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Re: AirPods

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Post by asdff » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 6:00 PM UTC

coldtea wrote: post #170

jib wrote: post #157

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I disagree on the best in class. Apples insistence on hard plastic means they give up the proven best choice for sound isolation (silicone or foam buds). Claiming it is a feature to save lives is a stretch. There’s plenty of better sounding fully wireless headphones in that price range - Jabra elite 65t are meant to be good, I have the beoplay e8 and they are quite nice, Sennheiser momentum are in that same price cla…

Best in class not for the sound quality (which is just a little better than Apple's wired earbuds). For the "lightweight, minimum BT-connectivity fuss, no wires, BT earbuds" category, which they basically kick-started and dominate.

Is that category not already dominated by the limitless croakie-style bt headphones on amazon for cheap? You can probably find a waterproof pair too. I mean if the sound quality is nothing to write home about, all you are really paying $160 for is to stick them in a chic box.

Re: AirPods

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Post by ppeetteerr » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 7:57 PM UTC

dkersten wrote: post #222

ppeetteerr wrote: post #103

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Let me help you here: https://www.ebay.ca/i/391861141640?chn=ps&dispItem=1

Great. Now how do I charge my device while listening to music?

Let me help you out again: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HLJV2ZM/A/belkin-35-mm-au...

Re: AirPods

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Post by dkersten » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 8:11 PM UTC

coldtea wrote: post #101

dkersten wrote: post #87

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Just what I need, another adapter that I have to remember to bring with me, not lose etc. Plus the one on Apples website doesn't allow you to charge while the adapter is plugged in, so its either headphone jack or charging cable. No, I do not want this. Besides, for all of Apples space/thin-saving attempts, requiring me to use an adapter negates all of these completely.

> Just what I need, another adapter that I have to remember to bring with me, not lose etc. Yeah, your smartphone has only replaced a camera, a portable movie player, a portable music player, a PDA, a phone, a GPS receiver and/or maps, a watch, a gameboy, and 5-6 other devices we had to carry (or couldn't afford to even have) before. Now it's adding a dongle for headphones we have to remember to carry? Oh, the humani…

Well, there’s also stuff like this: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/your-...

Re: AirPods

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Post by dkersten » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 8:09 AM UTC

ppeetteerr wrote: post #232

dkersten wrote: post #222

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Great. Now how do I charge my device while listening to music?

Let me help you out again: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HLJV2ZM/A/belkin-35-mm-au...

$35 just to plug headphones into a phone, something all of my phones could do out of the box for over 15 years.

I’m using an iPhone 6s right now and this phone does everything I want and then some. The only reason I would upgrade is for bettter battery life or maybe a faster processor. Everything else it does perfectly well for me. So why would I want to replace it with a phone that forces me to use a dongle just to continue using it the way I’ve been doing for years? Especially if that dongle negates every size advantage that not having a jack might add.

As for me not wanting to stay current with tech (as someone above said), it’s because, for me, wireless earphones and dongles are a major step backwards. For you, not having a cable and having batteries might be a feature. For me, having a cable and not having batteries is a feature. I don’t want bulky or expensive dongles.

Anyway, unless Apple decides to cater for people like me again, I’m not going to buy any nore of their devices (and I’m not someone who doesn’t buy Apple anyway, I own multiple Apple devices)