You can get good knockoffs ("i12 TWS") for ~$25 delivered from China, these days.
If it's the combination of non-repairability and price that bothers you, a 6x price warp sure softens the blow.
AirPods 2 Teardown
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#12My main interest is in Bluetooth 5. Walking around NYC, in even semi-congested areas of Manhattan, my audio cuts out with my phone in my front pants pocket. I literally have to hold it in my hand or coat pocket in order to cut through the interference. Has anyone experienced improvement when upgrading in this regard?
There is actually a pretty simple device that deals directly with this sort of interference. It actually works by constraining the signal to a medium that isn't easily modified by air interference. PM me if you want to know more.
Why reddit allows jokes like this but HN is so unforgiving?
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#13My main interest is in Bluetooth 5. Walking around NYC, in even semi-congested areas of Manhattan, my audio cuts out with my phone in my front pants pocket. I literally have to hold it in my hand or coat pocket in order to cut through the interference. Has anyone experienced improvement when upgrading in this regard?
I received some first-gen Airpods as a gift recently.
I haven't really had problems downtown Toronto. I have had the odd blip, but no real cutting out or anything like that.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is actually a pretty simple device that deals directly with this sort of interference. It actually works by constraining the signal to a medium that isn't easily modified by air interference. PM me if you want to know more.
Why reddit allows jokes like this but HN is so unforgiving?
If you want Reddit, post on reddit. Not every site has to devolve into a meme cesspit.
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#15And the repairability score is zero . I am quite concerned about these all ending up in landfills due to battery degradation. Apple claims it can "recycle" them, but that's legitimately hard to believe. I would not feel morally comfortable owning one of these.
Considering that Apple will send you prepaid shipping label to recycle your devices, I don't expect they would just toss them in the landfill.
So what, plausibly, do you think they might be doing?
I generally operate under the belief that companies avoid outright lying, particularly major ones like Apple. But, they may be stretching the truth, such as by salvaging a neglible amount of material and then chucking the rest. I'm not seeing a clear process on how they could do more than that.
Also, even if Apple is able to extract and reuse the metals or some such, the complete inability to swap out the batteries without destroying the device, combined with reports that battery capacity reaches unusable levels within a couple years, is of great concern.
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#16You can get good knockoffs ("i12 TWS") for ~$25 delivered from China, these days. If it's the combination of non-repairability and price that bothers you, a 6x price warp sure softens the blow.
Have you actually tried these?
interesting that these knockoffs claim Bluetooth 5.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Considering that Apple will send you prepaid shipping label to recycle your devices, I don't expect they would just toss them in the landfill.
So what, plausibly, do you think they might be doing? I generally operate under the belief that companies avoid outright lying, particularly major ones like Apple. But, they may be stretching the truth, such as by salvaging a neglible amount of material and then chucking the rest. I'm not seeing a clear process on how they could do more than that. Also, even if Apple is able to extract and reuse the metals or some su…
As the other user mentioned, hopefully something similar to this(!):
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#18My main interest is in Bluetooth 5. Walking around NYC, in even semi-congested areas of Manhattan, my audio cuts out with my phone in my front pants pocket. I literally have to hold it in my hand or coat pocket in order to cut through the interference. Has anyone experienced improvement when upgrading in this regard?
There is actually a pretty simple device that deals directly with this sort of interference. It actually works by constraining the signal to a medium that isn't easily modified by air interference. PM me if you want to know more.
I know you're sarcastically talking about earpods, but that isn't 100% true. The cable can act as an antenna and transmit sounds unintentionally. One example of this is GSM phones causing a buzzing sound in nearby speakers/headphones that aren't properly filtering interference. Another are portable radios that use the headphone's cable as an antenna to receive FM signals.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is actually a pretty simple device that deals directly with this sort of interference. It actually works by constraining the signal to a medium that isn't easily modified by air interference. PM me if you want to know more.
Why reddit allows jokes like this but HN is so unforgiving?
It takes a surprisingly small density of lazy jokes to completely derail constructive conversation. Derisive sarcasm is especially pernicious because it prompts reprisals.
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#20You can get good knockoffs ("i12 TWS") for ~$25 delivered from China, these days. If it's the combination of non-repairability and price that bothers you, a 6x price warp sure softens the blow.
Have you actually tried these? interesting that these knockoffs claim Bluetooth 5.
Yes, I have a pair in hand. There are multiple products being sold under that same name, though. Some of which aren't very good. So be sure to check recent seller feedback.