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The microphone in Airpods is pretty bad too. One of my colleagues uses them paired to his Mac (maybe that's the issue?) and it sounds like the built in microphone on cheap laptops.
Maybe the output of Slack / Hangouts is set to the internal microphone? Happens to me all the time.
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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.
> The notion of buying a laptop or phone, let alone headphones, every year is ludicrous and actively harmful to the environment. Is this notion in your head? My electronics, especially recent ones, last many years.
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 found it awful. I'm running on a very beefy development machine in the latest version of Firefox and it was kinda sluggish and very hard to read all of the information (felt like I had to scroll forever just to see a few sentences and pictures). It's also very inaccessible.
The customizable fit is all I was looking for. I bought the originals but gifted them to my parents, because my ear is messed up from years of high school wrestling without wearing headgear. I know I'm an edge case, but there have been plenty of other great earbuds (wireless and traditional) that use soft flexible tips over the past decade.
Isn’t headgear a requirement in all schools now? Or was this really long ago?
I really struggled to take the plunge on the original AirPods and it has been one of my top 10 purchases ever in my life without a doubt. I stood there holding the little $200 box in my hand and really danced back and forth in my mind about whether or not they would really be necessary. If they broke, I would go buy a new pair immediately. For what they are, the sound is amazing. I can't really do a phone call anymor…
> I am not in the market for anything like this, since I have the high-end spectrum covered w/ some Sony over the ear noise cancelling cans but if I was I would give these a shot in a new york minute. Like the first-gen AirPods, I think having noise-cancelling in this form factor is a game-changer. All other noise-cancelling headphones, as far as I know, are either bulky on-ears or earbuds with a brick that dangles a…
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> The notion of buying a laptop or phone, let alone headphones, every year is ludicrous and actively harmful to the environment. Is this notion in your head? My electronics, especially recent ones, last many years.
That is the point I was making. The devices last (as we both have experienced), but today it is "fashionable" to dispose of them and buy new ones on a schedule much shorter than their lifespans (because of some new gimmick that provides an inconsequential improvement in the usability of the newer model).
Even higher income people I know don't swap out their phones and laptops every year. It's a pain in the ass to reconfigure everything, and even when the devices get replaced, the old ones get passed down to the kids or elders.
http://www.asymco.com/2018/02/27/the-number/
Perhaps low end devices are getting replaced more and more often, but I would bet high end devices get used for much longer. Especially with a widening wealth/income gap, how would people even afford to replace working electronics for no reason?
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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...
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> I am not in the market for anything like this, since I have the high-end spectrum covered w/ some Sony over the ear noise cancelling cans but if I was I would give these a shot in a new york minute. Like the first-gen AirPods, I think having noise-cancelling in this form factor is a game-changer. All other noise-cancelling headphones, as far as I know, are either bulky on-ears or earbuds with a brick that dangles a…
All active noise cancelling headphones just hurt my ears after extended periods of time.
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> I am not in the market for anything like this, since I have the high-end spectrum covered w/ some Sony over the ear noise cancelling cans but if I was I would give these a shot in a new york minute. Like the first-gen AirPods, I think having noise-cancelling in this form factor is a game-changer. All other noise-cancelling headphones, as far as I know, are either bulky on-ears or earbuds with a brick that dangles a…
FYI sleeping with earbuds could damage your ears long-term; not certain on that but very much worth investigating / confirming.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4280735/
At worst, you can have some minor earwax buildup (if you also don't ever wash your ears)