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The next generation of AirPods

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Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by elif »

superdude12 wrote: post #5
Traubenfuchs wrote: post #3

Do they have active noise cancelling? Also, 6 hours listening is a bad joke, that‘s not even a standard workday. With battery aging that‘s soon not even half a workday anymore.

They charge super fast. You can get 1 hour of playback from 5 minutes of charging. You can also charge one at a time if you really need them continuously.

Ah now we're thinking with portals.. perhaps they can sell a set of 3 for this exact use?

If you're playing games or something that takes heavy focus, you want to stay ahead of charging, not wait for something to die l.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by Phenomenit »

ssully wrote: post #6
Phenomenit wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The pros have noise canceling. 6h non stop in your ears is to much if you ask me, take out em when your eating lunch and they'll be full again when you're done.

Or if you are in the office, they are in their case during meetings or when someone is talking to you at your desk. That's at least what I did when I was still in the office, and I used first gen Airpods which had worse battery life.

Yeah, I'm on my second year with my first gen and they're still great.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by m_ke »

kfprt wrote: post #9

>Apple and the Environment Hilarious section for an expensive product that has a non removable battery and is going to end up in a landfill after a year or two of use.

Yeah my airpods died after like a year and a half of use. When my brand new M1 macbook air died after a month of use I took it to the apple store and the "genius" next to me told someone with dead airpods that it's normal and that they have to buy a replacement pod.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by jjallen »

Traubenfuchs wrote: post #3

Do they have active noise cancelling? Also, 6 hours listening is a bad joke, that‘s not even a standard workday. With battery aging that‘s soon not even half a workday anymore.

Yeah, in three years with the Pros now (or whatever it is -- 2-3), I have basically never run out of batteries. You can always put one in the charger to charge while the other stays out.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by kfprt »

m_ke wrote: post #13
kfprt wrote: post #9

>Apple and the Environment Hilarious section for an expensive product that has a non removable battery and is going to end up in a landfill after a year or two of use.

Yeah my airpods died after like a year and a half of use. When my brand new M1 macbook air died after a month of use I took it to the apple store and the "genius" next to me told someone with dead airpods that it's normal and that they have to buy a replacement pod.

Landfill as a Service^TM. Apple is truly a very dirty company.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by sahaskatta »

Traubenfuchs wrote: post #3

Do they have active noise cancelling? Also, 6 hours listening is a bad joke, that‘s not even a standard workday. With battery aging that‘s soon not even half a workday anymore.

It doesn't look like these Airpods have noise cancelling. The compedition like the Samsung Buds2 have about 7.5 hours on a single charge with noise cancelling turned off and 5 hours when turned on.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by mttjj »

@dang can we get a less editorialized title (this one only highlights one of the new features)? And one that uses proper capitalization?

Something like "AirPods (3rd generation)" would also match the other Apple-announcement posts that are currently on the front page.

Re: The next generation of AirPods

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Post by somedude895 »

WithinReason wrote: post #10

A spatial audio implementation could range from mind blowing to meh. I want to hear one that can reach this level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYdIidUIbAs

Wow, I did not know my headphones could do that! What's this announcement then if this is already possible?
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