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Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by ktran03 »

askafriend wrote: post #249
brucemoose wrote: post #227

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I honestly can't say I understand the draw to drop significant money on a new set of headphones that need to be charged at least as often as a my phone, and can't be charged while being used. I've had the same set of high quality in-ear wired headphones for the last 5 years or longer and have zero issues with them (I just replace the foam every so often for about $5). What is the improvement I am missing here?

I will never go back to wired headphones, especially on the go. After experiencing AirPods, I will pay any amount of $ to replace them if they ever get lost. They really are that good and they’re probably the best purchase I’ve made in years. If you go to the gym at all, they’ll be a game changer. Let me put it this way - sometimes I completely forget they’re even in my ear.

Me too. Lost my v1's, just ordered the new one last night. If I lose these, I'd get a third. I too forget that they're in my ear, sometimes sleeping the whole night rolling around, then waking up and their still in my ear.

Been using my wired one's waiting for this to come out. It's a work of a difference, wires are a total pain.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by achompas »

dajohnson89 wrote: post #220
reaperducer wrote: post #209

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Love how the cost of replacing the batteries approaches the cost of buying a new set $100 < $200. I wouldn't call half the price "approaches."

That's the earbuds. now throw in the case. also -- $150 approaches the retail cost of the older model.

The case battery is a different beast. It is not outputting iPhone levels of power or recharged nightly.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by Skunkleton »

williamdclt wrote: post #129
wil421 wrote: post #121

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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

Here is a sample of the headphones that I own:

    1. Sennheiser HD650 w/ Schiit Magni2/Modi2
    2. Sony MDR1000x
    3. Airpods
The Airpods sound...not great. Especially when compared to the Sennheisers. Still, I am not going to carry a large pair of headphones (or a dac/amp) everywhere I go just so I can have the very best (tm) audio experience. The reality is that most listening environments are _terrible_ and much of the quality of a given audio device is lost. Airpods check a lot of boxes that are not checked by my other headphones.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by ktran03 »

brucemoose wrote: post #227
pwthornton wrote: post #200

If Apple does in fact release AirPower, and it works well, I'll probably upgrade to these. A better charging situation is one of the things that could improve the AirPods. Just today my AirPods case wasn't charging because lint got into my lightning port. I didn't realize the case wasn't charging until I realized my AirPods were low on power despite me charging the case a lot the last few days. Inductive charging is…

I honestly can't say I understand the draw to drop significant money on a new set of headphones that need to be charged at least as often as a my phone, and can't be charged while being used. I've had the same set of high quality in-ear wired headphones for the last 5 years or longer and have zero issues with them (I just replace the foam every so often for about $5). What is the improvement I am missing here?

Like many Apple products, as an outside observer it seams ridiculous the amount of money people put down for their products. But once you use them, the ah-ha moment eventually kicks in. Contrary to popular belief, Apple didn't become the biggest company in the world from Marketing alone, they actually make great products.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by achompas »

yourduskquibble wrote: post #239
metafunctor wrote: post #62

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Yeah, just had an amazing two years of trouble-free wireless audio conference calls. Never again!

> 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 factor, and I just ordered the "new" Airpods, because I am hoping the battery life has improved - the old ones are basically a disposable item after the first year, from my experience. The OP complained about battery life and the $200 "disposable" headphones he bough…

Or OP likes them so much they're willing to replace them despite the flawed battery life.

Also, OP said they purchased them in 2016 - not a year ago.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by stouset »

brucemoose wrote: post #227
pwthornton wrote: post #200

If Apple does in fact release AirPower, and it works well, I'll probably upgrade to these. A better charging situation is one of the things that could improve the AirPods. Just today my AirPods case wasn't charging because lint got into my lightning port. I didn't realize the case wasn't charging until I realized my AirPods were low on power despite me charging the case a lot the last few days. Inductive charging is…

I honestly can't say I understand the draw to drop significant money on a new set of headphones that need to be charged at least as often as a my phone, and can't be charged while being used. I've had the same set of high quality in-ear wired headphones for the last 5 years or longer and have zero issues with them (I just replace the foam every so often for about $5). What is the improvement I am missing here?

> and can't be charged while being used

I'll just address this point, because it is categorically incorrect and something many people misunderstood when they were first released.

There are two of them. You can use them independently from one another. When you hear the "low battery" tone, it's trivial to remove one and continue to use the other. By the time the tone plays again in the one you continued to use (signaling critically low battery), you just swap which earbud is in the case. The one that was in the case will be almost fully charged at this point.

The effect is that you can pretty much use them indefinitely without a full interruption. And using only one at a time is mostly unnoticeable.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by ericd »

snaky wrote: post #95
dymk wrote: post #70

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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.

No, they're not the same, they're the first bluetooth device that I've used that actually works flawlessly enough to be worth using at all. It has nothing to do with aesthetic design.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by achompas »

canuckintime wrote: post #144
zachr wrote: post #122

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

Bragi Dash https://youtu.be/o-SIreqSrIY

I mean, these were literally 76% more expensive ($299) than AirPods ($169) at launch with similar BT quality according to reviews.

Re: AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

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Post by CurrentB »

pagade wrote: post #256
mitchell_h wrote: post #103

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Preface: I am far from an apple person. Android phone(pixel), chromebook, linux desktop. But your airpods are flawed. I use airpods daily and I've never had complaints. A bunch of co-workers use them and there's never issues.

I am assuming you are using Airpod with an Android phone. Is there any drawback of this? Any feature that works only with iPhone?

I've had volume issues with the AirPods on my android (Pixel 2). They were so quiet that I could barely hear anything at full volume over normal street noise walking around in the city. I ended up selling them. This was over a year ago so maybe things are better now somehow.

They also apparently pair/connect way more seamlessly with an iphone but I didn't have any major issues with this.

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