I still have the fear that they won't stay secure like the regular EarPods constantly fall out without shaking my head at all. The video of the test was heartening.
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AirPods Now Estimated to Ship in 6 Weeks
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Does anyone know how the EarPods get charged? I mean the connection between each AirPod and the carrying case; I think the carrying case itself has a lightning port for charging but not sure about that hidden connection on AirPods when they go into the case.
I'm not going to lie. This mess of announcing a product before it was even done with the engineering phase and promising a release date, more than anything, cause me to lose faith in Apple. I sold my shares when they hit $115. I don't see them going much higher in relation to other things I could do with the money.
Anyone think it's stupid that they use a lightning port to charge when everything is heading quickly to USB-C?
And then all the positive posts on release day saying how they're wrong (as always) and that the AirPods are brilliant.
Over promise and under deliver. The new Apple. Getting to be a pattern. I am not a fan of Apple's just-in-time manufacturing philosophy.
Clearly Apple is limiting supply. Just like how Apple limits supply of every iPhone launch. /s
Dunno what this article is trying to say. You can buy them now:
All this trolling on MR Forums and yet Apple is going from strength to strength, shares are up and people are buying their products in volumes like never before.
I'm not knocking Apple here so don't anyone freak out, but this could also be evidence of limited supply.
Man I want wireless headphones! I want these but I'm too scared to buy first gen, especially when they have production delays...!
Considering these aren't actually delivered yet how do you know how easy they would be to lose?
Fair enough but for $159 this is a pretty insignificant amount. You of course would pay significantly more with your 23% VAT and import taxes. We are happy to do this for you as it would be a substantial amount of your earnings to even try.
I bought Macs in Poland before so I can feel your pain.
Okay. Thanks so much for telling us that.
I've said this at the outset when these were introduced. The lack of physical controls for volume and skip features is a glaring omission.
I'm not sure what the design brief was and perhaps it was meant to work only with an iPhone.
Even so, imagine wanting change the volume when you're in packed subway car, with your iPhone buried deep in your briefcase or purse.
Not impossible, but why would it be easy to lose one? First of all, from every review thus far, and common sense, you have be doing something that will either knock it out of your ear or twist your head in such a way to cause it fall. Itself a rare event, but assuming that rare events happens, a bright white cylindrical object will fall to the ground. Since these aren't going to be used for extreme sports, assuming you have reasonable sight and physical dexterity 99% of the time you will simply look down and pick it up.
Just love the people concerned about losing them. Take care of your sh*t. Same people in the Apple stores complaining that they didn't break their screen and want everything for free. Take responsibility. And for the people complaining about them. Don't buy them simple.
Amen. iPhone 7 should have ditched Lightning in favor of USB-C. That would have been the best move for the consumer...but not Apple's dongle sales.
Bragi have a lot of promise, and hopefully they will keep improving to give Apple competition, but they have had a very rough ride thus far. Earliest one had horrible reviews, latest is better where they have removed features to try and eliminate problems with some of their tech, but still lots of problems. Here's just one sample
https://www.amazon.com/Bragi-Truly-Wireless-Smart-Earphones/product-reviews/B01BHAU6QO
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Gonna sit back and wait for guinea pigs to test the waters first
Weren't the media tech reviewers already the guinea pigs ? Smh
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Ugh so annoying I couldn't do a double thumbs up