All I want is for Apple to address the delay.... I don't need to know what's broken but give us some confidence they are working on get this released. Is it that hard? Too secretive
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AirPods Delay Attributed to Apple Ensuring Both Earpieces Receive Audio at Same Time [Updated]
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Brilliant. Then we could go back to wires on the phones too. Better quality sound, no charging required. Truly revolutionary. You could even put them on every street corner for people on the move. Put a shelter over the top to keep the rain off. Maybe some walls, perhaps a sort of upright box, to provide privacy. iPhones totally lack that too.
It's owning up to a mistake. Remember when Steve, Tim and Phil took on the audience/press during antennagate-that's quenched much of the perceived consumer anxiety, as well as the iPhone bumper program (come to think of it didn't they do a similar press deal with maps or maybe just a letter, that Scott refused to participate in?). Apple could save a lot of face by being straight with the customers-this is an announced product it's not a secrecy deal, granted I'd wish they'd address what is going on with the Pro too.
The updated text in this article makes sense. Everyone who had a pre-release pair didn't encounter the issues that are originally stated in WSJ's clickbait article.
If pre-release AirPods didn't have them, why would final-release AirPods have them? Hopefully this means there are no issues with these and that they'll be released very soon.
If pre-release AirPods didn't have them, why would final-release AirPods have them? Hopefully this means there are no issues with these and that they'll be released very soon.
Yes there was the official announcement that it will be soon sold with iPhone 7 during iPhone 7 presentation. Nope not about 1st world problem here.
I think Apple is just trying their best to make these ready for prime time.
Look at reviews for others on the market, flawed one way or another.
Look at reviews for others on the market, flawed one way or another.
I'm not aware of any tech company that discusses unreleased product issues relating to technical problems. Do you know of any tech companies that do?
If only everything was that simple. The sync problems may be intermittent, unit specific etc. Obviously we do not know the truth but the manufacturing issues hypothesis is just as difficult to believe in. It's not like these headphones are some engineering marvels that the subcontractors just can't manufacture them. They just have a custom Apple chip, that's all.
What the hell more do you need? There was an email that Tim Cook wrote to a potential customer that was publicized a couple weeks back stating the AirPods would be released in a few weeks. Did you miss it? Do you need him to set up a press conference? I swear the world is devolving fast. The movie Idiocracy is proving to be prophetic!
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Apple Watch Series 2 isn't that much different from gen 1. Other than that I would say mostly true.
Do you know what criticism means? Asking a question regarding someone's knowledge of the effectiveness of the W1 chip isn't criticism. It's a simple question.
I wonder if problems syncing with the sub woofer might be causing the delay.
Bluetooth is an abomination that should have been put to rest years ago. Unsecure, unreliable, inconsistent garbage.
Are you implying these are the only wireless earbuds available on the market? Think before you post, people.
That product already exists. By plenty of brands. Buy one of those.