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Think about how wired audio is used in recording, production, and live audio. Removing the wire adds latency.
I've never had latency issues while talking on the phone using my AirPods.
The inverse seems to hold true, too. When Microsoft hardware gets discussed, there's usually a lot of effusive praise, but their market impact is negligible, at least in terms of public mindset, if not in sales.
The closest Apple store to me is nearly always standing room only. There's also a Microsoft store in the same mall. The only reason it still exists is as an impromptu Fortnite LAN party.
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Think about how wired audio is used in recording, production, and live audio. Removing the wire adds latency.
I've never had latency issues while talking on the phone using my AirPods.
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An expectation that you wipe your sweat off something before putting it away doesn't seem that unreasonable.
honestly, i would expect them to be at least sweat proof -- i find that most people use wireless headsets while working out.
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A counter anecdote: My AirPod purchase was a complete waste of money. The quality is OK at best, handoff between my X and iPad pro is crap, they don't always pair, and they fall out of my ears if I tilt my head at all. I end up just using my Bose headphones (which are still a PITA for multiple devices), the airpods sit around unused.
When I went to buy airpods, they let me try in the Apple Store. Why would you buy or keep these if you bought online when they don't fit your ears?
I'm planning on giving them to some other family member here shortly, since it does seem like I'm in a minority when it comes to the fit.
Not one mention of the Samsung ear buds. Samsung is continuing to beat Apple in technology innovations. Wireless charging, heartbeat monitor. You can even charge them on your S10. The other thing I don't like about the pods is how much sound the let out. Ever been in an elevator with someone with airpods, you can hear everything they are listening to.
Not to mention charing from S10, which for now seems to be as terrible idea as the built-in fingerprint sensor - using S10 as charger generates significant amounts of heat that will quickly kill your phone battery.
And that's a problem with every samsung products - cheaper, but still really expensive considering all of the drawbacks.
These are not good headphones. The battery life is kind of bad, the charging system is finicky, the sound is poor, and there's not even passive noise isolation. I have a $50 pair of over-ear bluetooth headphones that have week-long battery life, sound pretty good, can be charged while being listened to, and have a 3.5mm plug for passive wired listening when the battery runs out. Like everyone else, I bought and used…
There's a case to be made for their shortcomings, but this is more of a "No wireless, less space than a Nomad. Lame" style critique, not seeing anything about their unique proposition, and criticizing them for what they are not even supposed to be (e.g. high-end or noise cancelling). Some of those things are not faults with the Airpods, but personal taste which can be satisfied with another headphone/brand. > These a…
There’s plenty of better sounding fully wireless headphones in that price range - Jabra elite 65t are meant to be good, I have the beoplay e8 and they are quite nice, Sennheiser momentum are in that same price class etc etc.
Apple's insistence that I should use wireless for my ear/headphone needs is a large reason why I'm giving up on Apple products. I love my 2016 iPad Pro and would love to replace it with the 11" 2018 model, but I also love my Sony MDR 7506 headphones and I'm unwilling to trash them for wireless earpods that cost a good bit more than I paid for my Sony headphones. No thanks. Similar deal for iPhone (and the shit keyboa…
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I really believe the AirPods are an amazing New platform.. I think people are far more on the go lately and so the AirPods are a perfect way to consume content, that isn’t just music. It started as a silly joke that everyone made fun of but now, at least where I live in NYC, seemingly everyone on every train has them on. I am a little disappointed in Apple for not adding storage to these though, it wouldn’t be very h…
> Put them in your ears and they connect immediately, immersing you in rich, high-quality sound. Just like magic. I completely disagree with this. It isn’t magic at all. Mine hardly ever work this smooth. Especially transitioning from my iPhone to MacBook Pro. I constantly have to go into bluetooth, manually select them, and even that usually takes a few tries. I like my Earpods from a sound quality perspective but t…
> I completely disagree with this. It isn’t magic at all. Mine hardly ever work this smooth. Mine always work perfectly. Now, if you were on the iPhone, and you want to use them on the Mac, with the iPhone still nearby connected to them, I'm not sure what you'd expect. For them to magically guess your intention?