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AirPods Now Shipping to Customers Around the World

Abazigal said:
Heck, I won't discount my next Mac being another iPad Pro if the hardware gets mature enough.

At the same time, I find myself heavily favoring the iOS side of things,.
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Yep, that's what I said - you (like Tim Cook) obviously don't really care about the mac - so you can be dimissive to those who do.

But let me ask you this: You talk about the 'maturing' of the iPad hardware, but you still have to use an OS created for a phone that's just been expanded to a giant screen. Even a simple thing like copying and pasting can be a huge pain in the ass using a clumsy finger compared to the precision and ease of a mouse. Then think about the need for precision cuts down the the 1/30th sec you might want to do make with any professional video editing software, and the fine tuning of audio tracks and adding sound effects, etc. you might want to do. So what exactly is making the hardware of the iPad Pro "better" (it's already as fast as some macs) going to help you do exactly?
 
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LDN said:
I'm guessing you don't talk on the phone with anyone much. Have you tried having a phone call with your Jaybirds? Yeah that underwater voice echoing inside your skull is very unpleasant. Want to just put 1 in for your terrible phone call? You'll have another dangling around. Damage that cord in between? Both earpieces are now totally useless, go out and buy a new set. Don't even talk about losing things. I know a doctor who loses her keys once every 3 months like clockwork. If you're prone to losing one thing you can lose anything. Those Jaybirds are not any more loss-prone than the AirPods. You seem to think a small wire can prevent this somehow. People lose wired EarPods all the time. When was the last time you used EarPods? Open designs are much better for natural sound. Also, what's unreasonable about $69 to replace one when the whole set of 3 (Lightning cable too, 4) costs $159? Have you ever bought a replacement for anything? They're always slightly more expensive than the original when the price is broken down.

I've been wanting AirPods since I first saw and used the EarPods. As have many other people.
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Wow you are a big apple fan for sure. A wire can prevent it from being lost when you are jogging. And the earpod doesnt fit in my ears, with a little to no movement it often falls off my ears so if the airpods size is still the same as the current earpods i believe i will lose it when i run in the morning.
 
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Yep, that's what I said - you (like Tim Cook) don't really care about the mac - so you can be dimissive to those who do.
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There have also been people dismissive towards the iPad and think Apple should drop it altogether simply because they don't see a need for it in their lives.

At the end of the day, we don't owe either party everything. I will continue to keep tabs on the products Apple releases, buy those which suit my needs, and skip those which don't.

You won't find me bitching about it here in these forums like what some posters have been wont to do.

But let me ask you this: You talk about the 'maturing' of the iPad hardware, but you still have to use an OS created for a phone that's just been expanded to a giant screen. Even a simple thing like copying and pasting can be a huge pain in the ass using a clumsy finger compared to the precision and ease of a mouse. What exactly is making the hardware of the iPad Pro "better" (it's already as fast as some macs) going to help you do exactly?
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Would you believe I find copying and pasting on iOS a breeze compared to a desktop? Thanks to this neat little app called Copied, I can easily save a whole bunch of copied text, then paste them all in at one go.

In fact, I use this app extensively every time I respond to anyone here in this forum (as I favour the Tapatalk app).

As for hardware, there is the Apple Pencil. I am a school teacher, and in the course of my daily lessons, I annotate on a lot on PDFs and word documents and the Apple Pencil offers a really sublime writing experience. It's particularly nice when recording screencasts as well.

The 8mp camera of my iPad Pro has also been fairly handy at times (say what you will about iPad photography). I use it to scan documents, as a makeshift visualiser, even take impromptu photos and videos to insert directly into documents.

It's come to the point where for more than 80% of the tasks I do, I am more comfortable doing those tasks on an iPad than a conventional Mac.

I also love the inbuilt 4g, the long battery life, the simplicity of iOS, and its thinness and lightness.

iPad productivity is a thing. It sometimes requires that you rethink your workflow and get things done in a somewhat atypical manner, but it's very much possible to get things done on iOS.
 
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vertsix said:
I still cannot understand why anyone would buy these as they are substantially inferior in sound compared to most other wireless earbuds.

Not only that, they are a heck of a lot more expensive too!

Plus you can lose them!

And then pay an additional $70 to replace one! Ridiculous.

It just boggles me. I have the Jaybird X2's which I got for $80 and they've been serving me incredibly well with exceptional sound, and they have a band around both earpieces so you don't lose them.


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This is how the AirPods should've been, Apple.
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Nothing wrong with your choice, but that's not at all what the AirPods "should've been." Many people want wireless to mean wireless. Also, I'm not sure on what basis you assert the sound quality is "substantially inferior."
 
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aleni said:
I really want to purchase this but the current free earpods doesnt fit in my ear, without too much movement it still falls off my ear. So the airpods will be gone missing within 2 days if i use that. And sound doesnt sound great too especially the bass, it's almost non existent.
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These are not the free EarPods.
 
So are these Airbuds basically the same design and ergos as the cheap set that Apple throws into every iPhone and iPod box? Literally the most uncomfortable pieces of plastic one can shove in their ears, that continually fall out with the slightest bodily movement, not to mention awful sound? But just wireless?
 
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Col4bin said:
So are these Airbuds basically the same design and ergos as the cheap set that Apple throws into every iPhone and iPod box? Literally the most uncomfortable pieces of plastic one can shove in their ears, that continually fall out with the slightest bodily movement, not to mention awful sound? But just wireless?
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Yes and no.

My EarPods have no problems staying in my ears and I can wear them comfortably for hours on end with no issues. If they do fall out, it's likely because of the wires tugging on them. Something I don't expect to be an issue with the Airpods.

I also have no issues with the sound from my EarPods. Yes, better ones exist, but that doesn't mean the EarPods are bad in an absolute sense.

Saying the Airpods are "just" wireless EarPods is like saying the iPhone was "just" another phone in 2007. Or that the iPod was "just" another MP3 player back in 2001. It completely ignores the technology inside them which makes them possible, and it completely overlooks the paradigm shift that they represent.
 
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Col4bin said:
So are these Airbuds basically the same design and ergos as the cheap set that Apple throws into every iPhone and iPod box? Literally the most uncomfortable pieces of plastic one can shove in their ears, that continually fall out with the slightest bodily movement, not to mention awful sound? But just wireless?
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Yes essentially but you can use Siri if you hate yourself enough to waste your time with that!

Abazigal said:
Yes and no.

My EarPods have no problems staying in my ears and I can wear them comfortably for hours on end with no issues. If they do fall out, it's likely because of the wires tugging on them. Something I don't expect to be an issue with the Airpods.

I also have no issues with the sound from my EarPods. Yes, better ones exist, but that doesn't mean the EarPods are bad in an absolute sense.

Saying the Airpods are "just" wireless EarPods is like saying the iPhone was "just" another phone in 2007. Or that the iPod was "just" another MP3 player back in 2001. It completely ignores the technology inside them which makes them possible, and it completely overlooks the paradigm shift that they represent.
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I assume you're alluding to some kind of in ear virtual assistant like something from the movie "Her"? Honestly that ignores the fact that Siri is terrible and that Apples development of it is glacial.

Five years to get an SDK out for it, thats almost funny when you consider that Amazon had a developer kit out for Alexa almost from day one.

Theres no paradigm shift here, if there was there is every liklihood that Apple would get beaten to the punch with it.
 
caligurl said:
I didn't know they were available to order until the next day! ACK! Ours are coming Jan 30th.... poop
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I feel for ya. That's a long time. Maybe you could snag a pair in the stores next week and cancel your order?

Me? I saw the story break on macrumors and (I'm not kidding here) I instantly opened the Apple store app, ordered a pair and and was frantically stabbing the "Pay With Apple Pay" button within 60 seconds of first reading the story. Looking back, I'm embarrassed by my own behavior. I've never done that for anything before.

I should probably delete Apple Pay as a new year resolution?
 
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