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Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by AtroxDev »

RandallBrown wrote: post #127
vowelless wrote: post #4

I started getting severe ear issues with my normal AirPods. Due to a lack of cushioning, my ear canals started getting damaged. It got very painful eventually (swimmers ear levels of pain). I stopped using them and went back to my Bose in ear headphones (that never gave me problems). These new AirPods seem to have cushioning. I might consider them.

The new shape of these makes me not want them. I seem to have the exact same ears as whoever Apple has modeled their earbuds for and they're super comfortable. Every other in-ear headphone I've tried has been super painful and falls out at the slightest bump.

I'm in the exact same boat. The AirPods just fit perfectly like no other pair before but for most of my friends it's the opposite.

I'm intrigued how the AirPods Pro will fit. We will see I guess.

Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by sorum »

ogre_codes wrote: post #79
krastanov wrote: post #34

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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.

You must have lived in a different "Used to be" than I did. I owned multiple Walkman style cassette players back in the 80s and if you got 2 years use out of those foam covered headphones, it was a small miracle. Even buying replacement foam, the cords got snagged and destroyed quickly. Also, the cheap plastic doors on the players were notoriously prone to failing. Not to mention all of them were powered by disposabl…

Exactly this. When in-ear buds became the standard (90's?), the lifespan would be dictated by how quickly the cable frayed.

Step 1: superglue

Step 2: tape

Step 3: buy new ones

Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by kyle-rb »

Kudos to Apple; they made a site that manages to reliably crash Chrome on Android (if I scroll fairly fast to the bottom, right after the page becomes interactive).

Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by Phillips126 »

sandyarmstrong wrote: post #135
Phillips126 wrote: post #50

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Normally I roll my eyes at these types of comments but you are totally justified. I'm in front of a desktop using a mouse and am getting scroll fatigue just trying to get to about the 1/2 way point of the web page. Literally scrolling through individual video frames is moronic. Edit - Just noticed that the animated scroll-breaking stuff seemed to stop when using a mobile view (noticed using Chrome Dev tools) which ma…

Yeah I hate being "that guy", but I just couldn't make any progress on the site.

I was graphic designer (now developer) so I tend to give websites a lot of "artistic freedom" as long as it doesn't interfere a great deal with user-friendliness. Your comment was completely justified in this regard. This particular page when not viewed on a mobile device is painful and should be mentioned.

Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by andrepd »

mikestew wrote: post #123
andrepd wrote: post #89

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>over any wireless earplug

Not OP, but let me try: Have you ever needed to be on a phone call after you took the call on the phone, but would like to switch headset, but because Bluetooth still sucks it doesn't even show the headset in the list, so you have to power down the headset, restart in pairing mode... Yeah, I've done that plenty of times using a Bluetooth headset. You will never do that using an iPhone and AirPods. You'll just push th…

I'm not sure that I follow, but do you mean be listening to music on the earphones, take a phone call on the handset speaker, then end the call and go back to the earphones? If that's the case then there's literally to switch between earphone/handset speaker/loudspeaker, on my phone at least.

Also, isn't the point of a bluetooth handset that you can make the call there?

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Post by jaifraic »

rollinDyno wrote: post #107

Can we talk about how smooth and beautiful the website is? I know, it's Apple and their websites are always the same, but there's always a tiny increment. This time it's the woman adjusting the ANC by holding her Airpods. The way she fades in and the scroll controls her every movement and then fades out is just so smooth.

I'd rather call it 35mb monstrosity than smooth

Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by FabHK »

b1gtuna wrote: post #99
t-writescode wrote: post #22

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Let me introduce you to the best pair of headphones for travel that I own: Bose QuietComfort 20 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones, Apple Devices, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X9KV0HU They are $250, wired and have a small battery brick that is not replaceable that is charged by micro usb. The newer one by Bose is one of those neck things and is $300.

I've owned the QC20i (two of them actually). The battery was never the issue. The durability was! I take a great care of all my electronics. And no matter how careful I was, the QC20i never lasted more than 2 years without some sort of connection issues.

Agreed. I've had 3 or 4 of them over the years - great headset and in particular noise cancellation (airplanes, trains, etc.), but man, they break so easily. The plastic on the "brick" comes off, the little plastic ridge that holds the ear tips in place has come off on one side (so the ear tip falls off constantly), if you have the thing plugged in with the airplane adapter to the socket in your armrest and stand up, the whole 3.5 mm plug can rip off, the cable frays, etc. etc.

Re: AirPods Pro

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Post by pohl »

whalesalad wrote: post #101
x0x0 wrote: post #84

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Do these have a mute button on them? I currently use Jabra Active 65-somethings because they offer adjustable soft rubber tips, and airpods do not fit my ears. The Jabra's don't have a mute button on the earbuds; you have to open your phone. Do the Airpods? Thanks! 100% agree that if you take a lot of calls, airpods or their clones are the best thing I've bought in 5 years.

No physical buttons on them, but each pod can be programmed to do things based on taps. For instance, my right pod will skip to the next song with a double-tap. My left pod activates Siri. I left my airpods at home today (what a coincidence) so I cannot visit that menu to let you know whether or not mute is one of the possibilities for the tap gestures.

Play/Pause is an option, and serves that purpose
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