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Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by ogre_codes »

bsamuels wrote: post #3

I will personally love to see someone justify spending $250 on wireless earphones whose batteries cannot be replaced. I'm a year and a half into my normal airpods and they already need new batteries.

I got about 18 months out of my first pair of AirPods before I lost them and while battery life wasn't great at the end, it was mostly tolerable. Seems like 18 months - 2 years is the typical lifespan of headphones for me. They they get lost, batteries die, the earbuds wear out, cables get broken, take a bath, etc.

I bought a second set of AirPods after losing my first and when these die/ get lost/ take a bath/ whatever I'll either buy another pair or maybe upgrade to the $250 ones... with the expectation that they will last 18-24 months. For me, the form factor is worth it.

Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by chooseaname »

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #5

2 incremental updates to this product and still only one color, they holding the others back for the post-Christmas lull in the hopes a lot of people will double dip or something?

Hasn't white kind of been their signature since the OG iPods?

When you see white earphones, people think iPhone/iPod, etc.

Thieves used to target people with white earphones because of this.

Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by krastanov »

webwielder2 wrote: post #9
bsamuels wrote: post #3

I will personally love to see someone justify spending $250 on wireless earphones whose batteries cannot be replaced. I'm a year and a half into my normal airpods and they already need new batteries.

Why spend $100 on a nice dinner, we'll just have to eat again in 8 hours.

There used to be an expectation of longevity in the electronics we purchase. Even while Moore's law was in full effect, you could find good uses for a 6 year old computer. Today's computer hardware can easily remain fully usable for a decade. The notion of buying a laptop or phone, let alone headphones, every year is ludicrous and actively harmful to the environment.

Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by whywhywhywhy »

bsamuels wrote: post #3

I will personally love to see someone justify spending $250 on wireless earphones whose batteries cannot be replaced. I'm a year and a half into my normal airpods and they already need new batteries.

Still shocked Apple gets such good PR about their environmental work when one of their most popular products is 3 batteries in plastic sarcophaguses that needs to be replaced every 18 months.

At the end of humanity there will still be corroded burst airpods and funko dolls washing up on beaches.

Re: AirPods Pro

#36

Post by probablyexists »

TuringNYC wrote: post #23

I love AirPods. I wear then 10+hrs a day (cycling between two due to charge). It isnt fair to judge before I've tried this, but I've never quite felt comfortable with the rubber seals 1. It feels like you are underwater 2. I want ambient sound coming thru, esp when i'm walking outside/etc.

for #2 - you generally want enough sound coming through to be safe, but I find the current ones often are unlistenable on the bus or walking down a street with traffic. Some isolation of constant noise would be fantastic.

Re: AirPods Pro

#37

Post by netsharc »

w0utert wrote: post #12
bsamuels wrote: post #3

I will personally love to see someone justify spending $250 on wireless earphones whose batteries cannot be replaced. I'm a year and a half into my normal airpods and they already need new batteries.

You can get the batteries of your AirPods replaced, it seems: https://support.apple.com/airpods/repair/service

The wording on that page shows replacing the batteries mean they give you an entire new Airpod (or 2). They say "replacement airpod" instead of "repaired airpod".

Great for the environment...

Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by webwielder2 »

krastanov wrote: post #34
webwielder2 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why spend $100 on a nice dinner, we'll just have to eat again in 8 hours.

There used to be an expectation of longevity in the electronics we purchase. Even while Moore's law was in full effect, you could find good uses for a 6 year old computer. Today's computer hardware can easily remain fully usable for a decade. The notion of buying a laptop or phone, let alone headphones, every year is ludicrous and actively harmful to the environment.

Let alone headphones? You could throw away a pair of AirPods every day and it would still constitute a tiny fraction of what (Americans) produce in waste on a yearly basis.

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Post by Jeremy1026 »

w0utert wrote: post #12
bsamuels wrote: post #3

I will personally love to see someone justify spending $250 on wireless earphones whose batteries cannot be replaced. I'm a year and a half into my normal airpods and they already need new batteries.

You can get the batteries of your AirPods replaced, it seems: https://support.apple.com/airpods/repair/service

They will just replace your AirPods. Not actually replace the batteries. iFixIt[1] had to physically cut them open to get to the battery, there's no way Apple is actually replacing the battery as opposed to recycling what parts they can and tossing the rest when they come in for service.

[1]https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/AirPods+Teardown/75578

Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by stinos »

kofejnik wrote: post #11
bsamuels wrote: post #3

I will personally love to see someone justify spending $250 on wireless earphones whose batteries cannot be replaced. I'm a year and a half into my normal airpods and they already need new batteries.

I am sooo going to buy them the moment they are available; convenience is totally worth it for me, even if they have to be replaced every year

even if they have to be replaced every year

These are undeniably really nice products for the target audience, but the direction we as a humanity are going with disposable products has been and still is problematic and products like this do not help, on the contrary. Everyone is free to ignore that, but I personally cannot justify it. Especially knowing that just adding a wire buys me a better sounding product which lasts way, way longer. But yes: the wire is not too convenient. Though after 20+ years of using it I also got accustomed so no deal breaker.

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