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You need a seal to get significant bass from earbuds. the non pro airpods do not make a seal (by design).
If they experienced better bass on the G1/G2 Airbuds, it's not a seal issue.
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The reason is simpler than that. Battery will inevitably wear out, and it is a very deliberate planned obsolescence move.
I don't know about that. I still have my original AirPods, and they had no noticeable battery loss, and it's been over 3 years by now. They might have lost some battery if I tried to measure it empirically, but I have no way of knowing without measuring it explicitly, as I cannot really catch a battery loss of less than 5-10% with normal use over the course of 3+ years. But I use them all the time interchangeably wit…
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If they experienced better bass on the G1/G2 Airbuds, it's not a seal issue.
The G1/G2 emphasize the high-bass to make up for the complete lack of sub-bass. Maybe that's the tuning they are looking for?
But somehow they cannot figure out how to make a replaceable battery. hmm
They can, it's just that the trade-off isn't worth appeasing a few HN readers. >The reason earbud companies use non-replaceable rechargeable batteries is simple: It makes the earbuds smaller. Earbud buyers generally prefer more compact devices, but that means the earbuds have less room inside for all the necessary components. Designers need to cram a Bluetooth chip and processor, an antenna, a battery, drivers, contr…
But I have to admit, my AirPods Pro are incredibly convenient
My former coworker worked on airpods. Most of RnD for them was made in Apple's Shenzhen RnD centre which existence Apple for long time tried to hide.
Wow, it’s the first time I’ve seen this site and format but what a great way to explain electronics and design.
I think this implementation is mostly excellent, but as a web craftsmen, it would have been a fun/entertaining challenge to make a good non-javascript implementation underneath.
This month's entry comes off way too much like advertising for my taste, with the flowery language like "magic features" instead of just "features", or the seemingly-unnecessary sales statistics in lieu of a technical description of the Airpods Pro: "In 2020, Apple sold 110,000,000 AirPod products. Talk about mass manufacturing."
Maybe it's just an unconscious tic when talking about Apple products. Even I have a hard time not saying "Boom" when showing off something cool :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx7v815bYUw
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They can, it's just that the trade-off isn't worth appeasing a few HN readers. >The reason earbud companies use non-replaceable rechargeable batteries is simple: It makes the earbuds smaller. Earbud buyers generally prefer more compact devices, but that means the earbuds have less room inside for all the necessary components. Designers need to cram a Bluetooth chip and processor, an antenna, a battery, drivers, contr…
I think it is fairly impressive that Apple managed turn 200€ earbuds into disposable tech where users accept that they have to switch every two years or so. Before the arrival of the first generation AirPods, most people wearing AirPods today would probably have never even considered spending 200€ on a pair of earbuds/headphones, let alone do that regularly. But I have to admit, my AirPods Pro are incredibly convenie…