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Apple Reportedly Working on 'AirPod Pro Lite' Earphones
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The only thing more surprising or shocking is to see how gullible posters are, thinking this is real and not a rumor lol.
Tim Apple has improved the product lineups immensely. Instead of just parroting a talking point, tell us what you would do instead. Consider this challenge, even though it is difficult. (By my count, there are 27 models across 9 distinct categories.)
How would you simplify the current product lineup? Specifically, which model(s) would you eliminate of:
- The three MacBooks (Air, 13/16 MBP)
- The five Mac desktops (mini, iMac 21.5/27, iMac Pro, Pro)
- The five iPads (Mini, 10.2, Air, 11.0/12.9 Pro)
- The three new iPhones (iPhone 11, 11 Pro/Pro Max)
- The three older iPhones (8, 8 Plus, XR)
- Apple Watch (Series 3/5)
- Apple TV (4K/HD)
- AirPods (Regular/Pro)
- HomePod
- iPod Touch
PS Bonus points!
- Which products would you add to the lineup?
- Assuming you are able to decide among the available options, why would you think others can’t?
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Why no iPad tag? Or Apple Watch tag? Are you sure it has to do with the Mac?
Or is it simply that the article 99% about AirPods?
would be nice if they could fix current bluetooth when switching between iPad and iPhone. I should be able to connect to the bluetooth on one device and it should automatically disconnect the other since Apple controls both pieces of hardware.
The design is different though and the case is quite big. I'd much rather spend something more and buy the AirPods Pro. PowerBeats seems great for fitness, but is not my use case.
Apple's marketing team is responsible the wildly inconsistent iPhone naming scheme, which I hate.
AirPods are recyclable. Drop them off at any Apple store, or if that’s not convenient they’ll send you a postage paid mailer.
What if I'm in a country where that is not accepted? Why does Apple not share how to properly dispose of it's products with third party recyclers?
Does mailing a piece of e-waste not seem counter intuitive as now more carbon emissions are being put out just to move it?
You said AirPods were non-recyclable e-waste, which isn’t true. So now that we’ve established you’re wrong, I suppose that argument is finished.
If you want to move the goalposts, and engage in whataboutisms, we can do that.
1) If you’re in a country without a convenient drop-off, Apple will provide a prepaid mailer for you to return your AirPods for recycling, as I mentioned in my prior post.
2) Apple does not want you to dispose of AirPods. They have a recycling program. They will be properly recycled, that’s the whole point of the program.
3) It takes carbon emissions to recycle any and every product. AirPods are no different.
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I meant superior to regular AirPods. Although in theory the overall sound quality should be better without ANC.
A bit of research shows that this is, in fact, true. AirPods are disposable items with a half-life of around three years (due to the non-replaceable, limited lifespan battery). The only component that can possibly be recycled is the battery (for its constituent materials) - which is glued in.
Because it is glued in it has to be removed manually which immediately makes it uneconomic. The labour cost being significantly higher than the value of the material extracted. The rest is just an unrepairable, unreusable and unrecyclable complex mess of plastic glue and wires which will either go into landfill or a furnace.
AirPods SE. $119 without wireless charging case, $159 with.
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Wow, sounds horrible. Luckily, it’s not true.
A little research shows that because the value of the cobalt and other metals is rather low on such a small device, Apple—green, environmentally responsible company that they are—actually subsidizes the recycling of AirPods. That’s right. They pay the recycling company cash on the barrel head to make it worth the time and effort to properly recycle the AirPods.
That’s something you can bet your life that the makers of all those cheap AirPods knockoffs on eBay and Alibaba will never do. All those crappy knockoffs go straight into the landfill after they conk out in a few months 🙁
Of course, Apple would never be so irresponsible; you should have known better.
Thanks Tim Apple!
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so you are proving my point? before you go all tim holy on us. you should read the comment.
If your point was that Cook has offered just exactly the right number of models for each product in the lineup, then I agree, and apparently misunderstood your meaning.
If you think there are too many models in the lineup, my original comment stands. Tell us which model you’d cut.
This isn’t the near-bankrupt Apple of 1997 who can only afford to manufacture a handful of products. That was a great strategy to focus Apple’s employees but wasn’t that great a situation for customers.
so we will agree to disagree. 1997 apple was a different beast. i am not talking about that. i am talking innovation vs product division jobs vs tim apple. one thing is clear. what apple is doing now is different than innovating.
my point is there is not innovation. there is only product division.
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Oh cool post the links I would love to read that. Thanks.
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You never made that point at all. You only mention innovation now, for the first time. You were talking about splitting up the product line:
and my reply to your post remains entirely on point: if you don’t like the way the product line has been split by Tim Apple, tell us what’s wrong with it and how you’d change it.
re: innovation, it’s there if you recognize it when you see it. What is innovation? A watch that can warn you of a potentially fatal heart condition, or a phone that folds up into something twice as thick as I would carry and has a crease in the easily-scratched plastic that covers the screen?
Sure, here ya go.
What Really Happens to AirPods When They Die
Apple finally opens up about their complicated afterlife
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You never made that point at all. You only mention innovation now, for the first time. You were talking about splitting up the product line:
What Really Happens to AirPods When They Die
Apple finally opens up about their complicated afterlife
my whole point was that tim apple was only splitting the line. yeah i tend to write in a way that feel like talking so i make assumption that people understand what i am saying. sorry about that.
I can probable take out 30% of the line and still remain with the same amount of profit. the main things he has done especially in the past 2 years is increase the base price of his phones lines while decreasing the less profitable iPad line price. i guess for stock holders it great but eh. i miss expecting something exciting from steve. other than the new mac pro not much in my view has been exciting. then the price took the excitement out lol.
oh and thanks for the recycling article. i mean of course apple has always had a great recycle program.
and i tend to write terribly so excuse the random sentence structures.
I don’t mind more options, and sometimes they come in at a lower price. Like the $329 iPad you refer to, and the upcoming iPhone “SE2”. Sometimes they are more expensive, like iPhone at $999+ or AirPods Pro.
In general it seems like they’re trying to expand their market. More innovation is always welcome though. And Steve is definitely missed.
PS Your writing is pretty good, nowhere near terrible 🙂