Fashion is very subjective. I think people look equally ridiculous walking around with big, 80’s style Beats-branded cans over their ears. But many seem to like that “look.” To each his own.
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Fashion is very subjective. I think people look equally ridiculous walking around with big, 80’s style Beats-branded cans over their ears. But many seem to like that “look.” To each his own.
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I wonder if all of the people that claim this have the total recall to remember that they've never actually fallen out. Or, like countless other incidental events in our lives, we just don't remember them falling out, hanging by the wire and us putting them right back in. Many of us probably can't remember the clothing we wore all day as recent as a few days ago.
With this new product, it will be different. When one of these falls out, it's going to fall to the floor. In a clear or accessible space, this will also be incidental. We'll put it back in and forget that it fell out. On the other hand, when it falls out and into a more inaccessible space (a crack between the seats, off the side of an escalator, into the bushes near where we were jogging, etc) and we have to invest some time hunting for it, odds seem higher we'll remember that kind of incident.
I love that look. I wonder if they will take a bit of toothpaste to give a perfect seal with minty freshness?
That's too funny, Troll replying to Troll. MR Forums are getting better and better these days.And your head would be wrong if you complained about it.
Then, you'd be a troll if you persisted.
Its not theory, the cord weighs more than the buds themselves. Just having the cord at all is a constant tug at the buds. Its rather simple. AirPods won't be falling out all that often since there is nothing constantly trying to drag them out of your ear.
But they don't make hats and headphones aren't hats, and headphone companies don't make multiple sized earbuds
Yeah yeah, companies have silicone tips, you can buy third party ones for EarPods online.
I want them! Normal earbuds do NOT fall out of my ears, period. So these should work just fine. I don't think they are the greatest looking headphones, but I've been looking for some decent bluetooth headphones that don't have that cord that stretches between each of them... you know the cord that sticks to your neck while your working out and the slightest head turn yanks out one of the earphones? that's why I want these! to each their own...
This is very scientific. Better science would be to test it.
Because 'normal earbuds' don't fall out of most peoples' ears at the slightest movement, so there's no reason to suspect that these would either, for most people.
Well I don't know about the Beats-branded part, but Bluetooth over-ear headphones generally provide better sound and much, much longer battery life. If I'm going Bluetooth, I'm not sure why I'd choose a solution that only gives me 5 hours of battery life.
"With this new product, it will be different."
Just like virtually every single-ear Bluetooth headset ever made, including hundreds of models that are held in place solely by sitting inside your ear.
And, yet, incidents like you describe are *decidedly* in the minority. Statistically insignificant, even.
right, wanna place bets on Ebay listings for single iBuds.
Got sick of waiting to try these out and picked up a pair of Beats Solo3 at a very nice discount to try out. I went in expecting the worse (considering Beat's sound quality reputation, or lack thereof) and have been pleasantly surprised. The 'magic sauce' provided by the W1 chip seems to be the real deal--paired it once and now can fairly seamlessly switch between my Watch, iPad, iPhone, or Mac, something that has been a huge pain point when trying to switch audio sources on any other BT headphones I've used in the past. The sound is as good as any other BT headphones I've used (haven't used high end cans yet ) and contrary to many accounts I've read online, I find them quite comfortable. Best part---promised extended range looks to be valid, I've had far, far fewer of the random BT disconnects I've see with my other models, and the battery life is absolutely insane.
I realize potential customers of the AirPods may not even consider a larger, over/on ear style headphone but I've very happy I didn't wait and gave these a try instead.
) and contrary to many accounts I've read online, I find them quite comfortable. Best part---promised extended range looks to be valid, I've had far, far fewer of the random BT disconnects I've see with my other models, and the battery life is absolutely insane.I realize potential customers of the AirPods may not even consider a larger, over/on ear style headphone but I've very happy I didn't wait and gave these a try instead.
Variety. Competition. Options. Choice. Why we also have 50 different kinds of cereal and 10/15 types of toothpaste to buy/not buy.
People also think trump is gonna be a great president!
Possible to buy a wire thing to hang behind neck for them, for those who are afraid (so they look more like those beats wireless ones) , im 100% sure my earpods never fallen out by themselves, only if the wire got stuck into something..
Innovation has to start somewhere. Remember the first cell phone brick? who wants to put that next to their ear? oh everyone in the world apparently once the technology matures.