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Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by theshrike79 »

monkmartinez wrote: post #433
jen729w wrote: post #414

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That's such a cynical, boring view. I'm sorry, but it is. You really think that Apple removed the headphone jack to make a bit more cash? Seriously? Hand-on-heart honestly, you think that's why? Come on. I think it's because they love cool new things. Thank f k they do because, frankly, nobody else seems to be doing anything interesting. I know, I know, they're not perfect. AirPods are late. They're expensive. I know…

There is nothing wrong with cynical view. I have zero problems with bluetooth speakers and earbuds... yet many people find them irritating to pair and not very user friendly. Siri sucks. Once you've spoken to Google via "Ok Google" you quickly realize how bad Siri is. The world doesn't need Airpods. I get that you want them, but the overwhelming majority in the _world_ can not afford Airpod. I would bet that sales of…

Coincidentally the Apple Watch is the best selling and most profitable Smart Watch on sale now.

And it overtook all other regular watchmakers, except for Rolex, in sales: http://wornandwound.com/apple-second-rolex-worldwide-sales-m...

Apple doesn't make products for "the world", they make products for well-off people who have the cash to spend. "The World" still uses sub-$100 Android phones or dumbphones and will do so for the foreseeable future.

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by theshrike79 »

beedogs wrote: post #470
jen729w wrote: post #414

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That's such a cynical, boring view. I'm sorry, but it is. You really think that Apple removed the headphone jack to make a bit more cash? Seriously? Hand-on-heart honestly, you think that's why? Come on. I think it's because they love cool new things. Thank f k they do because, frankly, nobody else seems to be doing anything interesting. I know, I know, they're not perfect. AirPods are late. They're expensive. I know…

No one I know uses Siri, by the way. I've literally never heard anyone in the office ask Siri a question. Never heard it in public, either. It's not really a thing outside of the tech bubble, I reckon. I'm positive most people will still be using cheap wired headphones 3 years from now. If you're willing to lay money on it, I'll take any bet you offer.

"Hey Siri, remind me to call Grandma when I get home" (while driving and I remembered something I need to speak to her about)

A simple press of a button on my BT headset (Sony btw, not Apple) and "Call my wife" is a lot easier in the winter than digging out my phone, removing my glove for TouchID and browsing to my wife's contact in the phone app.

A quick shout of "Hey Siri, set timer for 12 minutes" while cooking is faster than fiddling with the kitchen timer - which I had lost. Again.

Also "What's the weather like tomorrow morning" when I come home to see if I need to plug in my car heater for the night or not.

There are just some things that are faster spoken to a digital assistant (Siri, Cortana or Google Assistant) than done by tapping on a screen.

On the other hand, tapping the screen is a lot more appropriate in public than asking "Navigate to my proctologist appointment" :P

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Post by cfstras »

Terretta wrote: post #288
cfstras wrote: post #277

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In 1/10 cases, it takes me over 20 seconds to unlock my phone. The new "click twice to unlock" feature combined with apparently hard-to-detect fingerprints is really annoying.

You can change the setting back. https://9to5mac.com/2016/09/14/ios-10-how-to-hate-pressing-t...

Wow, that is one hidden setting! Thanks!

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by theshrike79 »

j_jochem wrote: post #233
bhauer wrote: post #177

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I can't speak for the other guys above, but I must have missed something. I am baffled why this particular set of wireless headphones has received as much press as it has. It seems so overblown that I have to wonder if people with iPhone 7s have actually been refusing to use existing wireless headphones because they are actually waiting for these. I've had a set of $25 Motorola wireless (Bluetooth) headphones that I…

From my experience, Bluetooth audio's sound quality is abysmal. I figure that's why an alternative system is getting so much hype.

When did you have your experience? 2010?

Just go grab a pair of BT headphones with aptX support and you should be fine. Unless you are a tube amp and $1.5k headphone kind of person - then you most definitely aren't in the target segment.

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Post by daniel_iversen »

erikpukinskis wrote: post #304

I find this headphone war discussion a bit boring. The AirPods are much more interesting as Apple's first foray into augmented reality. If they add positioning, this product becomes Magic Leap without the visuals. I don't think they see this as a music device, they see it as a new platform for audio. Interesting things start happening when people start leaving one or both in their ears all day. Arrival times in your…

@erikpukinskis that's absolutely a brilliant thought!! Very clever.

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Post by smcl »

nicky0 wrote: post #482
kevinstubbs wrote: post #452

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Until looking just now, I thought headphones were either "earbuds" or the full headphones. Earbuds are the kind Apple sells, while "in-ear" headphones are the ones I find comfortable for hours at a time. The cheap kind I like now are Skullcandy's Ink'd 2 which have a silicone ear-tip. I think I just lucked out in getting an ear-tip that's finally the right size. If you haven't tried in-ear headphones yet, I definitel…

I'm not clear what you are saying. It seems you are defining "in-ear" headphones as ones that are comfortable for your particular ears, and "eaebuds" as those that are not comfortable for you.

I think the distinction is the ones with the squishy tip that mould to your ear cavity (so there are no gaps), versus the ones that are mostly hard and sit relatively loosely

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Post by pvdebbe »

mullsork wrote: post #525

> Advanced sensors detect when AirPods are in your ear and can automatically play and pause your music. I've been thinking about this for a while now. Whenever I'm asked for directions or something on the train/commute to and from work I wish I could just take my headphones out and they'd be smart enough to instantly pause and rewind the podcast/audiobook a second or two.

I don't get why players don't do that -- rewind a second or 10, especially when listening to podcasts or audiobooks. When you resume listening, you have no context at all!

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Post by theshrike79 »

josteink wrote: post #496

> AirPods to deliver high-quality audio and industry-leading battery life in a completely wireless design. AirPods deliver up to five hours of listening time on one charge 5 hours and then I have charge them? That won't even last me a work-day. Count me out.

Just put them in the case to charge while you get coffee or go to the shitter and you've got 3 more hours of listening time.

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Post by robinson-wall »

Twisell wrote: post #508
beedogs wrote: post #470

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No one I know uses Siri, by the way. I've literally never heard anyone in the office ask Siri a question. Never heard it in public, either. It's not really a thing outside of the tech bubble, I reckon. I'm positive most people will still be using cheap wired headphones 3 years from now. If you're willing to lay money on it, I'll take any bet you offer.

I'm not a morning person so I usually have 6 alarms on my phone. So every morning I ask my Siri to "turn off all the alarms" before I jump on my shower. There is like 4-5 others simple interactions like that that I do in private every day and it's totally worthwhile.

Fun fact, siri happily does this when the phone is unlocked so you can happily screw with someone who has M-F alarms set up and doesn't usually turn them off.

"Hey siri, delete all my alarms"

Re: AirPods are now available

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Post by theshrike79 »

mcintyre1994 wrote: post #274

Has anybody got standard bluetooth headphones and found a way to reliably use them on multiple Apple devices? Mine are usually paired to my phone, and it's just not worth the hassle of unpairing and pairing repeatedly until the Macbook picks them up as unpaired and lets me try to pair with them, which works about half the time. Maybe my Macbook's bluetooth is just broken.. This is kinda disappointing though because I…

I've been using these Sony SBH70's[1] paired with both my iPhone 6S and Apple Watch Series 2 without any major issues. The multipoint support just connects to multiple devices at the same time, also it can be turned off when powering up the headphonese.

[1] http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/accessories/ste...

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