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Re: AirPods Max

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Post by ninkendo »

gnopgnip wrote: post #819
buildbuildbuild wrote: post #410

Calling an English expert. Is “AirPods Max” singular or plural? Help. The AirPods Max is a headphone. AirPods Max are headphones. I saw two AirPods Maxes.

In context they treat Airpods as plural, using "are" over "is". It makes sense because the originals were plural, separate objects. >I saw two AirPods Maxes It is a compound noun, the base word gets pluralized, so it would still be Airpods Max. Like the plural of cup of tea is cups of tea, or sergeants major, brothers-in-law, courts martial, passersby. Airpods would be the base word.

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Re: AirPods Max

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Post by RayVR »

I haven't been able to read every comment here, but one thing I haven't seen discussed is the name choice.

The AirPods Max are not the Pro Max. We have AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max.

I expect to see AirPods Pro Max sometime next year and I wouldn't be surprised if they come in somewhere around $1000.

Re: AirPods Max

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Post by newbie2020 »

dahfizz wrote: post #721
low_common wrote: post #717

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bought a $100 pair of bluetooth Sennheisers that have a battery life that seems to be measured not in hours, but in days. I use them all day every day while working in the office, at home, or coffee shop. Music sounds great and so do movies. Never have to worry about the bluetooth connnection, pairs to my Mac or to my work laptop just fine. And they got to me with Amazon Prime. You do not need to spend $500 if all…

> You do not need to spend $500 if all you need is headphones that do their job. Its amazing to me the number of Apple fanboys in this thread that seem to think that every other pair of headphones out there is completely broken, and nothing will "just work". This has been a solved problem for like a decade.

Wireless noise-cancelling over-ear headphones are not a solved problem byfar. Every produce out there has some flaws.

Re: AirPods Max

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Post by sorum »

acwan93 wrote: post #869
gonehome wrote: post #845

One pleasant side-effect of these is when we all start flying again it'll be even easier to find the SFO airport gate. Currently you can just look for the one with >50% Airpod use, but that's hard to see from a distance. These are much easier.

AirPods, Away bags, and Allbirds.

Add the Patagonia and an oversized Yeti water bottle and you've got yourself the VC starter kit

Re: AirPods Max

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Post by mantap »

ziml77 wrote: post #307
ryeguy_24 wrote: post #158

For someone that already has some decent over ear headphones, I read the entire press release thinking that these would be great to get. I was pegging them at $249 to $399 max. $549 shocked the daylights out of me! This is beyond too expensive for me to consider. Maybe it will come down over the years but there must be a very slim market of people who can pay that. I’m not usually shocked by an Apple price but that’s…

That's also the range I had the price at in my head. $550 is far too much for headphones. It's not quite as insane as the ridiculous monitor stand or Mac Pro wheel pricing, but it's not far off. I don't really get what their market is here.

It's more insane than the monitor stand. That monitor stand is for a monitor that is aimed at professionals working on HDR content. It's a very low volume, specialised part, $1k isn't entirely unreasonable.

These headphones will be mass produced in huge volumes. It's a consumer product. Just a very expensive one.

Re: AirPods Max

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Post by bigbubba »

low_common wrote: post #717
zcw100 wrote: post #240

I think this is actually a fantastic place for Apple. I'm happy to trash Apple where appropriate and I've got plenty of complaints. I think Apple does it's best when the integration of hardware and software is really important and there is a very low tolerance for, I won't say bugs, but issues. They're headphones. I want to put them on and they need to make noise. I'm not dealing with connectivity issues, battery iss…

I bought a $100 pair of bluetooth Sennheisers that have a battery life that seems to be measured not in hours, but in days. I use them all day every day while working in the office, at home, or coffee shop. Music sounds great and so do movies. Never have to worry about the bluetooth connnection, pairs to my Mac or to my work laptop just fine. And they got to me with Amazon Prime. You do not need to spend $500 if all…

Yeah my sennheiser HD 4.40 seem to last a week or more on a charge, with several hours of use a day. This company hasn't disappointed me yet.
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