Totally agree. Does anyone knows if this was developed under Sir Ive supervision? They look like a Satechi or Moshi product..(no offense to them, who do a great job under radically different budget and price tags) but these are really appalling. I’ll be stunned if this sells well.
Curious selection of competitors...Cannot comment on sound quality yet, but design wise the Apple Headphones are really appalling and disappointing. Material and built quality of the B&O are miles away...I think you pointed in right direction, these are “pimped” beats that unfortunately look like Satechi or Moshi products...(no offense to them who do good job under very different budget and price tag). And they’re way overpriced IMHO. Don’t expect them to sell that well, but we’ll see.
IMHO in this case Apple targeted audience will have better and cheaper options, making it hard to sell this. I suspect that design options also will make potential buyers (like me) to keep away from these.
Interesting view, though, surprisingly, I must add, at design level Apple has to do a really better job, as these are simply awful and look “cheap” too.
your right , you definitely know more about acoustic shielding than apple engineers. you must be the smartest person in the world currently. to be able to look at a picture and size a product up completely. absolutely incredible. kudo's to you for being so incredible.
Haha, good point. Although I will say I own a homepod and the sound is excellent and would be even better with better audio.
Being female and then being a pretty female at that in the tech world helps your subs. Just the way it is. Not saying she couldn't do it herself and timing is everything but I believe her looks helped. I will give her props for not wearing skimpy clothes or doing those clickbait thumbnails to get subs
Every impression that’s compared it to the XM4 or Bose has said these sound better and have better build quality. If it’s even slightly better, a lot of people will pay for them.
I've been buying Apple since 82'. I've seen what a burn looks like. Woven soundblockers look like a burn with the apple premium tacked on.
Unfortunately the Apple phones have considerable downsides including a much heavier weight and a less practical size and shape for travelling.
I'd rather "blindly reach up" for something physical where I can use my actual sense of touch, than grope for some smooth touch surface that does god-knows-what if you graze it the wrong way.
I disagree with those comments, in part because the iPhone also will charge with a regular USB-Lightning cable and a regular USB adapter or computer port (assuming sufficient power). So even if a new iPhone owner doesnt have USB-C, they probably are fine anyway. That's even more true here, since it's unlikely at this price point that an owner of these headphones lacks a way to charge them. There certainly will be some outlier scenarios, but USB-C isn't even a little bit uncommon at this point.
The significant tech, build quality and brand
Re-encoding happens for EVERY bluetooth headphone.
From what I gather the AAC gets transcoded / redithered again before lossy transmission Bluetooth.... fine for a cheapo pair of cans, diabolical at this price range, or something claiming to be such high quality.
Isn't there an intermediate power state? There is detection whether the cups are over your ears or not, though I have not read if that affects power use. I would prefer a button to actually put them into low power and ear detection to leave low power.
