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Just ordered with 2 day shipping also. Here 12/22. Daughter-in-law will be happy :)
 
Count me in for a pair from Best Buy due here on the 21st (had to pay a whole 5 bucks extra to get on wednesday).


Thanks markemery!
 
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I guess that is one way to answer someone's concern.

What happens if you lose one?

Answer: just don't lose it, and you won't have to worry about it.
That would be a valid criticism if I was replying to a question about what to do if you lose one. I wasn't answering a question. I was replying to this:
This is madness. Imagine losing just one of your earbuds. Apple has created a new problem here.
This isn't madness, and Apple hasn't created a new problem. This is just FUD, plain and simple. How many people go around wondering what happens if they lose one shoe?

The buds are kept together in a case, held in place magnetically. Can you lose them? Sure. You can lose anything. That's not a new problem.

Losing just one though? I can't imagine losing just one earbud unless I was doing something strenuous enough to have one fall out of my ear (which is reported to be rather difficult) someplace where I can't retrieve it.

I wasn't answering a question, but I was asking one that I haven't had answered yet.
 
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To the people that actually own these, are you having a hard time getting your AirPods to recognize your double tap?
 
I don't see the parallel. Bluetooth ear pods aren't tied to a particular platform like a Windows or Mac are.

The parallel is that you get cheap experience from cheap products, and premium experience from a premium product. But at the end of the day, there aren't many options out there without cables attaching them together (gagg)
 
Just ordered with 2 day shipping also. Here 12/22. Daughter-in-law will be happy :)
You just ordered something that's 6 weeks out right now but your order will be there by the 22nd? What pagan ritual did you observe to work that sort of juju?
 
Just read two reviews saying the microphone is garbage.

Hasn't Apple figured this out yet?

It's why Siri sucks and Alexa is amazing. It's all in the quality of the mic.

I use my Earpods for phone calls all the time because they actually use a decent mic.

With the garbage mic, airpods went from a must have to a won't buy for me.

Sigh. I was just about to order them.

Everyone I have talked to on the phone using mine has told me that I sound clearer than ever, and way more clear than just using the phone.
 
You must be jealous you didn't get a pair of the Airpods. You can always use 'Skull Candy' earphones until yours arrive. You might like those.
Oh yes because my life will be DRAMATICALLY changed because I have a set of air pods....

Get your priorities straight in life if you think buying a set of head phones is going to alter your universe.
 
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can someone try to sync their AirPods to a PS4 and report back??
Don't have to try. Already know the answer to this question. You can't. Not without some sort of dongle at least. Sonys doing. Not apples. I've researched this before trying to pair a different set of bt headphones to my PS4
 
Thanks for clearing that up. For a minute, I was thinking that 6+ week shipping times might be an issue for some people, especially people who wanted to give these as a gift.

Sorry didn't know waiting was such a huge issue. Are lives that much impacted by waiting on a gift?!?
 
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Oh yes because my life will be DRAMATICALLY changed because I have a set of air pods....

Get your priorities straight in life if you think buying a set of head phones is going to alter your universe.

You must be mistaken. My Universe Rotates soley around My Airpods. Then perhaps I will get my priorities straight. Let me know how you like your Skull Candy earphones.
 
Got mine on Best Buy's website about an hour ago!!! Free 2-day shipping arriving Thursday. So freaking stoked to have these for Christmas! After the Bs morning I had at the Apple stores this was a much needed pick me up!
 
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