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Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by wil421 » Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 3:23 PM UTC

asark wrote: post #73

jasongill wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I pre-ordered my Airpods the first day they were available at the end of 2016 and have used them almost exclusively for conference calls. I use them maybe once every day or so, and they sit in their charging case the rest of the time (which gets recharged periodically) I had a call yesterday and the Airpods were beeping that they were dying at the 20min mark, and didn't make it to 30min on the call. I love the form f…

Airpods dying on conference calls has become another common part of the joke that is conference calls generally. Seeing that happen constantly has turned me off buying them :-/ Well, that and the fact that I'd definitely lose one in the first month of ownership.

They aren’t really designed for conference calls. It’s more for listening to music and answering a few calls when they happen. AirPods are more of a light workout or entertainment headphones. Jabra, Plantronics, and the like are for conference calls.

I do use them for conference calls but I know they have limited capabilities. My 14 hour Jabra headset will do just fine and have noise cancellation.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by zachr » Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 3:23 PM UTC

snaky wrote: post #95

dymk wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AirPods are so convenient compared to wired earbuds for me, I’d say they’re in my top 3 electronics purchases of last year. They’re not simply a “lifestyle brand” as you’re dismissing them as.

Apple products are lifestyle-brand, that's why you compared AirPods to wired earbuds despite the fact there were many AirPods-like products from other brands and Chinese no-brands before AirPods - you just didn't care until Apple announce their own version.

Point me to a truly wireless, charging-from-case set of earbuds released before AirPods.

I'll wait.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by graeme » Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 3:23 PM UTC

The improved connection times are nice. My airpods have been a bit buggy with connections recently, and I suspect that the improved chip may help reliability as well as speed.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by mygo » Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 3:24 PM UTC

debbiedowner wrote: post #84

Yo dawg I heard you like wireless. So I put a wireless charger in your wireless headphones. ~xzibit

the airpod case actually charges with conventional contacts. bottom of an airpod has two conductive polarities that contact with the polarities on the case. Like plugging the airpod into an outlet, it's a "wired" charge, where the airpod is the actual wire/plug and the case is the outlet.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by naaaaak » Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 3:25 PM UTC

heywire wrote: post #33

zpeti wrote: post #22

Funny how there's so much criticism everywhere for these products yet you step outside and loads of people have them. Usual reaction to Apple products I guess.

I know more people with knock-off Airpods than the actual Apple-branded ones.

Or knock-offs in general. For example: every Android user is basically using a knock-off iPhone.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by ihuman » Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 3:26 PM UTC

lbacaj wrote: post #15

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 and I do believe the big rise in Podcast consumption is very much due to their popularity. 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…

> it wouldn’t be very hard to add a few gigabytes to them and then they would work even without your phone and it would be the iPod all over again

If you want to listen to music/podcasts without a bulky phone in your pocket, you can use the watch. It allows you to sync music/podcasts to it.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by paultopia » Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 3:26 PM UTC

I actually bought these. Yes, it's a pile of money, wireless charging for AirPods probably isn't all that useful (though I may grab a new wireless charger for the desk where my AirPods usually sit anyway), etc.

But, reality is: AirPods are by far the most convenient way to casually do anything with apple products and headphones. Stick 'em in a pocket, and if you want to listen to music or be on a conference call, pull them out and pop them in. And my old ones are having the battery wear-out problem. And I'm in the apple ecosystem.

So I'll happily pay a premium to have new AirPods with better battery (and cleaner!). And then I don't need to feel guilty about the old ones to the gym and ruining them further with sweat. (The one thing I'm mad about is that there's nothing about sweat proofing on these.)

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by ihuman » Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 3:27 PM UTC

snazz wrote: post #2

Most conversation has ended up here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19441487

Somehow that post has more comments, but a lower score.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by williamdclt » Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 3:32 PM UTC

wil421 wrote: post #121

asark wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Airpods dying on conference calls has become another common part of the joke that is conference calls generally. Seeing that happen constantly has turned me off buying them :-/ Well, that and the fact that I'd definitely lose one in the first month of ownership.

They aren’t really designed for conference calls. It’s more for listening to music and answering a few calls when they happen. AirPods are more of a light workout or entertainment headphones. Jabra, Plantronics, and the like are for conference calls. I do use them for conference calls but I know they have limited capabilities. My 14 hour Jabra headset will do just fine and have noise cancellation.

> It’s more for listening to music

If only. At this price, you have hundreds of options with much better sound quality

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by titanix2 » Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 3:34 PM UTC

oblio wrote: post #75

zpeti wrote: post #22

Funny how there's so much criticism everywhere for these products yet you step outside and loads of people have them. Usual reaction to Apple products I guess.

Good rule of thumb: if it's an Apple product, divide its US market share by 2 or even 4 and you get its maximum world wide market share :) A lot of this is very US-specific.

Not true everywhere. Take the iPhone for example, it is at 50% market share in Japan which higher than the US I guess.