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Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?

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Re: Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?

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Post by reaperducer »

capableweb wrote: post #16
typon wrote: post #8

Wish there was a way for public investors to invest in certain parts of a publicly traded company. If I believe in a certain project at Apple or Google, I want to fund it and get returns on my investment.

The government should work like that with taxes. Instead of just giving 100% to whatever the government decides it wants to fund, 20% could be reserved to go to what people want it to go to. Have some participation in the tax paying. More interesting and better for the world if we apply that to governments rather than companies :)

Instead of just giving 100% to whatever the government decides it wants to fund, 20% could be reserved to go to what people want it to go to.

Under that plan, the best funded parts of the government would be the ones that benefit rich people only.

Then again, considering the intelligence and temperament of the average person, I think in short order we'd have amazing playgrounds and free hot dog stands everywhere, all under the flag of the hammer and sickle.

Re: Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?

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Post by rolltiide »

gz5 wrote: post #40

Amazing how Apple managed to make the first cool MP3 player, then the first cool smartphone and now the first cool bluetooth headset. For almost 20 years now, Apple has owned electronic fashion. Sony for example was unable to parlay its Walkman dominance into similar positions with new devices. And make no mistake about it - a huge portion of these sales are people buying Apple's marketing - not buying the tech itsel…

The tech is cool too

Zero people have been swayed by the observation that the components can be acquired for cheaper

And the non-iOS phone users that are married to “how much control they have” have touched an iphone since 2014.

Re: Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?

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Post by larrydag »

paxys wrote: post #21

As always, none of the numbers are official, so take all of them with a huge grain of salt. The article also doesn't link to a single source, not even an unofficial one. > Assuming an even split of sales between Gen 1, Gen 2, and AirPods Pro, Airpods revenue was $12 billion in 2019 This itself is a terrible assumption. AirPods Pro launched in November 2019, so had just 2 months of sales. Even otherwise, there is neve…

Also this is revenue numbers too. No mention of margins over expenses.

Re: Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?

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Post by maximente »

qsymmachus wrote: post #49
dsalzman wrote: post #25

Airpods are an integral part of Apple's future medical ambition. Always in ear Airpods constantly taking your Temp, HR, Glucose, GSR, etc. With the kicker that it is only stored locally and securely on your device, all processing done locally via HealthKit. That customized data will change how we think about patient care.

> Always in ear What percentage of Airpods owners do you reckon _always_ have them inside their ears?

probably pretty high - apparently 17% of people in one survey said they have left them in during sex, so there's that

Re: Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?

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Post by sevencolors »

sadmann1 wrote: post #3

Are airpods really worth it or is it just marketing

The killer feature is the connection awareness. You put them in your ears and it immediately connects. You take them out and it pauses the audio. I’ve had several wireless earbuds and they all suffer from connection frustrations and letting audio continue playing when not used.

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Post by f1refly »

gz5 wrote: post #40

Amazing how Apple managed to make the first cool MP3 player, then the first cool smartphone and now the first cool bluetooth headset. For almost 20 years now, Apple has owned electronic fashion. Sony for example was unable to parlay its Walkman dominance into similar positions with new devices. And make no mistake about it - a huge portion of these sales are people buying Apple's marketing - not buying the tech itsel…

>now the first cool bluetooth headset [citation needed]

Honstly every time I see someone wearing earpods I can't take him seriously anymore, they look _so_ bad. There's a lot of options on the market, and airpods are the ugliest of them all.

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Post by gav »

joshmn wrote: post #31
sadmann1 wrote: post #3

Are airpods really worth it or is it just marketing

I hated them until I tried them. Their integration within Apple's ecosystem is killer.

Same. I think it's interesting because out of all the Apple products that I own, Airpods are the first that I saw and didn't want. I hated how they looked.

I had a coworker who used them for calls and he talked me into buying them. Once I started using them I realized how much I enjoyed using them over wired headphones and how well they worked compared to other Bluetooth devices, especially older headsets.

The only negative for me is that the Pro model didn't exist when I bought my Airpods, and the regular model has poor sound isolation--fine if you are at home, in a office, etc., but terrible on the street or on a plane.

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Post by NetOpWibby »

wuunderbar wrote: post #52
gz5 wrote: post #40

Amazing how Apple managed to make the first cool MP3 player, then the first cool smartphone and now the first cool bluetooth headset. For almost 20 years now, Apple has owned electronic fashion. Sony for example was unable to parlay its Walkman dominance into similar positions with new devices. And make no mistake about it - a huge portion of these sales are people buying Apple's marketing - not buying the tech itsel…

Don't forget about first cool smartwatch.

Dick Tracy, eat your heart out!

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Post by calvinmorrison »

tbrock wrote: post #35
Waterluvian wrote: post #26

Has anyone found any info/study on "average likelihood of losing or damaging an airpod in a given year"? That's all that's stopping me from buying this and other premium products. I love premium products but not if I have to replace them every year.

Live a little! Nobody would buy anything nice if they were constantly worried about it.

Buying $100+ pair of headphones that are the size of a kidney bean with no strings attached doesn't really seem ridiculous. It's pretty hard to lose old apple wired headphones or real cans like my Bose QuietComforts. I don't have to worry@!
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