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Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by GhettoComputers »

colejohnson66 wrote: post #123
GhettoComputers wrote: post #114

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They don’t tell you their own telemetry as far as I know.

No. They do. I can see crash logs for assetsd, awdd, com.apple.mobilemail, DifferentialPrivacy, and much more. Just open up Settings and search “analytics”

I get those crash logs but I don’t benefit from it as much as seeing a realtime task like telemetry attempts but this is also pretty useful. Thanks. It looks like this that data is piped into this jailbreak app. https://repo.packix.com/package/com.muirey03.cr4shed/

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by skhr0680 »

GhettoComputers wrote: post #116
dereg wrote: post #112

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Apple replaced the bent iPhones on the spot for free. That said, the iPhone 6 represented peak Jony Ive. I'm glad he's gone. Apple has walked back their obsession with thinness in favor of maximizing utility, all to the benefit of the user.

No, they eventually admitted it was their fault, they didn’t admit fault when the iPad came bent recently, or the MacBook Pro had failures. But with Steve Jobs alive it wasn’t hard to get your handhelds like the iPhone or iPod replaced, now they blame you or make you wait forever. I agree about Jony, the iPhone 5 was peak Apple design, and it comes back with no headphone jack in the 12.

I had a 2008 iMac HDD fail when it was barely out of warranty in either late 2009 or very early 2010 and was charged full price for the repair, then a "we'll recycle it for free" when my barely 1 year old iPod Touch decided to stop connecting via USB after updating it to iOS4.

In 2013 the same Apple store replaced a 3rd party stick of RAM in my iMac for an Apple one for free when I sent it to fix the bad hinge on that year's model.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by GhettoComputers »

solarkraft wrote: post #130
GhettoComputers wrote: post #119

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They can kneecap them with forced firmware updates. I’m happy with the galaxy buds on iOS. https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/17/21069953/apple-airpods-pr...

Fellow Galaxy Buds (plus) user here, also with Apple devices. I generally like them. Battery life is stellar (compared to the others, it's just about satisfying for me). Pass-through mode is noisy and tinny (irritating). Connection reliability leaves a bunch to be desired (randomly disconnects every once in a while).

Galaxy buds plus too! Love the 11hrs on single charge they’re really good. I think random disconnects stopped when I disabled the touch controls and you can downgrade the firmware, I think the last 2 updates sucked, did they make it worst? https://github.com/ThePBone/GalaxyBudsClient The pass through mode might be bad because you have a blocked mic, mine is great.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by nunez »

I think the AirPods Pro were a regression from the OG AirPods for four reasons:

- Idle life took a huge dive from the originals. My OGs haven't been charged in something like six months, and the case is still at something like 20%. Meanwhile, the case holding the APPs would die in less than a week and the buds inside of them a week after that.

My wife's APPs have been lost for a while because of this.

- Noise cancellation performs worse than the original firmware. They have actually been outclassed by other offerings, such as the Sony WF1000XM4.

- The buds themselves have a design flaw wherein earwax will accumulate in its inner grille severely enough to significantly compromise bass response. There's a thread in MacRumors that's something like 36 pages long acknowledging this. Apple quietly fixed this in version 2 of the APPs (with the MagSafe case).

- The mic isn't as good. The original APs performed extremely well in wind and loud surroundings. I think the downward beam-forming mics were a big part of this. The mic on the APPs perform worse in these scenarios IMO.

I'm glad that Apple went back to beam-forming mics.

Regardless, I'm thankful for Apple for lighting up the true wireless headphone industry. The APs were a dream come true when they came out; nothing before it compared (and I had $600 custom IEMs that were waterproof and had a control scheme controlled by head nods). The APPs accelerated the creation of noise cancelling true wireless. I'm excited for the next iteration of these products.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by GhettoComputers »

skhr0680 wrote: post #132
GhettoComputers wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, they eventually admitted it was their fault, they didn’t admit fault when the iPad came bent recently, or the MacBook Pro had failures. But with Steve Jobs alive it wasn’t hard to get your handhelds like the iPhone or iPod replaced, now they blame you or make you wait forever. I agree about Jony, the iPhone 5 was peak Apple design, and it comes back with no headphone jack in the 12.

I had a 2008 iMac HDD fail when it was barely out of warranty in either late 2009 or very early 2010 and was charged full price for the repair, then a "we'll recycle it for free" when my barely 1 year old iPod Touch decided to stop connecting via USB after updating it to iOS4. In 2013 the same Apple store replaced a 3rd party stick of RAM in my iMac for an Apple one for free when I sent it to fix the bad hinge on tha…

That sucks, I had never gone in after warranty though, maybe once it was under a month and they gave me another one. Usually if you get a nice genius they’ll help you out, I didn’t try after the warranty and just repaired it myself. Knowing how bad they are now, I will never set foot in one again and I’d rather repair it myself after a year.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by gruez »

genewitch wrote: post #129
gnicholas wrote: post #59

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Interesting! After 2 years, I'm down to 1 hour of battery life in my second generation AirPods. Fortunately I use one at a time, so I just swap back and forth between them when one dies. My bigger issue is that my AirPods no longer give a warning when they're getting low on battery. The first time the sound chimes marks 3 seconds until it's about to die. I'm left scrambling to get my other one out as my phone reverts…

My android garbage phone pauses media if Bluetooth goes away. The only thing that won't is a literal LTE/4g call, that goes to handset.

I was baffled at that comment too. iOS should pause playback on headphone disconnection (wired or otherwise) as well. My only guess would be some sort of rogue app that doesn't respond to OS notifications, so it continues to play sound even after disconnection. In that case the OS would obligingly send the audio stream to the default device (ie. on device speakers). That said the default apps (eg. music or podcasts) should be fine.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by nunez »

ProfessorLayton wrote: post #7

Not an audio expert, but I really wonder why they need a microphone for their adaptive EQ. I understand home speakers/theatre systems need to compensate for a room's shape and contents, but do human ear canals vary that much to need a mic? I think it's pretty neat how sophisticated this adaptive EQ system is, but tbh, I haven't noticed much difference between this mic system and the "dumb" adaptive EQ that companies…

Everyone's ear canals are shaped differently, so yes, lots of variation.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by rvnx »

GhettoComputers wrote: post #127
dereg wrote: post #124

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The generosity of Apple's support during Steve's era was unparalleled. It created a great deal of goodwill for the company within the iPhone/Mac community. Like you said, supports now is delayed, difficult, rigid, and merciless. Somewhere along the line, Apple forgot that its retail stores and support were products in and of themselves.

Yeah it was so easy to walk in with a problem knowing Apple was gonna take care of it (except the MacBook problem but I didn’t use a MacBook). You knew you didn’t need an appointment, 20 mins in to get a nice person who looked at it, saw your problem and said ok well take care of it, here’s another one. Incredible service at that time, something that Samsung and others didn’t have. Now I get some asshole that says it…

I had very very negative experience with Apple hardware issues and I agree so much about how bad is the service now.

First time on a very brand new MacBook Pro (1 day old). The laptop screen was glitching for no reason. The service center took it for repair, and when they gave it back, they visibly damaged the computer in the process (with a screwdriver they damaged part of the case), and then denied causing the damages.

At the end, they didn't even fix the issue (they changed motherboard, when it was obviously a screen or screen cable issue, not a motherboard one because the issue didn't appear on screenshots nor on external monitors).

I had to take the losses, I hate this company so much for this, by principle.

Second time, the MagSafe-style charger of my other MacBook computer took fire, Apple never acknowledged the issue, and neither offered replacement and pointed only to legal and stopped responding.

This company really has shitty processes handling defects in their own products.

I keep buying because the alternatives are very weak in comparison and outdated, but really, if you get a bad product from Apple you are fucked.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by BoorishBears »

treve wrote: post #121
elzbardico wrote: post #100

This is still the strongest apple advantage: design, engineering and build quality. Recently I wanted to buy a second notebook so I could leave my MBPro at home in trips where I didn't want to work, but still had a machine that run linux and windows for some quick idea or even some light gaming. Decided for a Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. Expensive machine, but slightly cheaper than a MacBook Air. good i7 11gen processor,…

Yet I know lots of people with defects in Apple products. I replaced multiple laptops. Is there real evidence of fewer defects?

I have a Consumer Reports account and doing a quick search the only laptops with a 5/5 "Predicted Reliability" rating are from Apple, everything else is a 4/5 or less

It looks like LG would be the likely 2nd place as well, since they're the only brand besides Apple consistently getting a 5/5 on "Owner Satisfaction"

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by okwubodu »

dzhiurgis wrote: post #106
technobabbler wrote: post #89

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I think the Pros sound amazing. I used to have the Sony WH-XM1000 v3 and v4 noise-canceling headphones, but sold both after using the Airpod Pros for a few days and never went back. The Airpod Pro sound quality is maybe 90% as good as the Sonys, but the form factor is INCREDIBLY convenient. No more sweating and constantly adjusting the earcups and headbands... just plop them in and they fit my ears perfectly and neve…

> Sony WH-XM1000 v3 They aren’t even comparable. Sony’s being over ear design cancels noise way better, but Pro’s are much more practical for sleep and calls.

Just compared my Pros and XM4 back-to-back and the Pros seem to have better noise canceling but YMWV with getting a good enough seal.

Transparency mode is where the AirPods take it without question.

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