Well to be fair they are very uniqe and very interesting in the way they connect,charge and work.."magical" can be interpreted as these words too.
also it's not like Apple was creating "magical" products every year prior to Tim Cook.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook to Talk AirPods, Other New Products on Good Morning America Tomorrow
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also it's not like Apple was creating "magical" products every year prior to Tim Cook.
These cryptic, sterile, hyperbolized interviews do nothing for me. John Legere on the other hand is very entertaining. His blunt honesty is surprisingly refreshing. Corporate Apple needs to throw back a shot of Patron and loosen up.
Maybe they should, maybe they shouldn't, but for now it is time for the 3.5 mm to visit the chopping block. Apple chose to remove that port. They weren't the only manufacturer to do so and I'm sure others will follow suit. I am extremely glad they did because cords are nothing but a hassle and not convenient. Convenience is key and wireless does that for me and for many others. I've been using BT headphones for years and love the sound and the feeling of being untethered. I'm listening to a pair right now and the sound quality is on par with any wired headphones or earbuds I've ever owned over the years. If my current BT rigs already perform this well, I can only imagine what Apple's AirPods and the tech they have included in them will do for people everywhere. Hopefully it will also bleed into headphones as well only making them better. Wireless for the win. IMO.
No, you seem to think there's something more important for an audio connection to do than transmit sound, I don't.
No matter what your want the "New" adapter to do, turn your house lights on and off, warm a bagel, send emojis; you still need an analog component at some point if you actually want to listen to something, that can't be avoided, do you really think Lightning with some jury-rigged redundant DAC is such a robust solution that it's going to sweep the industry?
Apple will just have another half-baked solution in 5 years (or less).
I would have to look back and watch the Keynotes in the past when they announced products like the 5C and the SE but I think they only use those terms when announcing the new flagship phones. If they would have said that about the 5C or SE, I think many would argue that was false because those phones were inferior to other offerings from Apple during their respective release dates (5S and 6S/S+). Hence, it is valid in this case but not necessarily valid in all cases because their "newest" phone hasn't always been their "best" phone. IMO.
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waiting to see what Gen 2 looks like... might get these just to see how dated they are in a few years
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But having witnessed Apple's actions since their inception, I will chalk it up to your being misinformed, or possibly deaf, since we are discussing audio matters here (well, you're not).
This can't be repeated enough. This is what I miss about Apple being a niche company. The ones who owned an Apple product were the ones who understood the company and were not only ok with these kinds of moves away from old tech but were excited to go along for the ride.
In a few years, everybody is going to wonder what took us so long and why we put up with tangled wires hanging from our ears to our phones.
I was only curious about the Tim Cook dancing part.
What kind of dance does he dance?
I wish she would have asked, "So do how do you feel about all the people being ridiculed for wearing such a dopey looking product?"
Did you want to show us an example of Bluetooth wireless ear pods that do the things air pods do at a cheaper price?
Spoken with ignorance on your part.
It is well documented that Tim Cook is a fitness nut. He jogs every day. Tons of past pictures with him wearing a track suit, jogging pants, etc.
Yes because that's totally the same thing as having to use an adapter or Bluetooth to listen to music. /s
Cook is going to have a hard sell outside of the walled garden of Devotees.
These are just pathetic looking.
Its cause headphone can only do one thing, play analogue sounds.
If you want a heads up display, retina recognition , apple pay etc in your headphones, sure lightning cap add those.....but fundementally the "sound" component of those headphones, will always be analogue.
Can I ask, what don't current headphones do for you today, that you would like them to do in the future? Lets forget connection method for now.
For me, the headphone only has one purpose, play music.....
Transistor radios have evolved, but if you have one, you can use your old 3.5 mm plug headphone in it.
I really miss Jobs doing those speeches , you can tell he really knows the product so well, its passionate about it and was involved in the development of it. None of this magical crap. Passion for the product and not the profit comes to mind, the biggest difference between Tim and Steve.
Apple, where is our new MBP? I sure hope its magical.