Who cares.
I have no desire to stick a wireless receiver inside my ear.
Obviously others do care and were looking forward to these being released. You may not be interested in them, so be it. But they were anticipated none the less.
Who cares.
I have no desire to stick a wireless receiver inside my ear.
Well, right now Tim is neither. Right now he is only good at draining every dollar from the product lines.Make up your mind. Do we need a visionary and innovator or do we need a product guy? Tim Cook is the product guy and best at supply chain. If he couldn't get a few million of these Airpods built and delivered in time for holidays, no one on Earth could.
So you want them to do a Samsung and release electrical products that aren't ready just so they can meet deadlines... mmmm.. not smart that one.
I'm assuming they are having an issue with the design. Offering a single size in that form factor seems like it's asking to fall out, unless they release some sort of "accessories" to hold them together.
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I don't think this is a cause for any valid criticism of Tim Cook. This is a scenario similar to that of the white iPhone 4, which was well within Steve Jobs's time. It's the right thing to do to maintain standards.
Of course it is a cause of valid criticism of Cook - his staff selected the vendor / was responsible for monitoring the vendor compliance with Apple standards / approved the announcements regarding availability / missed the holiday buying season / etc.
The CEO IS responsible.
I'm surprised how well some of you are taking it. Obviously there's a lot of hate, but to see even a handful of people trying to spin it positively is shocking ("oh I can wait a few months, there's always beats 3"). It's bad plain and simple. This was a highlight in the iPhone 7 announcement so at worst it should have been just getting enough in stock before the holiday. If they can't even sell them until after it must be something more critical which should have been addressed before September.
Exactly and looking at the competition for wireless ear pods - the Airpods stock up very well (in terms of price, battery, etc)Ah, sugar.
The AirPods were the perfect Christmas present in terms of price. Now what am I gonna do?
the hunchback may be an aesthetic atrocity but it's incredibly functional.One of the ugliest Apple products ever second only to the battery hunchback atrocity.
I also think that the 2 week delay we experience every September when new iPhones are announced is a deliberate marketing ploy. They announce the product, they make it sound 'magical', anticipation builds for two weeks, and then people rush to the stores on launch day.
DigiTime's rumour was based upon an earnings call.There is no way that Apple would miss a pre-xmas release unless there was a serious issue was the hardware or software. At the moment its must a rumour and AppleInsider suggests differently
Why would the new mbp come with lightning port? There is no lightning to lightning cables... you are a living proof of how smart ppl there are on this forum, read more and more stupid and idiotic things here everyday
There is lightning to usb and lightning to usb-c cables
And don't look like tampons hanging out of your earI grabbed a JayBird X2. 3 more hours of battery life over the AirPods, decent sound, and physical volume controls. Better deal. Same price, better specs.
Strangely enough, it seems like it has gotten worse since then. It feels like he has this grand vision, but the realities of the situation keep interfering, and then timelines get all screwed up, but instead of doing what Jobs would do and say "Nah, we're going to wait until everything is ready and in place" they just release it anyway even though it's really confusing. There doesn't seem to be anyone at Apple like Jobs who is editing and putting his foot down on things because they can not only see the greater picture, but see how it will come together or needs to come together.You could understand if there were different teams working on the product designs but isn't the brilliant Jony head designer on all Apple hardware.
Come on Apple.
I think the Airpods look okay. They are basically EarPods without the wires. If you think the EarPods look fine, there isn't really any reason why one might have problems with the look of the Airpods.And don't look like tampons hanging out of your ear
[doublepost=1478032404][/doublepost]I'm surprised as to many people that want these horribly designed earbuds. Jaybird freedoms are super small. Sound amazing and don't look like the standard earbuds cutoff. These look ridiculous. Worst apple designed product in my opinion.
Solo 3
Powerbeats 3 soon
Beats x