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Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by swores »

jasonlotito wrote: post #81
emadabdulrahim wrote: post #40

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Yup. Unfortunately every other Bluetooth headphones suck when it comes to connectivity and stable playing. Been using Airpods Max for a year and never had a connection issue.

And yet I've had problems with every AirPod I've owned (Normal, Pro, and Max) and at this point, with the issues with the Max, I'm fed up. It's awful, and for the price I've paid, I should not be having these issues.

Same here, so many issues that always led to dead earphones after I won't be buying any more Apple headphones after my current Airpods Pro dies (already quite unreliable charging in the case, so unless I check and place it down gently I'm likely to come back and find it out of battery from one of the earpieces having been on the whole time).

I only stuck with airpods this long because their bluetooth functionality really is great especially when I was in a little apartment with an Apple TV as well as my phone. But they're really disappointingly unreliable, badly overpriced, and Apple support around them is always terrible (in my experience in the UK).

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by DavideNL »

sz4kerto wrote: post #99
alistairSH wrote: post #73

Two major gripes with my current AirPods (not-Pro)… 1 - Battery life is less than half what it was when new. For $160, they should last more than 2 years, IMO. This applies to both the pods themselves and the case. 2 - I hate wireless ear buds for anything beyond sitting still. The risk of losing one half of a $160 pair is just too high. They might be ok walking, but not hiking, running, or cycling. The Pros might st…

Almost all earbuds just fall out of my ears for some reason, but Airpods Pro + memory foam tips allow me to run with them.

Interesting, which tips do you use if i may ask?

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by whalesalad »

I adore the OG airpods, but the pro model disappointed me bigtime. They are always falling out of my ears, specifically my left ear which seems to be a little bit smaller. I tried aftermarket tips to no avail.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by Eric_WVGG »

erikpukinskis wrote: post #3

I would love to buy AirPods one day, but I have just had too many experiences telling someone on Zoom they sound like they’re under water, and they say, “hold on a sec that’s my AirPods.” If Apple could fix that issue, this would be a nice product! Unfortunately I don’t know how Apple could ever signal to me that they had fixed that issue.

regarding the "hold on a sec" issue, that's the Mac, not the AirPods

Every time I dial in with an iOS device it works flawlessly. If it's on the Mac, I have to log in to YouTube and play some random nonsense to make sure they're connected before I start the call, and even then (today), they sometimes fail.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by danso »

hardwaregeek wrote: post #26

It's wild how much money Apple has made from Bluetooth headphones that don't suck. That's literally it. They're portable, pair easily and (somewhat) work with multiple devices. I have top of the line Bose Bluetooth headphones that still, in 2022, have issues with multiple devices. I can't count how many times I've started playing music on my iPhone only to realize that the headphones think my laptop is playing, so th…

I'll just chime in and say that while I'm reasonably satisfied with my Airpods Pro, I've been pretty happy with much cheaper Bluetooth wired (i.e. connected buds) earphones -- the noise canceling is nice but I don't depend on it. A couple months ago I bought Airpod Pros on sale for my mom. And it's the one gadget gift, out of countless that I've bought her, that I've actually seen her regularly use. Not only that, but she'll get pretty annoyed when something goes temporarily wrong with them (e.g. foam tips fall out, case fails to charge), rather than give up on them like any other superfluous accessory.

The gadgets I've bought my mom that she's neglected and forgotten include: PC and Mac laptops, her iPhone (in lieu of getting her another Android), Apple Watch, and of course, various kinds of headphones, bluetooth and wired.

She's a pretty big luddite and I honestly had never really seen her use her iphone for much other than talking and texting -- e.g. when she's lost in the city, she will ask every random stranger for help and never think to use the phone GPS. But since she took to using the Airpods, it's opened up all the (obvious) possibilities of the phone as portable entertainment device.

Sorry if all this sounds like shilling for the Airpods (again, I'm personally meh on them and will likely try out Anker's offerings if I need to replace mine) -- it's just this comment thread triggered in me the pleasant experience I've had with it as a Mother's day gifter.

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Post by Miraste »

horsawlarway wrote: post #134
scarface74 wrote: post #125

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I have seven devices that I use my AirPods with - an iPhone, iPad, Watch, computer, and two AppleTVs. Once I paired them with one device, they are automatically paired with every device connected to my AppleID. They switch seamlessly without me having to do a thing. I also don’t have to decipher beeps to change settings. I can change anything about them visually from any of my devices.

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Of course they can't do the same auto connection, but in my experience airpods work at least as well with non-apple devices as any other Bluetooth headphones.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by selfmodruntime »

horsawlarway wrote: post #134
scarface74 wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have seven devices that I use my AirPods with - an iPhone, iPad, Watch, computer, and two AppleTVs. Once I paired them with one device, they are automatically paired with every device connected to my AppleID. They switch seamlessly without me having to do a thing. I also don’t have to decipher beeps to change settings. I can change anything about them visually from any of my devices.

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It's not like other bluetooth headphones can do this. My Jabra Elite won't work with their own app half the time on devices that are officially supported!

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by s3r3nity »

cafed00d wrote: post #152
hardwaregeek wrote: post #26

It's wild how much money Apple has made from Bluetooth headphones that don't suck. That's literally it. They're portable, pair easily and (somewhat) work with multiple devices. I have top of the line Bose Bluetooth headphones that still, in 2022, have issues with multiple devices. I can't count how many times I've started playing music on my iPhone only to realize that the headphones think my laptop is playing, so th…

All of this has a super simple explanation: the shitty products always have org structures that treat software dev as shitty cost centers. It took a long time to realize that the most compelling devices have good, well maintained software. I don’t mean to say that software devs are geniuses or that these orgs have to hire the best of the best. No, they just need to create an org that prioritizes software dev. Low att…

I think you're 85-90% right - but I wouldn't undersell the impact of Apple's proprietary W1 / H1 / H2 chips in their headphones either.

Re: AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)

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Post by swores »

dereg wrote: post #32
kapsel wrote: post #12

I love my AirPod Pros, but I hate how unreliable charging in the case is. The AirPods will often think they are out of the case, when they are, and discharge themselves, while connected to my phone/laptop. Then they will re-charge, emptying the battery in the case, so I will end up with a dead pair of AirPods after a couple of days in the pocket, not using them. I guess their tolerances are too tight, hopefully somet…

This has never happened to me. It's likely you have a defective unit, take it in.

Apple won't replace or fix for this, it's something many many many Airpods Pro owners have complained about (including myself).
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