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Amazon Working on Alexa-Enabled Wireless Earbuds to Rival AirPods
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Patently false. I can (and do) say it many ways and she gets it, all without having to spend thousands on Apple equipment for the same basic functionality.
In fact I can say “Alexa, turn in the goddamned lights” and she’ll do it, always good for laughs.
Maybe. On the other hand I’ve found them to be amazing for call quality that can’t be matched. I could be ignorant here though, it other options have been sufficiently crappy.
I have always embraced the definition of "cheaper" to be something that costs less because of lower, or poor quality. Today, it seems like most people -- no offense -- use the word cheaper as an equivalent to "less expensive" or of "lower cost", focusing only on the purchase price.
I agree. I love Apple products, but anything that has Siri just drops down a notch in value to me.
Your point? Batteries can be charged. In return, AirPods look like crap (I really don't care about wearing a status item visible for everyone - they do look ridiculous), aren't waterproof, don't have internal storage, no touch controls ... I'd take a bigger size (you do realize WHY they're bigger, don't you?) and shorter battery life for all of those features in a heartbeat.
Isn’t Siri embedded into almost every single Apple product? So I guess your expectations must be somewhat low for anything Apple makes then.
And what good is innovation when it creates more problems? If wireless earphones become standard in say the next 10 years, we will have billions of new batteries that need to be disposed off eventually. Even if they have a life of 3-4 years, we will have to keep disposing these batteries for eternity. Not to mention, the plastic footprint of these earphones is much larger also due to their charging cases.
So you're all for innovation as long as it benefits you but you're against innovation where you personally don't see a point or usage, and suddenly you start becoming concerned with all those potential problems. Got it.
Lol. I love a lot of innovations that don't benefit me in any way. Now how about telling me why my concerns are wrong?
Your concerns are not wrong. However, it must then be true that you have a similar opinion of mobile phones, laptops, tablets...and any other battery containing electronic device?
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Worse how? It no longer responds correctly to a question/command it used to?
The concerns are still correct for all the gadgets you mentioned. However, batteries are necessary evils in those cases. Cell phones can be life savers in many situations. They make communication a million times better. Laptops enable us to take our work with us. Same for tablets for some people. I think of it this way. What happens if cellphones, laptops and tablets cease to exist? Life wont be same in this day and age. Can you say that about wireless headphones? Are they revolutionizing life in a way that is proportionate to the environmental damage they might end up doing? In my opinion the answer is no.
Many people lived perfectly fine without cellphones, laptops, and particularly tablets, for decades. Your argument isn't sound and affected by your personal bias.
What is and is not essential and revolutionizing can oftentimes only be a assessed in retrospect. I've been around long enough to remember similar concerns/arguments towards cellphones, laptops, tablets and many other advancements, such as digital cameras.
Lol. Relax. I don't understand why you have to be so confrontational. If you think we can get rid of laptops and cellphones and life will stay unaffected, then I guess we have to agree to disagree. And given your confrontational attitude, I don't wish to have a discussion with you either.
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Lol. Relax. I don't understand why you have to be so confrontational. If you think we can get rid of laptops and cellphones and life will stay unaffected, then I guess we have to agree to disagree. And given your confrontational attitude, I don't wish to have a discussion with you either.
My apologies if I came across as confrontational, this was not my attention. I only wanted to discuss your claim, which should be allowed in a discussion forum.
I did not say that.
I did not say that.