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AirPods Impressions: Potential 'Game-Changer' With Good Design, but Will They Stay in the Ear?
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I buy the foam pads that used to come with the earbuds in the first couple gens of the iPod. Get them in bulk from eBay. With them, they stay in my ears amazingly well and much more comfortably. Without them, worthless and don't stand a chance.
From what I read, Siri controls are available with a double tap.
Eager to know more & to use with all devices easily.
Hopefully.
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That's my thoughts as well. At first, I said no to myself for these. Then I actually thought I might enjoy them, but need to test them first. I don't think their overpriced, but it's hard to say if I think their game changers until I can test them for fit and audio quality. I honestly think these will be a hot item when released in October.
Clever.
At first, I wondered about this reasoning.
Then, of course, for outdoor use, it makes perfect sense.
No more chance of losing either one in a real active situation.
I'll be adding the rope-a-dope to my list.
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Yes, prices will always go lower.
It's the perceived value that is s important.
To me.
I would be using the Airpods daily, as I do with multiple Bluetooth ear pieces now.
The value is subtle and significant.
If they work as claimed.
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I don't think the new Airpods will be for everybody. If the regular EarPods in the box are not a great fit as it is, they may not be for you. Now the EarPods fit me fine and I'm thinking on purchasing these when available. I guess the best way of seeing it is, every ear is different.
I'll wait for the Best Buy open box pricing.
I think you are right.
Acceptance may be low judged by comments made here.
It may be possible to pick up two sets for the price of one.
With patience.
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The W1 chip, if it works as advertised, is definitely a game changer... Instant pairing, longer battery life and no more audio drop outs? That's HUGE! This is exactly the type of innovation I expect from Apple. As cool as the AirPods are, I still wish I had more options besides Apple and beats because fit and sound quality varies quite a bit with earbuds and headphones.
If you're unable to realise that they are about to fall out you should probably not be allowed outside unsupervised.
This is not the future, this is nothing but a giant step back! The beauty of the headphone jack is that it's an old open standard. You can still use headphones from the 80ies with a device from today. You can use the same headphones with your phone, Nintendo 3Ds, PS Vita, Laptop, Tablet, Desktop, Camera, ... everything. And it's rather small actually. Nobody cares if the iPhone is 0,5 mm thinner or not. In fact, many people wish for a phone that's a little bit thicker, so you can hold it better.
So how is it "the future" if you potentially need proprietary headphones for every device? If you need to bring 3 different headphones when you travel?
How is it the future if you can't use your headpobe for an unlimited amount of time, but need to charge them every 5 hours? What will you do an long plane or train trips? Or when you use your headphones while you work? Bring a power bank and connect them with a cable to the power bank after 5 hours? So you actually need to carry more, not less? And still have a cable?
Next, we all know, batteries get weaker over time and eventually fail after a few years. Like I said, you can still use headphones from the 80ies. I doubt the AirPods will last more than 3 years. Let's fill the planet with more toxic waste. Apple should be put on the bottom of every green company list for this.
Next, people will lose these. We lose stuff all the time, small things that are loosely attached to your years will eventually get lost. Yay, more sales for apple, even more toxic waste for the planet.
I hope these Airpods and the new iPhone will not sell well, both as a message to Apple and as a message to other vendors. This will only benefit all customers. People, please don't buy every crap just because it's new. Let me close with a reference to Fight Club: "you are not your cell phone."
So how is it "the future" if you potentially need proprietary headphones for every device? If you need to bring 3 different headphones when you travel?
How is it the future if you can't use your headpobe for an unlimited amount of time, but need to charge them every 5 hours? What will you do an long plane or train trips? Or when you use your headphones while you work? Bring a power bank and connect them with a cable to the power bank after 5 hours? So you actually need to carry more, not less? And still have a cable?
Next, we all know, batteries get weaker over time and eventually fail after a few years. Like I said, you can still use headphones from the 80ies. I doubt the AirPods will last more than 3 years. Let's fill the planet with more toxic waste. Apple should be put on the bottom of every green company list for this.
Next, people will lose these. We lose stuff all the time, small things that are loosely attached to your years will eventually get lost. Yay, more sales for apple, even more toxic waste for the planet.
I hope these Airpods and the new iPhone will not sell well, both as a message to Apple and as a message to other vendors. This will only benefit all customers. People, please don't buy every crap just because it's new. Let me close with a reference to Fight Club: "you are not your cell phone."
Yes they look good but at the moment with Apple there's always a but,.
If you can double tap to activate Siri surely you could programme tap sequences for different tasks
Eg on right EarPods 1 tap to increase volume three for down
On left 1 tap to skip, three for back etc etc
Apple must be able to do it
Existing controls are excellent so Apple PLEASE just substitute taps for clicks
- Increase playback volume: Press the +button.
- Decrease playback volume: Press the –button.
- Play or pause a song or video: Press the center button once. Press again to resume playback.
- Skip to the next song or chapter: Press the center button twice quickly.
- Return to the previous song or chapter:Press the center button three times quickly.
- Fast-forward: Press the center button twice quickly and hold.
- Rewind: Press the center button three times quickly and hold.
- Record a voice memo: Launch Voice Memos and press the center button. Press it again to pause or resume.
May be a but cumbersome but apple ahhhhn I love the control on my EarPods when I'm in bed or lounging my on the setee
I'm not going to speak to Siri and wake upmmynwifevwhen I want to play the next somg
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Yes I think they're going too far that way now. Yes they are works of art to look at but where are the controls?? I'm not talking to Siri
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I think we're going to going to see a firmware update next year that will change the control scheme. My impression is that Apple wants to crowdsource as much (anonymized) motion data from the Airpods in real life scenarios so they can work out an algorithm that will distinguish between accidental motion (pot holes for example) and an actual tap of the device.
It may sound simple, but given there's just an accelerometer or gyro in there, it ends up being a massive engineering problem and it's not like they could field test these across even hundreds of people without the product being leaked.
Launch>Analyze data>firmware update is how I see this going, if it happens at all on this generation.
Let's see how these perform in comparison with each other shall we?Have to say these are pretty ugly and dorky looking. How come tables seem to be turning? Samsung has the more premium (and more expensive!) option in the Gear Icon X
Note: I've been waiting for the AirPods for two years now as their patents have matured.
I wouldn't say that's the only legitimate complaint. For instance, how do you share audio with someone? While you're watching a movie together for instance?
I agree. I just don't understand why they didn't make more of this at the keynote.
I'm also quite impressed by the charge time. 3 hours in just 15 minutes? That's huge. Let's say you're on a 6 hour flight and the charge runs out 3 hours in. A 15 minute break to go to the bathroom, stretch your legs, flip through the inflight magazine, and you're back in business until the end of the flight. That's pretty amazing. The Bragi headphones take 2 hours to charge to a full 6 hour capacity. So that's at least an hour per 3 charged.
