Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?

Post by crooked-v » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 10:12 PM UTC

f1refly wrote: post #66

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.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 10:13 PM UTC

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…

Post by Kylekramer » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 10:13 PM UTC

askmike wrote: post #81

Kylekramer wrote: post #22

I've idly thought that Spotify should get into hardware. Headphones and/or speaker, purchase it connected to your account, and one touch button to a stream of music you like. Obviously a million times easier said than done, but has to be a better margin business than where they currently are and would be good lock in.

A headphone that only works with Spotify? My Bose QC that I can use for anything (including Spotify - with a single on button to connect to bluetooth controlled via my phone or laptop) isn't really inconvenient or anything.

Post by eanzenberg » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 10:14 PM UTC

fredifrum wrote: post #46

eanzenberg wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or, you can pay to replace the battery. I've done it with an old iPhone6 and got back a pretty usable device.

battery replacements aren't a thing for AirPods. You can send them to Apple to be recycled, though.

Post by londons_explore » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 10:14 PM UTC

reaperducer wrote: post #83

madrox wrote: post #76

A couple years ago, I got a bit of saltwater in my iPhone and the headphone jack failed. Since the next generation of iPhone (the iPhone X) was about to come out, I held onto it for a couple months and bought AirPods. I then realized this was Apple's real reason for eliminating the headphone jack. It had nothing to do with courage. It was about eliminating a deeply ingrained user habit so they could solve the problem…

I then realized this was Apple's real reason for eliminating the headphone jack. To do away with the point of failure that you so aptly illustrated by getting salt water in your phone? I wouldn't have bothered with the AirPods if my headphone jack had continued to function. That's you, though. There are clearly millions and millions of people who don't want wires.