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Re: Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT

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A quick search shows that the Samsung Galaxy A14 5G and the Sony Xperia 1 V both have headphone jacks. They've got expandable storage too! If I had to get a cell phone today, the Sony one is probably what I'd be looking at.

The Galaxy "A" series is their budget line, and so the A14 didn't bring back headphones; the A line never lost them to begin with. Because wireless headphones are a signal of wealth, headphone jacks are often still present on budget phones. Sony's models are too inconsistent for me to figure out what it's the successor to, so I can't say whether it's a good example of bringing back headphone jacks.

The Sony phone at least is certainly not a "budget" model, it's their latest flagship and they want $1,400 for it (too much really).

Wireless headphones might be a feature that "signals" wealth, but we should be careful not to confuse that with quality or value. Features like headphone jacks and expandable storage get removed because they save/make money for the manufacturer, not because they offer better value to consumers.

Many people like not having to deal with wires, but bluetooth (in addition to being used extensively to track you and reducing your security) is inferior in several ways when it comes to headphones (audio quality, latency, pairing issues, stuttering, disconnects, battery life, expense) but thanks in large part to the power of marketing, people can be made to feel good about being forced to pay more while getting less.

Re: Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT

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On the real vs. fake Apple product front: I get a lot of my electronic bric-a-brac from garage sales. The little iPhone cube chargers are so cute and practical, but: Is it a real one, or a dangerously cost-reduced fake? By comparison, less cute chargers from other major brands, that aren't a target for counterfeiting, are therefore more trustworthy. This is another "why we can't have nice things" kind of problem.

Now all you have to do is bring your $3,000/mo CT scanner along!

Or a magnifying glass. I bought a used iPhone and it included a little cube charger labeled "Designed by Abble"

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> Lastly, the contrast in overall build quality is dramatic between the genuine AirPods and their counterfeit counterparts. That's undoubtedly true, but my anecdotal experience was that a pair of $250(?) AirPods Pro broke after a couple of months, and the $40 Chinese knockoff pair is still going after almost a year. I'm sure that, on average, the Apple ones last longer, but it's so hard for me to shell out another $2…

I’m on my third pair of AirPods Pro, two warranty replacements and about to try for a third.

Re: Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT

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>Got the same amount we paid for them. I don't understand this world sometimes. Someone wants ear buds, they want to signal wealth so choose expensive brand, but they want knockoffs because they're actually poor[er]. The main risk with knock-offs is they arrive broken, or just don't arrive, or... basically it's a scam of some sort. So, you took on the risk of buying, assessed the earphones as working, the earphones a…

The main risk is fire with the batteries.

The energy of such fire is directly correlated to the battery capacity - airpods would probably just get hot and smoke a bit. The case could do more, but still limited in comparison to, say, a phone.

So I'd say the main risk of putting those things in your ears is suffering the horrible audio quality.

Re: Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT

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>Got the same amount we paid for them. I don't understand this world sometimes. Someone wants ear buds, they want to signal wealth so choose expensive brand, but they want knockoffs because they're actually poor[er]. The main risk with knock-offs is they arrive broken, or just don't arrive, or... basically it's a scam of some sort. So, you took on the risk of buying, assessed the earphones as working, the earphones a…

>signal wealth >$100 product It really boggles my mind that this works on anyone. We all see the commercials for financing. We all see teenagers with no jobs having them. I'm a bit mind boggled that Apple was able to turn <$1000 tech products into 'luxury' products. Maybe it makes more sense if you didn't get screwed by iTunes DRM and were more open minded during iphone Era.

Where I grew up, $100 sneakers were a signal of wealth. Nothing new under the sun.

Re: Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT

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I got some AirPods Pro 2 knock offs from Temu for £16. Paired exactly like AirPods, was super shocked. Work great with an Apple TV. They don’t have multi connect though. But are actually more comfortable than the real deal. I find the originals hurt after about 45 mins.

how is the sound?

Curiously absent from OPs story, so we already know the answer.

Re: Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT

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I got some AirPods Pro 2 knock offs from Temu for £16. Paired exactly like AirPods, was super shocked. Work great with an Apple TV. They don’t have multi connect though. But are actually more comfortable than the real deal. I find the originals hurt after about 45 mins.

If it's AirPods Pro, you probably have the wrong size tips on if they hurt. There's also some third party tips; I use them because they sound a little different but they're also different sizes.

And if the counterfeits are good enough, they will be compatible with the existing ecosystem of 3rd party tips. Foam tips were a huge upgrade to my AirPod Pro 2 experience.

Re: Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT

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Those articles from 2 years ago. And in that time I can't think of a single manufacturer who has brought back 3.5mm headphone jacks. Meanwhile Qualcomm recently announced WiFi-Audio which brings lossless audio.

A quick search shows that the Samsung Galaxy A14 5G and the Sony Xperia 1 V both have headphone jacks. They've got expandable storage too! If I had to get a cell phone today, the Sony one is probably what I'd be looking at.

I had to replace phone last January and I went with the Xperia 1 III. It is without a doubt a smartphone. Does everything all the other smartphone do plus has the headphone jack (that I more or less use daily) and has expandable storage (or additional SIM card, my choice). I'm comfortable in recommending the Xperia 1 V based on my experience with the III.

Re: Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT

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>Got the same amount we paid for them. I don't understand this world sometimes. Someone wants ear buds, they want to signal wealth so choose expensive brand, but they want knockoffs because they're actually poor[er]. The main risk with knock-offs is they arrive broken, or just don't arrive, or... basically it's a scam of some sort. So, you took on the risk of buying, assessed the earphones as working, the earphones a…

>signal wealth >$100 product It really boggles my mind that this works on anyone. We all see the commercials for financing. We all see teenagers with no jobs having them. I'm a bit mind boggled that Apple was able to turn <$1000 tech products into 'luxury' products. Maybe it makes more sense if you didn't get screwed by iTunes DRM and were more open minded during iphone Era.

> It really boggles my mind that this works on anyone.

I’m wondering whether you have to live through in world of plenty during formative years before you have that realization.

Re: Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT

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The more likely explanation is that they saw that their content marketing piece worked really well, so they did another one.

That's fair. And it's probably more interesting to showcase Apple products because they do produce relatively better engineered products in general that would look great with this kind of imaging technology.

Apple products are also very well known. Readers are likely more interested in scans of familiar products than something from a lesser-known company.
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