it’s the Tim special. Instead of a price increase they introduce a new category. They did it with the iPhone X, iPad Pro, Apple Watch Ultra and they will do it again with the iPhone 20. Pro is now the middle tier.
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'AirPods Ultra' Rumored to Feature a Major Upgrade Over AirPods Pro
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it’s the Tim special. Instead of a price increase they introduce a new category. They did it with the iPhone X, iPad Pro, Apple Watch Ultra and they will do it again with the iPhone 20. Pro is now the middle tier.
thefredelement
macrumors 65816
reyesmac
macrumors 65816
So once again instead of just giving their line a great update, they call that update a new name, jack up the price, and everyone else can keep buying the old stuff at regular price. So tired of this. The old apple went from iPad to iPad 2, a tremenouds update in every single way, and didt call it a new name and jack up the price. But ever since the iPad air pulled that off, they have run the same grift ever since.
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
It's literally the Tim Cook playbook, which is why so many of us are ELATED for some change at the top.
What will it result in?
Who knows ... but it was time for some kind of change.
EM2013
macrumors 68030
“Major upgrade” lol more audio improvements & better fit is what I want, and keep the button press. I don’t want to land a plane to control my music
barkingsheltie
macrumors member
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
Fred Armisen as Steve is about 1000x more engaging than a Tim Cook presentation.
What a great skit. 😂
I can't think of a single reason I'd need to buy these. I'm content with my APP3.
Amazing Iceman
macrumors 603
Maybe at some point, visual intelligence is going to be a must have and we will all be glad that we have IR cameras in our AirPods.
But I have a hard time imagining that this will be useful.
But I have a hard time imagining that this will be useful.
Haven’t we reached a point that the world is teched out enough? It’ll be a rarity before long to experience the real, natural world as it is instead of some artificial manipulation or intrusion involved. I’ve been noticing with the youth that there’s pushbacks in many ways taking place…back to corded, analog headphones, physical media instead of digital, etc.
There’s still hope for this world
There’s still hope for this world
tennisproha
macrumors 68020
These AirPods are gonna be a hot mess. Siri is non-functional with the current AirPods Pro as is.
Please leave it in their forum feedback section. Although MR staff never opined (or even acknowledged) this when I brought it up, there is strength in numbers...
erikkfi
macrumors 68000
"We've finally made some AirPods that cancel wind noise instead of amplifying it."
gaggle
macrumors member
On the one hand we're reading rumors here, so it's not exactly surprising we get the what but not the why. But like the rest of you, I also struggle to imagine what use-cases cameras could possibly unlock. Even if they do gestures I'm not I see what that can brings. Joined with AR glasses they maybe could form part of a sensor suite to track hands? 🤷 To... project a virtual keyboard in my vision? But I'm super-reaching for anything that might one day intersect what's possible and what's valuable. It's certainly unclear currently.
diego.caraballo
macrumors 6502a
If they keep selling the “Pro” model, they could fit whatever they want on the “Ultra”
If true, Apple is really confident/hopeful that someone would pay even ONE extra dollar for anything SIRI-related.
If true, Apple is really confident/hopeful that someone would pay even ONE extra dollar for anything SIRI-related.
- Lossless audio
- Transparency mode that blocks wind noise and has lower latency
- Better microphone for voice calls
That would do it for me. Can't imagine what need there is for the other stuff.
- Transparency mode that blocks wind noise and has lower latency
- Better microphone for voice calls
That would do it for me. Can't imagine what need there is for the other stuff.
Not interested in camera's of any kind on my AirPods, or AppleTV, or anything else really. We have enough camera's in enough places already.
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
Totally agree.
I'm assuming this is just for gesture controls, but I really think all these companies need to be rethinking where & how they are putting cameras and be more strategic and thoughtful about it.