People will also complain about Apple just because it is Apple. You've never had any experience with these Airpods, yet you already seem to have opinions.
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AirPods Launch on Apple Store for $159 With December 21 Delivery
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People will also complain about Apple just because it is Apple. You've never had any experience with these Airpods, yet you already seem to have opinions.
Not sure what time I ordered, but I got the e-mail confirmation at 8:24 am for Dec. 21st. delivery.
I ordered mine today at 14:55 GMT and delivery says 19th Dec, Yay for being in the UK!
I don't really understand why people are moaning about price/quality/no wire thing!?
As far as truly wireless earphones go, Apple has actually priced these at pretty much mid-market.
cheapest I could find were about £98 - going up to about £250 for products that haven't been released yet.
If the sound quality is the same as the earpods, then these aren't that bad, there are a lot worse out there. And its probably worth comparing the sound quality to similar completely wireless earphones!
And for everyone complaining that they might drop them or lose them because they aren't wired - seriously?
You can't blame apple for being a Klutz, look after your ****! Or buy wired headphones.
/Rant
Edit: - And personally I find their shape more comfy than most in-ear headphones
I don't really understand why people are moaning about price/quality/no wire thing!?
As far as truly wireless earphones go, Apple has actually priced these at pretty much mid-market.
cheapest I could find were about £98 - going up to about £250 for products that haven't been released yet.
If the sound quality is the same as the earpods, then these aren't that bad, there are a lot worse out there. And its probably worth comparing the sound quality to similar completely wireless earphones!
And for everyone complaining that they might drop them or lose them because they aren't wired - seriously?
You can't blame apple for being a Klutz, look after your ****! Or buy wired headphones.
/Rant
Edit: - And personally I find their shape more comfy than most in-ear headphones
The transformation you are talking about is normal and compared to just a bit of time before that, rather unimpressive. Did I expect nothing to change in 10 years of technological advancement? Of course not, so seeing things like mobile work stations (albeit with computers mind you, still not phones in the work place), isn't that surprising and not much of a prediction. There were much more ambitious predictions by 2016, but we fell well short of them.
You have drifted the conversation to personal computers, although the guy who was apparently mocked you was talking about doing word processing and photo editing on photoshop which is mainly done in the working - so I based my arguements around the complete replacement of computers with phones. I don't believe phones will be what we will use as our main driver at work for a long time.
Anyway even in the personal computer space, most people still have a laptop, tablet or desktop and not just a phone. I think you might know a very special demographic because you mentioned in another thread that you apparently also see Apple watches being worn everywhere - I think most of us don't see that, and I own and use my watch happily. I still get comments in the city of London every time I use my watch to pay for stuff, joking about how I've come from the future
219 dollars plus tax in Canada.
rofl no thanks, i'll stick to much better products that cost half as much
rofl no thanks, i'll stick to much better products that cost half as much
Exactly!
I've never known a headphone design to rely on the wires to hold them in place in your ears?! Plus, unless you leave each AirPod in two different locations, they will be no harder to find than if you misplaced a normal pair of Apple wired headphones. The best part, if you lose them in a box of stuff, THEY WONT GET TANGLED TOGETHER! FINALLY!
I ordered mine and got an email confirmation at 14:25 so it will be interesting to see if Apple stick to the launch date for both of us. Maybe someone should start a UK Dispatch & Shipping thread for these like iPhone 7?
Well, the opinions I have posited so far are based on the items design, which is clearly visible. I feel they look laughably ridiculous. I don't need to use them to ascertain this.
I go further in my posts to say I will wait to see what users say about them, functionality-wise. So I have not formed an opinion one way or the other regarding functionality.
Your post seems like yet another knee-jerk reaction in defense of Apple.
Here's my take...
I have Powerbeats 2 and while I like them their design is prone to breakage where the ear bud connects to the body. Mine broke and I've had to crazy glue them back together more than once. Two co-workers have had the same problem. I carry them around in my front pants pocket in the provided case everyday which probably over stressed them leading the the breakage. With the Airpods, there is really no weak joints and the case is a pretty solid cube of plastic. Figure they will hold up to being in my pocket much better when not using them. Also love the fact that you can use only one and the music converts to mono. That will be handy in the office.
Apple's AirPods are now available to order from the company's online store for $159.00, following weeks of speculation on exactly when the wireless headphones would launch. Originally, the AirPods were going to debut in "late October," but Apple delayed the launch for unspecified reasons.
In the official press release, Apple mentioned that the AirPods will begin arriving at Apple retail stores, Apple Authorized Resellers and select carriers beginning sometime next week. Shipment will begin in "limited quantities" at launch, and Apple encourages customers to continue checking its online store for updates on availability and shipping estimates.
Now, users can order the Bluetooth-enabled headphones, which provide up to 5 hours of music playback and high-quality sound through a "seamless and automatic connection" between the AirPods and an iPhone. To charge the AirPods, the included travel case doubles as a charging station that provides up to 24 hours of battery life for the headphones.
The new W1 chip inside the AirPods allows for seamless connection with devices in Apple's ecosystem, so that they connect instantly whenever the rechargeable battery case is flipped open near an iOS device. When in the user's ears, the AirPods "know when you are listening" and will subsequently pause music when they're taken out of an ear. Playback controls are left to Siri-enabled voice commands, which are brought up by double-tapping on the buds.
Included with the AirPods is a Lightning cable used to charge the carrying case, and the headphones require Apple devices running iOS 10, watchOS 3 or macOS Sierra. Buy your own AirPods now at Apple.com for $159.00. Deliveries are currently estimated to begin arriving on December 21 in the United States.
Update 7:16 AM: Delivery estimates in the U.S. have slipped to December 29.
Update 7:30 AM: Delivery estimates in the U.S. have now slipped to "4 weeks."
Article Link: AirPods Launch on Apple Store for $159 With December 21 Delivery
Mine says December 29. That kind of stinks
Shipment 1
Ships: 2 weeks
Delivers: Dec 29 by Free 2 Business Day Shipping
I've had my share of gluing back my BT headphones & repairs.
I agree that the Airpods will be more solid.
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[doublepost=1481676381][/doublepost]Aw man, the one day I don't check or read this site, they come out. Got stuck with a January 12th delivery estimate :-(
Apple's AirPods are now available to order from the company's online store for $159.00, following weeks of speculation on exactly when the wireless headphones would launch. Originally, the AirPods were going to debut in "late October," but Apple delayed the launch for unspecified reasons.
In the official press release, Apple mentioned that the AirPods will begin arriving at Apple retail stores, Apple Authorized Resellers and select carriers beginning sometime next week. Shipment will begin in "limited quantities" at launch, and Apple encourages customers to continue checking its online store for updates on availability and shipping estimates.
Now, users can order the Bluetooth-enabled headphones, which provide up to 5 hours of music playback and high-quality sound through a "seamless and automatic connection" between the AirPods and an iPhone. To charge the AirPods, the included travel case doubles as a charging station that provides up to 24 hours of battery life for the headphones.
The new W1 chip inside the AirPods allows for seamless connection with devices in Apple's ecosystem, so that they connect instantly whenever the rechargeable battery case is flipped open near an iOS device. When in the user's ears, the AirPods "know when you are listening" and will subsequently pause music when they're taken out of an ear. Playback controls are left to Siri-enabled voice commands, which are brought up by double-tapping on the buds.
Included with the AirPods is a Lightning cable used to charge the carrying case, and the headphones require Apple devices running iOS 10, watchOS 3 or macOS Sierra. Buy your own AirPods now at Apple.com for $159.00. Deliveries are currently estimated to begin arriving on December 21 in the United States.
Update 7:16 AM: Delivery estimates in the U.S. have slipped to December 29.
Update 7:30 AM: Delivery estimates in the U.S. have now slipped to "4 weeks."
Article Link: AirPods Launch on Apple Store for $159 With December 21 Delivery
Will have to try to get in store and cancel the online order...
Ha ha ha! This is exactly why Apple designs are failures. The public has already condemned the iPhone's design as a failure. How? By burying the vast majority of their "thin, elegant" iPhones in tacky, bulky cases. They have determined that Apple's products can't withstand being used for their primary purpose.
They also carry around power bricks and wads of wire, so they can beg bartenders to plug their iPhones in (or crawl under tables to do so themselves). Why? Because Apple's idiotic and undesired mania for "thinness" has rendered its products essentially DOA because they don't have enough battery to support their advertised uses for half a day.
Its pretty funny because you were completely wrong.
The hilarity of thinking voiced based AI is going to play a major part in the future of computing (not disputing that by the way) and thinking Apple is going to be leading the way. Absolutely nothing suggests that at all.