> That means almost all iPhone users are still either using wired earphones or none at all.
Lol, or they're using other Bluetooth headphones?
Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?
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Re: Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?
#232Amazing 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…
You act like the fashion is not tech. Their stuff looks good because of engineering all the way down. Looking good is a feature.
I disagree with the idea that it's marketing. Apple does very little marketing these days. Apple products are a memetic virus.
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#233Earlier quoted context omitted.
You need to take them out every 2-4 hours for charging.
I've noticed a lot of people wearing just one, my kids included. They explained to me that by alternating earbuds they can wear them almost continually.
This sounds like the plot to a Dystopian tech movie. Something always in your ear... whispering.
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#234Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Sony for example was unable to parlay its Walkman dominance into similar positions with new devices. Actually the Walkman (which was arguably Sony's second breakout product, the first being a transistor radio) Sony was definitely the cool kid. And don't forget the Playstation or the Trinitron. In fact Steve Jobs explicitly emulated and admired Sony for their (then) sense of style, customer appeal and quality. The S…
OP wasn't saying walkman wasn't cool or have a significant market position, in fact he's saying the exact opposite. That Sony had the position an failed to use it to position new devices. Apple turned the iPod into the iPhone and iPad and now they have AirPods coming off of the same train using each product brand to push the brand of the next. Sony had the Walkman but missed the mp3-player market, didn't bring out a…
"That Sony had the position an failed to use it to position new devices."
But Sony did use its previous products positioning to produce and market new ones. The arguably owned the "portable audio" market from their first transistor radio in 1955, through the Walkman brand dominance up until the first iPod.
They were no longer really able to compete after the key differentiator became software.
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#235Earlier quoted context omitted.
I loved my Pebble, but it was certainly not cool. Also didn't work as well as my Apple Watch, which I waited until my beloved Pebble finally died before buying.
Apple Watch is 4+ times the price. It still can't do some of the things a Pebble can. For starters, a Pebble can run a week without requiring recharge.
And yet it's still way cooler than the Pebble. Funny how that works.
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#236Earlier quoted context omitted.
Except their laptops and phones totally do... What are you talking about?
Every iPhone since the 8 has had a strip of glue holding the battery down. They aren't intended to be serviced, especially not by users.
They're basically 3M Command Strips. They even have a pull tab. Calling it glue is being totally disingenuous.
Re: Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?
#237I don't wear airpods because I came across a few articles saying they are they are really bad for the environment: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/neae8z/why-airpods-are-a-... Honestly a little surprised that Airpods would be so successful.
In the same way that every electronic product is really bad for the environment and humanity.
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#238Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which I guess would explain why there are Android phones that crush the iPhone on tech specs but make a minuscule (and sometimes negative) proportion of the industry’s profit?
It’s simple to explain in the same way that Apple even in the 90s made the most profit of any personal computer manufacturer even though PCs clearly had superior hardware and much more software. The answer is monopoly pricing vs competition. Apple is the only iOS manufacturer, just like they were the only MacOS Manufacturer (excepting the brief period of Mac clones) That means all Android manufacturers compete and sp…
> The answer is monopoly pricing vs competition. Apple is the only iOS manufacturer, just like they were the only MacOS Manufacturer (excepting the brief period of Mac clones)
I don’t disagree with this, but it only matters at all because iOS (and access to its user interface, Safari, lock in on iMessages) is a distinct value add. BlackBerry also had a monopoly on their OS as did Palm as did Nokia. None of them exist anymore.
Re: Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?
#239Amazing 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…
You act like the fashion is not tech. Their stuff looks good because of engineering all the way down. Looking good is a feature. I disagree with the idea that it's marketing. Apple does very little marketing these days. Apple products are a memetic virus.
> Apple does very little marketing these days.
Apple does a significant amount of marketing, and I'd argue that they've been steadily ramping it up recently. It's just that they're usually a lot better at staying out of your face about it.
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#240Earlier quoted context omitted.
AirPods don't have a single competitor. There's no clear alternative on the market. It's Air Pod or... TOZO T10? Sony XB950B1? LETSCOM IPX7? KOVEBBLE IPX7? Fuck I have no idea what all these numbers and letters mean, I'll buy some Air Pods.
What does air pods mean? I guess they are bluetooth headphones, but what are the specs, do they work with non-apple hardware/software? I would have to search for that info, so its just the same if they were called AIR IPX7 T10.
> I guess they are bluetooth headphones, but what are the specs, do they work with non-apple hardware/software?
To most buyers, they don't need to search for anything. It's an Apple product that works with their other Apple products because of course it does.