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AirPods Pro 2 Tidbits: Heavier Charging Case, Lanyards Sold Separately, and More
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In my language after translating to english specs page says "with hole for lanyard". Classic Apple, not including something that costs fraction of cent to manufacture at scale. But in this case they dont even have explanation for that so they just dont talk about it.
I’ve had a few of those silicone cases and have almost lost my AirPods each time, thankfully I saw them fall off… The stupid silicone loop to attach the key ring to is always to weak and breaks easily.
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I mean, dont forget that Apple is one of the biggest companies in the world. They could easily manufacture a case with a clip that would make the Airpods 100% safe to carry on lanyard but they choose not to. Airpods that are actually easy to loose is something that is good thing for them, people will just buy more if they keep loosing them.
What about voice isolation? My biggest pain point with AirPods is that people complain about background noise when I'm on a phone call or conference call, especially if I'm outside. Apple added a Voice Isolation feature in the FaceTime app that helps isolate your voice and block out background noise, but it's not supported for regular phone calls or popular apps like Zoom.
Universal voice isolation on AirPods would be a game changer, because I could walk around the city and talk to people on personal or work calls without them constantly saying "What? I can't hear you." or "Could you go on mute? I can hear the cars/birds/whatever."
I'm not sure why they focused on improving noise cancellation and active transparency so you can hear better, but ignored the flip side of making sure others can hear YOU. IMO noise cancellation was already good enough, but the taking calls in noisy environments is a big hassle with AirPods. I always hold the phone up to my ear because the AirPods microphones are so prone to letting in background noise. Surprised there was no advance in this area.
Universal voice isolation on AirPods would be a game changer, because I could walk around the city and talk to people on personal or work calls without them constantly saying "What? I can't hear you." or "Could you go on mute? I can hear the cars/birds/whatever."
I'm not sure why they focused on improving noise cancellation and active transparency so you can hear better, but ignored the flip side of making sure others can hear YOU. IMO noise cancellation was already good enough, but the taking calls in noisy environments is a big hassle with AirPods. I always hold the phone up to my ear because the AirPods microphones are so prone to letting in background noise. Surprised there was no advance in this area.
The lanyard is extra but it's fine because everybody has cupboards full of them at home and if they supplied them free people would flip them on the dark web for profit
Probably a stupid question, but can anyone tell me what the addition single hole on the case is for? All the highlights about the built-in speaker focuses on the three holes on one side but I can't find any mention of what the single hole on the other side of the lightning port does. My first thought was a mic...but then I had no idea why a charging/carrying case would need a mic. Unless I can just yell at it to start beeping instead of using my phone 😂
yeah Apple did not mention anything, so it can be those dummy speaker grills like those in iPhones, rumors was its a mic for live listen.
I also noticed that the replacement tips they sell are listed as for either the 1st gen or the 2nd gen. So the part of the AirPod that the tips clip onto may have changed shape/size. I have some Comply foam tips left over that I hope will work with the new model but we'll see I guess.
No big deal about the lanyard. There'll be a massive cottage industry for cheap lanyards of all shapes, colours and themes on Amazon before the AirPods Pro 2 have even arrived in stores. The phone charms trend is absolutely coming back with AirPods.
P.S. I hope the next gen AirTags have the same lanyard notch.
P.S. I hope the next gen AirTags have the same lanyard notch.
It's ok, you probably wouldn't be able to take advantage of it because it appears that you may be deaf as you didn't hear Apple describe in detail the improved audio, including new low distortion drivers, wider range of sound frequencies and high bandwidth connectivity.
That seems like some intentionally misleading language in the “what’s in the box” section. It says it includes a “MagSafe Charging Case with speaker and lanyard loop.” One would naturally assume that meant it came with a lanyard.
My ear tips recently tore so I had to replace them. Easy enough. It comes as a set of 4 so there’s an extra pair. Great! But wait, if you want to upgrade don’t assume -wrongly - that they’ll fit the 2nd gen AirPod pro. When looking through the apple online store they now sell ear tips for 1st gen and 2nd gen AirPod Pro. once again, very Apple of them.
Its like a car having storage for a spare tire and then having buy your own spare tire
Because lanyards are literally a dime a dozen and most people probably won’t use it. Hardly anyone I saw use the iPod touch lanyard when that was around.
Charging with Apple watch charger is good. Would be nice if Bluetooth LE is supported.
No, that’s not the case! I’ve returned Apple-engraved Apple Pencils, iPads, etc. to the Apple Store before. I just don’t remember if you can return an Apple.com engraved product to a physical brick-and-mortar Apple Store, or if you just have to do an online return. But long story short, it’s still returnable in the usual 14-day window.
there's a reason for this.. apparently (speaking to a well known headphone manufacturer) that apple won't allow other companies to up the quality of their headset mics for iOS compatible headphones.
Oh give me a break.
So now it's Apple's fault that Sony or Samsung has terrible mics on their BT headsets?
Seriously, how can people believe this nonsense?
I wonder will both the AirPods Pro 2 and iPhone 14 models support the new LC3 codec using by Bluetooth 5.3.