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Apple App Store Preview Confirms Existence of Samsung's Rumored Galaxy Buds+ With Official iPhone Support
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I know several Samsung phone users that have AirPods. They have no intention of getting an iPhone, though.
I wonder if you have used the AirPods for more than 5 minutes. For all the complaints of AirPods that may arguably be true, weight is NOT one of them. Especially when you are comparing to the ones in your post. After using AirPods, it seems borderline barbaric to have that wire around the neck and that extra weight on my shoulders. Sure you *could* lose an AirPod - I haven’t...and $29 is not bad. However, the standard AirPods at their discounts to around $129 is, in my opinion, a far greater VALUE than the ones you suggested.
This is exactly right. I used Galaxy Buds before AirPods Pro came out and they were fine. Based on the specs the new ones will be just as good as airpods and cost half the price.
Not everyone is so tribalistic over what phone they use. Some current iPhone uses have had Samsungs before, and some iPhone users will use Samsungs in the future. Something as standard as bluetooth earphones should work across devices. Wouldn't it be great if you could carry on using your £150+ earphones when you change your phone, rather than having to bin them and pay more money?
As mentioned above, Apple have created this locked in eco-system. Want to use your Airbuds on a different device just as well as your iPhone? Tough luck buddy.
Apple's mentality is always restriction. Whether it's everything soldered to an MLB and can't be repaired, to serialising iPhone components that break functionality of the whole phone when random part is changed, to locking everything down. Everything is about restricting the customer's choices to always have to choose Apple. Unfortunately there are enough people that are so blind to it, and defend a corporation that really doesn't give a toss about you other than how much money they can get off you.
As mentioned above, Apple have created this locked in eco-system. Want to use your Airbuds on a different device just as well as your iPhone? Tough luck buddy.
Apple's mentality is always restriction. Whether it's everything soldered to an MLB and can't be repaired, to serialising iPhone components that break functionality of the whole phone when random part is changed, to locking everything down. Everything is about restricting the customer's choices to always have to choose Apple. Unfortunately there are enough people that are so blind to it, and defend a corporation that really doesn't give a toss about you other than how much money they can get off you.
Yes, I have used AirPods for more than 5 minutes and my current “borderline barbaric ones” 😉 have several advantages over them. Skullcandy go into the ear canal (like AirPods Pro), but not the AirPods, so the sound isolation and sound quality is better. AirPods (not Pro), on the contrary, is just a wireless EarPods version with the same mediocre sound quality for the price. So as far as the value goes, I am not so sure. For me, Skullcandy are well worth their 29$, but are the AirPods worth their extra 100?
why would they upgrade them without noise cancellation though?
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thats the thing you wouldn't.
You have always been able to use AirPods on any phone/computer/tablet you want. When you use it on an Apple device, it’s better, sure. But I don’t think that’s unusual or unexpected or outrageous.
Why should Apple spend energy making it play nice with others? There's already a huge selection of earbuds and Android devices out there. You want devices that play nice, go that route. You want a closed eco system that plays well with each other, go Apple. Apple should not be spending its resources making it compatible with everything out there so that it can focus on its ecosystem.
I think you'll find that they just want to sell as many ear-buds as they can?
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I have a pair of "expensive" Sony's and a pair of "very cheap" wireless buds; I promise you they are both paired with my device before they are in my ear. Neither drop out [lose connection]. I have always strugged with Apple claim of "seamless" connection; in my experience, that has never been an issue fo me. The Sony's sound better, [than the airpods, subjective I know, but for me it was night an day] but not 10 x better than my cheap ones. For the record, I nearly bought the Samsung buds because there was little between them and the Sony's but were less than half the price.
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When you stick to writing code with standards (Bluetooth) and use the API correctly, then of course, I would think everything would work. Right?!
Only Apple? Clearly you've never tried to watch Prime Video on a Google Nest Hub... To think that all the child's play between companies rests with Apple is naive to say the least.
The AirPods are part of the ecosystem. If you own a pair you'll see how trivial they are to setup (sit the case on top of the iPhone). There are no other wireless ear plugs or headphones that do this (other than Apple products).
Sure that too, but I think it's pretty clear that one of Samsung's strategies is to cast a positive halo as a manufacturer as a way to draw off some of Apple's userbase. It's not an either or proposition.
By asking this with a clear big question mark on the top of your head, you show very clearly you never truly understood the word "eco-system". More sadly, you didn't bother to read the related online comments existed everywhere nowadays, at least not open-mindedly.
A short hint, it's the combination of large amount of tiny convenience features you get when you have several Apple products at the same time.
For understandable technical difficulties, Apple could not build similar convenience features into Android and Windows, so it makes no sense for Galaxy phone owners to use AirPods.
Before owning Apple AirPods Pro I thought active noise cancellation would be a small benefit but I am blown away by their effectiveness and the benefit ANC provides over previous AirPods/EarBuds models, other third party earphones or what Samsung's Galaxy Buds+ offer. With ANC engaged there is no requirement to increase volume to overcome the outside environment: they just mute people chatter, vehicle engines, rain and other external music sources. Immediately the user is immersed in their unadulterated music. They are a great aid with sleep by limiting a user to hearing just the sounds they want - music. They remove neighbours' party music, noisy night possums, morning galahs, crows and kookaburras wake up calls (and no, they don't say, "G'Day, mate").
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sorry Samsung a year too late. Almost had me before XM3 or AirPod Pro’s. No damn dice for me on this.
iphone user here with galaxy buds. galaxy buds were simply the best wireless earbud for me, my airpods collect dust and i returned airpods pro. they are just headphones they dont need "ecosystem" they connect to all my apple devices perfectly and quickly
I didn’t mean to sound condescending. And as always, to each their own. Hard to argue with $29.
what I was coming from is that in my experience, there is no comparison to comfort - which weight was the topic brough up about truly wireless earphones And lithium batteries. Not even close to a factor On AirPods..
of all the possible criticisms of AirPods - weight from lithium ion batteries is not even registering. The things weigh nothing.
I used round-the-neck wired “wireless” earphones for years with the in ear canal buds. Working out led to sweaty buds, the wire would get caught on my clothes or skin while running or lifting and pull out a bud, and it was terrible that every time my foot hit the ground while running, the wire would hit my neck and carry sound up to my earphone and create a low thud... thud... thud... as the wire transferred the energy up the wire to the bud. that ruined sound quality.
that’s why - since switching - I feel any wired earphones are “barbaric”.
Weightless, seemless, higher quality sound than EarPods, for $100 more - at least for someone who works out(to me) is a better value - but value is subjective. $29 may be a better deal. -and like I said, it’s hard to argue with that price.
my mind just short circuited at the weight concerns - is all - and which is why I assumed (wrongly) the lack of AirPod use.
No offence taken! 🙂🤚 I agree that it all depends on our individual usage patterns/demands and am happy to pay for quality products. I am just questioning the value of the classic AirPods (not Pro series), considering there are many other offers on the market.
This is an exciting development - As a long-term AirPods (and now AirPods Pro) user I couldn't be more excited to have the Galaxy Buds app on iOS. They are an excellent sounding, comfortable, and relatively cheap pair of earbuds.
Early last year I was randomly given a free pair of Galaxy Buds as part of an in-store promotion - they sounded quite thin out of the box, but using the Gear app you could adjust on-bud settings and enable a richer sound mode (permanently) on the buds which greatly improved the listening experience. This was not possible if you didn't have access to an android device to get the Gear App, so sadly iOS users were left out. (They still worked fine as regular bluetooth headphones, but without access to the Gear App they'd be stuck on suboptimal factory-default settings)
I used them in place of my Airpods for a few months until I gave them to my partner, who greatly prefers the snug ear fit and isolation of the Galaxy Buds to the Airpods I originally gifted her - that "plug and then twist" thing you do when you put them on really locks them into your outer ear. She would still be using them with her iPhone if she hadn't put them through the wash!
In the same way that I'd recommend AirPods to almost anyone looking for wireless buds, I'd recommend the original Galaxy Buds to anybody looking for cheaper, sealed buds..
Early last year I was randomly given a free pair of Galaxy Buds as part of an in-store promotion - they sounded quite thin out of the box, but using the Gear app you could adjust on-bud settings and enable a richer sound mode (permanently) on the buds which greatly improved the listening experience. This was not possible if you didn't have access to an android device to get the Gear App, so sadly iOS users were left out. (They still worked fine as regular bluetooth headphones, but without access to the Gear App they'd be stuck on suboptimal factory-default settings)
I used them in place of my Airpods for a few months until I gave them to my partner, who greatly prefers the snug ear fit and isolation of the Galaxy Buds to the Airpods I originally gifted her - that "plug and then twist" thing you do when you put them on really locks them into your outer ear. She would still be using them with her iPhone if she hadn't put them through the wash!
In the same way that I'd recommend AirPods to almost anyone looking for wireless buds, I'd recommend the original Galaxy Buds to anybody looking for cheaper, sealed buds..