sources do you have for this as it is completely contrary to my experience.
It is definitely anecdotal. I didn't mean to imply otherwise. I'll try to find some relevant data, though I'm not sure how easy that will be. Slightly more helpful are maybe looking up policies for most credit cards, which now let you return virtually any item within 90 days for any reason, extend warranties to a total of 2-4 years, cover accidental damage to items including breakage and theft for 90 days after purch…
That's after the UK took a step or two down in consumer protection in adopting the EU regulations.
Where we do less well, particularly among the younger generation, is a belief that 30 day return windows and other such fairy tales actually mean anything legally speaking. I think that might be thanks to reading so many US perspectives online.