Most people discard 100X the mass of AirPods in landfills every single day. One non-rechargeable alkaline AA battery is probably worth 4 AirPods in material.
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AirPods Pro 2: Five New Features and Improvements to Expect
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or more. there is no specific date and no particular pattern of battery wear.
Sure, they last longer if you don’t use them. But not much considering the AirPods/case don’t have a standby mode.
This is true. I only use mine at the gym for an hour to an hour and a half and it gets me by. But I have noticed that drain is quicker even sitting in the case. Eats up case battery quicker.
I'm 6'1" and the large tips work perfectly for me. A nice tight fit. Along with using ear hooks, I couldn't ask for anything more. I've gotta ask, how tall are you/how big are your ears?
Try the large-size tips and buy flexible ear hooks on Amazon. Both resolved the falling out issue for me.
I'm 6'0" but that doesn't necessarily relate to one's ear sizes as everyone's ears are different including the left and right sides which could be different sizes as well.
Tried Too many different brands, from generic foam tips to brand name like Charjenpro and Comply Foam, which I've used in the past with my older In-ear monitors from Shure and Westone. I miss the 3.5" port so I can use the In-ear monitors.
The foam tips basically work in that it keeps the APPs in the ear but it does not provide a very good seal. Even the larger sized tips are too 'small' (too shallow) and doesn't insert into the ears (longer and wider) like the tips used in the In-ear monitors which are terrific.
Also, the APP updates keep messing with the ANC/Transparency functions.
It used to be great when I first bought them but the newer updates keep messing it that it's not that good anymore. It's already been reported here in the forums long ago, esp. about the APP updates' effects, and elsewhere on various online forums.
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Generally speaking, taller people have bigger heads. Generally speaking, bigger heads usually come with bigger ears. Most people are happy with the APP. You can see that in glowing reviews and ratings. I don't know what your ears are shaped like when you say all the APP tips are too shallow in your ears. You don't want earbuds or anything else to go too far into your ear canal. Not good for multiple reasons.
It sounds like the APP just aren't for you. Perhaps you should try the Sony XM buds. They have memory foam tips. Or, once again, try ear hooks. I just bought some on Amazon and now I actually use my APP rather than letting them collect dust as they have been over the past 2-years.
It sounds like the APP just aren't for you. Perhaps you should try the Sony XM buds. They have memory foam tips. Or, once again, try ear hooks. I just bought some on Amazon and now I actually use my APP rather than letting them collect dust as they have been over the past 2-years.
At Apple?
Can you possibly give some insight on why Apple went beserko with trying so hard to create epic bass on the 2021 16" MBPs that it sounds woefully artificially overcooked? Especially with spoken voice, there is a hollow, muddy, muffled sound to it. It's so bad that I've had to go to town on the EQ settings with Audio Hijack to get it even remotely bearable. Even then, it's still not quite right.
Uh…
Not to pee on your cheerio parade or anything, but there was perfect wireless audio 40 years ago. It was analog, multichannel, ran around 128Mhz FM or so, I don’t remember exactly. Still used today for a lot of high end concert stuff. Bluetooth is just a crappy replacement for the serial cable, and 40 years after it’s introduction, it’s still less reliable than a serial cable. Audio over Bluetooth is just about the stupidest thing ever… well now that I think about it, it actually is the stupidest thing ever.
No. Not at Apple. We designed the chip for them
I own the current airpod pros and they are my go to for calls, and they have great ANC. I actually just got a replacement pair from apple because I thought the static and poor anc was a time induced thing, where I was just imagining it getting worse. Anyway, guy replaced them and wow they sound so good again. Anyway, if you are broke, recommend the soundpeats mini pro for the poor man’s version. Arguably better sound, but AirPods better everything else. Which brings me to my point.
The soundpeats above, my wife’s beats fit pro both sound much better sound Q wise. Really want the new ones to be industry leading in the sound again or close to it, like when the originals pros launched.
The soundpeats above, my wife’s beats fit pro both sound much better sound Q wise. Really want the new ones to be industry leading in the sound again or close to it, like when the originals pros launched.
You mean to say that people waffling on about how they can tell the difference isn’t enough evidence for you?
What I want them to finally have is Bluetooth 5.2/3 support which of course Apple has omitted for the past 2 + years. That would help for starters, get rid of the SBC codec, etc. This article really does skim on how they improve over the original AirPods Pro if they DO improve. I’m expecting the iPhone 14 to finally have BT 5.2 & Wi-Fi 6E at the very LEAST. Let’s hope Apple does not disappoint yet again.
Did hear that they were supposed to be much shorter if that helps.
I remember when Monster Cables would proclaim that their special cables would make your music sound so much better. People bought into it and would spend $100 on a cable that did nothing but make them feel like they were getting something special.
Yeah. I remember reading an article online about that. This tech website did a comparison of the Monster cables against 5 dollar cables and the quality wasn't any different. You're literally just paying for the branding.
Agreed; I can't imagine needing to upgrade my AirPods Pro or 2018 iPad Pro 12.9" until they give up the ghost.
Without being too crude, I'm really not sure there's much of a correlation between your height and the size of your holes.
But unlike old school headphones every headphone has an expiration date in the battery. I don't know if the life expectancy for battery power is longer than the old death by cord that plagued this kind of earphones?
The microphones in the Beats Fit Pro are even worse than any Airpods.
It shouldn't even have been possible to have worse mics, but they found a way to make it happen!
An excellent question across the board: do Lithium batteries go bad before cords wear out?
I've honestly only experienced either a couple of times—I find that either something else goes wrong (hopefully under AppleCare) or I upgrade first.
But my wife is using my old iPhone X and the battery is holding about 79% of the charge, presenting a dilemma…