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AirPods Launch in Stores Next Week as Online Delivery Estimates Quickly Lengthening
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Apple doesn't mind selling to resellers. Ask any Apple employee. Whether they sell 100k units to 100k customers or sell 100k units to 1 customer, it doesn't matter. They sell, they make cash. And cash in one transaction is better than cash in multiple transactions.
The reason the EarPods fall out for me is due to the wire pulling and catching. This will eliminate that issue for me. Really excited for them. I do understand that my case isn't for everyone though.
This is a very tired and lame comment. Perhaps you can fathom that not everyone has the same ears as you? The only time headphones (earbuds or not) fall out of my ears is when the damn cable catches on clothing or causes downward pull. I've placed my order already.
I wish everybody would boycott buying these so Apple would get the hint and focus on perfecting other products 
Just how I feel. Unusually for me, I've been away from my tech so I only just found out they're on sale. I have the same delivery date. Not happy.
Apple are saying that as from next week there will be plenty of stock in the retail stores and Apple stockists so if i can get some from retail next week i will cancel my order
Unless you are the type of person to leave one earbud in one place and another earbud somewhere else, I'm not sure how these would be more difficult to lose than a normal pair of apple headphones?
Then you haven't read any of the reviews as every one of them has tested them and said they are fine for normal activities, including jogging, etc. Pretty much the law of gravity here. What people don't realize is that your normal Earbuds fall out because the cord gets pulled on, however slightly. Of course, I guess you could be that rare person born with a defect or had an injury that doesn't have external ears to rest the Airpod on. Otherwise, as the reviewers have all said, with Earth gravity, again if you are on another planet this won't be the case, they will rest in your ears just fine.
How do you think that the current wired Apple headphones stay in place?!
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the only fault in your logic, in my experience, is the fact that tugging from the cords is what usually pulls my ear buds out. Like people who are AppleWatch haters, it's those who don't actually own them that slam them the most.
Exactly the same for me and most people who work out / listen to music on the go.
I think it's hard for some people on this forum to let go of wires. Must be an age / insecurity issue.
Another annoying comment is "why do people want these things there are so many other Bluetooth options out there like powerbeats or blue buds."
Do people really not know the difference between powerbeats and airpods?
But earrings don't have wires. So that must be impossible!
Of course I sleep in on the day they launch the Airpods lol. Wish I had read this article before placing my order, probably would have been able to snag some in a store in my area instead of waiting until January 12th
I am curious that for those wanting the AirPods, is this your first Bluetooth headphones?
This is my situation so am thinking the desire is mainly for the wireless. I'm going to go out and buy some cheap $20 Bluetooth right now to see if the novelty wears off after a few seconds - like most other shiny new things I have got in the past.
This is my situation so am thinking the desire is mainly for the wireless. I'm going to go out and buy some cheap $20 Bluetooth right now to see if the novelty wears off after a few seconds - like most other shiny new things I have got in the past.
I just cancelled my order, I want them but the more I thought about it I figured it was a lot of money for as little as I use headphones, I use the wired ones maybe for an hour or two per week when I'm driving so figured I could wait until the next generation.