Makes me wonder if the delay was to get a jet black model ready for launch with the white.
You may be correct. And no one knows if the W1 chip in any of the headphones can be field updated.
My point exactly. The general public doesn't seem to care. Or if they did, they sure don't care enough to raise a stink about it.
I am sceptical about those reports. We will eventually know when Apple releases their earnings for next quarter, but I am confident the iPhone will continue to do very well.
People have been using Bluetooth headphones with their iPhones way back when it still had the headphone jack. The W1 chip promises to take out much of the pain of pairing and switching, but it doesn't automatically make all wireless headphones useless by comparison.
It's a distant memory for me. I remember hoping onto iCloud Photo Library on day 1 with ios 8.X? and facing massive problems with glacial uploading speeds and not syncing properly with my iPad. And support for the Mac didn't come until a full 7 months later.
why on earth would they do that?
Have a look at all the marketing! It's focused on the design, features, wireless tech, sensors. Nothing about the driver the headphones use. Apple always recycle parts. They'll have the same driver as the earpods!
Well, these are what reviews by people who have actually used the product have to say.Factual. Possibly. I have the EarPods which are essentially the same thing with a wire. So based on my own experience of using the EarPods, they would be the same but without wires. Same sound quality, lack of noise cancellation and slippy.
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Seriously over priced wireless version of the FREE buds everyone gets with an iPhone (btw pair instantly and don't run out of power) £159Enjoy!
Bluetooth overtook 3.5mm in revenue sales this year. Regardless of Apple, BT is the new standard and there is no squeezing that toothpaste back in the tube.
The whole review reads like an advert.
It's about the brand and hey, I got the latest airpods! nothing more.How many times do you need to complain about noise isolation or cancelling? Apple never said they had that feature. Speaking for myself I have no problem with it. If this is your main complaint, don't try to convenience others that it's theirs.The whole review reads like an advert.
They aren't noise isolation (look at the design) or noise cancelling (look at the specs) but in when tested the reviewer couldn't hear a thing around her?
".... and I couldn’t hear a single word anyone around me was saying, as if I was completely sealed off in a bubble of rock and roll"
Also, a review from wired.com https://www.wired.com/2016/09/review-apple-airpods/
quote: "Your $159 doesn’t buy you any better audio than you’ll get from the EarPods that come free in the box with your iPhone"
Without opening them up, I suspect they use the same driver tech as the free earpods!
I am not anti airpod. As I mentioned before. I like Apple products! (wearing an Apple watch now) If they were £49-£59 they would be worth a punt but for £159 they should have noise cancelling, noise isolation or better quality sound at least to justify £159 more than the included earpods.
It's not about the sound quality you say. Buy a pair of £8.50 bluetooth headphones from 7dayshop
Totally agree. All complainers in the forum-are like spoiled brats. They all need to grow up. Otherwise, their children are like them also.
But, my friend, they do give you BT wireless capability. For me, that's the most important feature.
Well I can agree with an additional excises price but other wireless EarPods currently available are not much cheaper and don't give the W1 chip features.
