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Apple Shares New 'Pairing,' 'Siri' and 'Notes' AirPods Ads
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Man your so right . I wonder if that's the reason they continue to be sold out and I sold an extra pair on eBay for $270 a week ago.
Sorry but your so wrong. These will be Apples biggest product release in years. Yes I said YEARS.
Director's nightmare..."Cuuuuuut!!!! Damn it!!! Try not losing those plugs while you are dancing, will ya?!??!"
I didn't say anything about Siri!
I'm Australian. Siri does not understand me at all. Makes me crazy.
I hear your frustration. I was really bummed when the Beats didn't fit, and the Shure's and the... I just have strange ears I guess...
I used to have a similarly hard-line perspective on affirmative action (which is essentially what we're talking about), until I learned that bottom line performance is not always what drives success in team/group settings. You can hire the "best" guy (or girl) out there, but how much of their previous success can be attributed to the people they were working with, and how do you determine the value in different perspectives? Certainly it seems evident that Apple, lately, is in need of new perspectives, as they've been narrowing their focus quite a lot within the last few years. If all of your executives are providing input from within a single common cultural bubble, who could possibly influence them to explore alternative paths? As much as upper management loves to pretend like they care about the ideas of their employees, we all know damn well they will rarely take action on anyone else's thoughts but their own. Even then, a fully diverse executive pool will rarely be able to see things from the perspective of non-millionaires...
I also love mine, but nothing magical about them. Just excellent implementation of BT
And yet people do seem to be buying them. Some people even seem to like them.
Like you, I'm having trouble processing the fact that your view isn't shared by literally everybody else.
They will be like slightly tight shoes: a slight inconvenience now but an instrument of torture later. Just like Cook.
You show your true colors with your thought policing. Everyone must agree with you or you insult them. Good job.
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OK, "exellent" is Apples interpretation of "Magical"
Yeah, I know the overused magical word from Apple is silly.
I was initially skeptical of purchasing the AirPods.
After owning them for a little over a week I'm definitely happy with them.
I got them primarily for working out and can confirm the following which were my concerns. They stay put without issue while doing the following exercises : barbell/dumbbell benchpress, squats, leg press, basketball, elliptical, treadmill.
They are not in-ear so realistically the powerbeats wireless 2 I purchased about two months ago eliminate more background noise and sound louder. It's pros and cons for both.
One negative for the AirPods is I find from time to time I have to toggle bluetooth on my iPhone. Otherwise they either don't connect or features such as pause when taking one out of your ear doesn't work.
After owning them for a little over a week I'm definitely happy with them.
I got them primarily for working out and can confirm the following which were my concerns. They stay put without issue while doing the following exercises : barbell/dumbbell benchpress, squats, leg press, basketball, elliptical, treadmill.
They are not in-ear so realistically the powerbeats wireless 2 I purchased about two months ago eliminate more background noise and sound louder. It's pros and cons for both.
One negative for the AirPods is I find from time to time I have to toggle bluetooth on my iPhone. Otherwise they either don't connect or features such as pause when taking one out of your ear doesn't work.
All I'm saying is that with their latest ads and product launch videos they've used black models exclusively to promote AirPods. There is a very brief overhead image of a white woman wearing them, but they're hardly noticeable and the shot was more likely to highlight Apple Watch as her accessory. Make of the coincidence what you will
Well, in terms of the product, I think it they are good. To be a no-brainier purchase, they would have to have double the battery life and be over half the price.
But in terms of the ads, they simply don't make you want buy them. I'm sick of all the praise for Apples 'beautiful and amazing' ads. They might be, but it doesn't mean they are effective. Some manage to be, and they're excellent. But Apples marketing tone changed in 2013.
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* "you're so wrong"
And no, I'm not. Because I never mentioned sales. I said the ads aren't good enough to make people, who aren't thinking about it already, want to buy them. AirPods are brilliant and an attractive product to many, including myself who also sold a few online. That has nothing to do with the ads.
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The most successful thing Apple has done is marketing, period.
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Why should you have to get used to the pain cause by a product offered by a company that refused to acknowledge these same criticisms about the earpod design they ripped off from 5 years ago? Don't be a tool, return them with a valid argument and maybe Apple can stop forcing customers to have to compromise to use a product simply because it has the Apple brand name on it.
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Why should you have to get used to the pain cause by a product offered by a company that refused to acknowledge these same criticisms about the earpod design they ripped off from 5 years ago? Don't be a tool, return them with a valid argument and maybe Apple can stop forcing customers to have to compromise to use a product simply because it has the Apple brand name on it.
Maybe he put one back in the case to conserve the battery.Made this gif to show you a major flaw in the video.
HE LOST ONE ALREADY!
If, IF I could dance like that I wonder if the AirPods would stay in my ears....
Wish they would have made an ad where the protagonist would ask Siri to make louder or softer while being on a commuter train... Siri - Make Softer and that 5 times to get the volume at the level of intent.
Hey Siri, Skip to next song. Hey Siri play previous song... How uncool is that in the public. I'd laugh at anyone asking his assistant to make the volume louder. Unless he is a handicapped person !
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Only problem with them is that they have ZERO features. You double tap and ask Siri to handle something for you like upping/downing the volume. You can also set double tap to stop/play but THEN you loose SIRI activation...
The pods are REALLY dumb - aside from the fact that can connect to Bluetooth.
Hey Siri, Skip to next song. Hey Siri play previous song... How uncool is that in the public. I'd laugh at anyone asking his assistant to make the volume louder. Unless he is a handicapped person !
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They sit there really well in comparison to cable version (which also sits great)
Only problem with them is that they have ZERO features. You double tap and ask Siri to handle something for you like upping/downing the volume. You can also set double tap to stop/play but THEN you loose SIRI activation...
The pods are REALLY dumb - aside from the fact that can connect to Bluetooth.
Black does NOT equal diversity.
I swear, if aliens came to earth and the only research on Americans they got from what was on TV and movies they'd quickly come to the conclusion that there's only two races - White and Black.