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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.
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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.
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.
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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
Obviously replaceable batteries would be even better. How do other brands of wireless earbuds of the same size fare in this regard?
I have no problem with the AirPods being highly integrated, nor did I inherently think dropping the 3.5mm jack was an issue. Working wireless is a lot better. But I do really wish Apple would make the W1 chips and associated stack generally available to 3rd parties, that's what really got lost in the transition and they were wrong to keep vertical. Their strategy has surely sold more AirPods, but they will never be a…
I ask because initially the Sony WH-1000XM3 over-ears I use at home when working in my office (or on a plane) were initially using the lower quality SBC standard and with some kung fu I was able to get them working with higher quality AAC on my Mac.
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.
https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/03/04/apple-airpods-batte...
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 just end up immediately closing these sites that don't work at all reasonably with a scroll wheel.
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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
what convenience? I do not understand the appeal of air pods over any other wireless earplug.
That being said, if you don’t use Apple products (or only one apple product), they are not really more convenient then any other headphones.
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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
what convenience? I do not understand the appeal of air pods over any other wireless earplug.