Why people prefer wireless earphones to wired I'll never know; they cost more, require charging, and are easy to lose.
But they don't have wires that are annoying and tethers your head to your phone.
Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?
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If this was true the iPhone would have made negligible inroads in the markets where those products were available. Instead it was a massive success immediately in every market where it was offered. I’m sure it had many flaws but it was enough better where it mattered to dominate the competition.
It's not a controversial opinion, it really was all marketing and polishing existing tech like the airpods. When the ipod was first revealed, even apple fanboys at the time thought it was going to be a flop given the competition used common io, didn't require proprietary software, and didn't require a proprietary OS, and also was nearly half the price. https://www.cnet.com/news/apples-ipod-spurs-mixed-reactions/ This…
You say polishing, I say crushing superiority in user interface and design.
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#523Can you run with Airpods in?
Yes, although it may depend on the shape of your ears. I trained for the NYC marathon and often (but not always) wore AirPods. I never had them fall out.
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> 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…
It's odd that you say decay. IMO Sony's products are still quite good! I have a Sony-WM1A sitting next to me right now that's well-made, and I'm using Sony WF-1000MX3's as headphones, which are also well made. Not only that, but the Sony MDR-EX1000's that I own that are quite old are still buzzing. I can't quite say that for many Apple products I've purchased in the last decade.
My MDR V6 might be the perfect headphone. It's the only pair I've tried that are pretty flat and have perfect separation. Shitty mastering can't hide from these cans.
The only problems are the original pleather earcups wear off ($15 replacements are everywhere online), and the cord is pretty long since these are studio headphones. Some people cut the cord by the earpiece and splice a female end, but that's a little beyond my skill set.
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Reporting from Toronto: You see a lot of AirPods (I was gifted a set myself) but you see even more wireless over-ear headphones. I probably notice those the most. And wired are still common, though not necessarily 3.5mm.
> And wired are still common, though not necessarily 3.5mm. What do you mean by not necessarily 3.5mm?
Apple issues wired headphone with each iPhone. They connect through Lightning (the same slot you use to charge and sync the phone).
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It's actually quite remarkable to me that I can have such a different experience as a longtime Android device user and both of these experiences can coexist. I could never go back to the iPhone interface, and every time I have to use someone else's phone I'm always astounded at how hidden away the (few) options still available to me seem.
Discoverability of UI features is atrocious on iOS.
It really is. I don't know where anything is in the settings submenus anymore.
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Correct, these are all estimates. And the sales split is unclear, but both Airpods 2 and Airpods Pro have the benefit of launching before the holidays. They got a disproportionate number of sales from those 2 months. Even if everyone went with the $150 version (which is impossible), Airpods revenue would still be $9 billion at 60 million units. The point still stands though, Apple is making a killing off Airpods. Whe…
We also have no idea what the margins are on AirPods . It's not at all accurate to apply overall Apple gross margins (which include high-margin offerings like their services and iPhones) to AirPods, which are likely one of their lowest margin products.
We have a decades of prior history knowing that Apple doesn’t sell much of anything without a large profit margin.
Besides there are plenty of almost as good knock offs st half the price.
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#528I have them and absolutely hate them. Syncing issues a third of the time that are not easily remedied. I usually just use the wired version, which also gives me volume control.
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#529Earlier quoted context omitted.
Remember itunes? UI was horrible from day one and got worse over the years until they killed it. I don't think it was ever a dealbreaker. UI is not the whole story here.
iTunes is very much alive for the majority of IPhone/iPad users.
I haven’t needed to connect an iOS device to iTunes since iOS 5 in 2011.
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#530I have to wonder what percentage of people are like me and Apple earbuds/AirPods have never fit their ears? Are my ears that strangely shaped? Most people seem to have no problem when I've never found a pair of Apple earbuds that can stay in my ear if I do anything other than sit completely still and upright. They just don't fit, at all in any way.
I have to use earbuds with a stiff silicone shroud that I can shove deep enough on my ear canal that they can't fall out. I couldn't even get the hard plastic Apple earbuds to balance in my ear, they just fell right out.