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Re: AirPods Max

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Post by crispyporkbites »

Yes these are expensive, but I understand that these will work seamlessly with your iphone, macbook etc. Compared to my bluetooth Sony headphones, where pairing is always hit and miss, I can see why someone wearing headphones all day and tranistioning between apple devices would see this as a reasonable purchase.

Plus you get the virtue signalling of being "rich"

Re: AirPods Max

#52

Post by pgt »

reeestandard wrote: post #11

Looks good but that price is $200 higher than the Sony WH1000 or Bose 700. Also that case is hilarious, I guess they don't fold at all

If you paid $549 for headphones, you want people to know. These are like the Gucci handbags of headphones.

Re: AirPods Max

#54

Post by nickpeterson »

10yrengineer wrote: post #40
headmelted wrote: post #7

$549 a pair. Yikes. I'm fairly confident I've reached my own personal peak for Apple pricing. As a spectator I've no doubt these will sell massive numbers but I'm curious to learn what the market will bear for Apple's products.

You aren't their target demographic. The lower class uses luxury products as signaling. It's why iphones sell despite being lower quality. Impracticality is necessary in luxury products.

Their target is people that want to buy an nice appliance not a pocket computer.

Re: AirPods Max

#55

Post by jarym »

I'm sure they're great. But outta my budget.

I'm very happy with my Sony WH-1000XM4 that are about $200 cheaper.

Re: AirPods Max

#56

Post by doovd »

10yrengineer wrote: post #40
headmelted wrote: post #7

$549 a pair. Yikes. I'm fairly confident I've reached my own personal peak for Apple pricing. As a spectator I've no doubt these will sell massive numbers but I'm curious to learn what the market will bear for Apple's products.

You aren't their target demographic. The lower class uses luxury products as signaling. It's why iphones sell despite being lower quality. Impracticality is necessary in luxury products.

"The lower class" lol. Could you not phrase that better?

Re: AirPods Max

#57

Post by llbowers »

I wonder if this will eat into their Beats market. What is Apple’s long term play with Beats anyway?

These are beautifully designed and no doubt they will pair seamlessly with other Apple devices, but that price tag seems...audacious to put it nicely.

Re: AirPods Max

#58

Post by egil »

thih9 wrote: post #28

I don't see a mention of any socket, mini jack or micro jack; this is predictable but still unfortunate. I wish it was possible to use these with non bluetooth gear. Update: I see a mention of the lightning connector (for charging) at https://www.apple.com/airpods-max/specs/ . I wonder if lightning to mini jack adapter would work with this product.

> AirPods Max require Apple devices running iOS 14.3 or later, iPadOS 14.3 or later, macOS Big Sur 11.1 or later, watchOS 7.2 or later, or tvOS 14.3 or later.

Not even standard bluetooth.

Re: AirPods Max

#59

Post by ape4 »

We just invented headphones - its almost like an April Fool's joke. (After the 737 Max crashes I would have thought "Max" would be depreciated)

Re: AirPods Max

#60

Post by nojito »

lma21 wrote: post #49

A few months ago, I experienced sort of an inflection point regarding the love I had for Apple products when my iPhone broke for no reason whatsoever: it worked perfectly during the day, no physical scratch or anything, woke up and I noticed that the phone was hot, i opened it, tried to close some apps and I noticed that it's quite slow. I opened the settings and kept getting notification popups regarding storage and…

>I'll never buy an 'un-repairable' headset for $549.

What other headphones are repairable at that price point?

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