AirPods 3 With Water Resistance Expected to Launch Later This Year

[InuNacho]

Good, more disposable e-waste.

 

[Naraxus]

For the same reason people listen to music while running. Duh.

When is the last time anyone swam with earphones?

 

[demodave]

I'd love Apple to come out with a pair of Airpods that have replaceable soft cushion earbuds. I'd purchase in a heartbeat. The current models just do not stay in my ear.

I agree strongly. I'm really new to my AirPods (I just finally broke down and had to buy a pair), and I think they are OK, but because of the shape of my ear canal, I lose a lot of bass, which would be really nice to have for the electronica I like to listen to.

I knew they were solid/hard monolithic units, but I felt I had to try. If the new internals allow for space reduction, that may allow for a lot more play with the external packing that guides the human interface.

 

[BvizioN]

Where as I only know of two people IRL who have gotten these and one turned his head quickly when a bee came at him while kayaking and one went 'zing off into the lake'. The other person turned their head quickly while mountain biking and 'zing off into the leafy woods never to be found'.

Two VERY expensive head turns.

Obviously, there will be people with odd shaped years who would need to look for something else, instead of these. For the majority, these AirPods are freaking amazing. There is a reason we see them everywhere.
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None of Apple's earbuds have ever fit my ears.

Clearly not for you then. If EarPods did not fit in your ears, AirPods won't either since they have the same shape.

 

[sidewinder3000]

For what its worth, the original AirPods have been the most resilient pair of headphones I've ever bought in terms of no damage from running nearly every day in every weather imaginable. Really impressive.
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Agreed, but I can't see how they'd possibly do that with the current design of the buds.

They won’t be like the Bose noise cancelling headphones, where they seal out noise physically. They’ll just use the noise cancelling part to make outside sounds less obtrusive, and they’ll cut out background sounds to make the user’s voice more clear to the person on the other end, similarly to how the current iPhone does.

 

[Cmdrx3]

I would hope Apple doesn’t launch new pods with just water resistance. That would be a pure money grab. I would hope that it’s a much bigger improvement with water resistance as one minor feature.

But that's the Apple way.

 

[jsalda]

I'd love Apple to come out with a pair of Airpods that have replaceable soft cushion earbuds. I'd purchase in a heartbeat. The current models just do not stay in my ear.

I have the same issue, purchased 3 pairs of slip on, silicone ear hooks from Amazon for $10. Ran a half-marathon with them and no problems.

 

[deeddawg]

When is the last time anyone swam with earphones?

Probably someone doing it right now while doing a pool workout. One such product for that market: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/04/hands-on-waterfis-spotify-streaming-swimming-music-player.html

That said, swimming isn't likely a target application for new airpods -- there's a huge difference between water resistant and water proof. Not to mention that bluetooth doesn't really work through water due to RF absorption.

 

[mikegoldnj]

The Beats PowerBeats Pro are the “AirPods” I’ve always wanted. Love them.

 

[bpeeps]

Obviously, there will be people with odd shaped years who would need to look for something else, instead of these. For the majority, these AirPods are freaking amazing. There is a reason we see them everywhere.
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Clearly not for you then. If EarPods did not fit in your ears, AirPods won't either since they have the same shape.

Which was the reasoning for my initial post in the first place... obviously they are clearly not for me and I'd like another option.

 

[sulpfiction]

I need a major feature: findability! (past the Find My... option, which I don't care for)

Way back in time, I got my ears pierced so I could quit losing half of pairs of clip-on earrings... and in more recent times I have resisted the idea of getting AirPods no matter what they may look like.

AirPods look to me like I would lose at least one of them within hours or days at best. They're not exactly clip-ons but I'm not at all sure they'd stay put in my ears, and if I took one out for some reason and set it down, good luck to me later on when I realized I was short one AirPod.

I'd like them in principle, I am sure, because I do very much like using a BT portable speaker which of course is far less portable than AirPods -- but besides clip-on earrings in my youth I also have much more modern recollections of losing at least one mini iPod, one 2nd gen nano and one shuffle...they're all right here in this damn house somewhere, and those are all a lot bigger than AirPods.

I absolutely agree that “find my airpods” needs to work flawlessly. It doesn’t work for me really at all. It’s terrible. I lose a lot of stuff myself, but I am very disciplined with my airpods. When they come out of my ears they go directly in their case (I don’t think I’ve ever laid them down outside of the case, honestly). I use them a lot at work for phone calls so I usually have the case in my pocket all day at work and 1 pod in my ear. If I’m not at work, and they are not in my ears they are in the case in the center console of my car. If I accidentally walk in the house with them in my pkt after work I walk back outside and put them in the console. I have to be that way or I will lose them. But I’ve never had a problem and I’ve had them since day one. U are missing out if u don’t have them because they really don’t compare to anything else out there imo and I’ve tried them all. Airpods are just about perfect for me. But yes, u do have to take care of them or

 

[LizKat]

I absolutely agree that “find my airpods” needs to work flawlessly. It doesn’t work for me really at all. It’s terrible. I lose a lot of stuff myself, but I am very disciplined with my airpods. When they come out of my ears they go directly in their case (I don’t think I’ve ever laid them down outside of the case, honestly). I use them a lot at work for phone calls so I usually have the case in my pocket all day at work and 1 pod in my ear. If I’m not at work, and they are not in my ears they are in the case in the center console of my car. If I accidentally walk in the house with them in my pkt after work I walk back outside and put them in the console. I have to be that way or I will lose them. But I’ve never had a problem and I’ve had them since day one. U are missing out if u don’t have them because they really don’t compare to anything else out there imo and I’ve tried them all. Airpods are just about perfect for me. But yes, u do have to take care of them or

... lol or I will lose them. You're right. They're on my wish list. I've been trying to train myself for future careful stewardship of AirPods by carting an iPod Shuffle around in my jeans or apron pocket instead of clipping it onto my shirt. So far I haven't thrown the thing into the wash or allowed it to remain on the floor when I take the garment off and hear the Shuffle depart the pocket in mid-fling of the jeans towards the hamper... so I guess we can file that under "gettin' there" as far as readiness for AirPods is concerned.

 

[TsMkLg068426]

This is a sort of "silent" feature. The AirPods in their current forms are quite resistant to accidental water damage.
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Apple has a long history of optional extras that seem they should be "included" and it goes back a long way. Mac II that shipped without a display, computers with CD-ROM but burning is optional, buying a LaserWriter but the data cable is optional/extra, and iPhone that had only 16GB of storage well into the time where that was obscenely small, HiFi didn't include batteries, the list goes on and on about thing people complained should have been included with products over the years. And none of it has anything to do with Cook.

I was not saying Apple never did this but the fact a headphone jack was removed you would think they would it least try to get people into wireless headphones by including them. No one wants to use this converters where you charge your phone but can't because you have your headphones connected plus no one wants more wires in the way.

 

[LizKat]

I was not saying Apple never did this but the fact a headphone jack was removed you would think they would it least try to get people into wireless headphones by including them. No one wants to use this converters where you charge your phone but can't because you have your headphones connected plus no one wants more wires in the way.

One of these days Apple's "one more thing..." to wrap a keynote will be a chip that one can implant in the brain to solve all kinds of connectivity issues, even ones we may currently hope to keep insoluble. Seems to me lately every new solution to what someone perceives as a 21st century problem ends up spawning a few more 21st century problems. Law of unforeseen consequences of tech advancement, I guess.

 

[kevjen888]

I love my 1st gen AirPods. But the right bud die on my last week. I need them for working out everyday so I went out and bought Powerbeats pro. So far so good, it’s lighter than them look (the earpiece that is, definitely not the gigantic and comical charging case LOL). I don’t feel the bass and sound improvement Beats supposed to bring, to my ears they sound the same listening to my workout soundtrack.

Deep down inside I still love my AirPods, they’re just so simple and so perfect. I have 30 days to return them via amazon. I’m contemplating if I should shell out $69 to repair that right AirPod bud and continue use them until AirPods 3 comes out.

 

[kgkuntryluvr]

I know that this is speculative, but I accidentally dropped one of my first gen AirPods in the pool. It sank a few feet, and it took me a few seconds to get it out. I shook it and immediately put it right back in my ear and it was working fine, and still does (this was 3 months ago). So there is already some degree of water resistance. Not to mention, wearing them in the pool isn't something that I do regularly enough to care about more official water resistance. I'd upgrade for a black option and longer battery life in both the pods and the case (don't care if they have to make it slightly taller).

 

[whsbuss]

I know that this is speculative, but I accidentally dropped one of my first gen AirPods in the pool. It sank a few feet, and it took me a few seconds to get it out. I shook it and immediately put it right back in my ear and it was working fine, and still does (this was 3 months ago). So there is already some degree of water resistance. Not to mention, wearing them in the pool isn't something that I do regularly enough to care about more official water resistance. I'd upgrade for a black option and longer battery life in both the pods and the case (don't care if they have to make it slightly taller).

Yes something similar happened to me. However, its the case that fails with any water intrusion.