heeloliver
macrumors 6502a
Awesome. Can't wait to see apples version of wireless earbuds.
Yeah , you are correct , that estimate is way off, more like double
Personally, I think as long as Beats continue to sell like they do Apple will just leave it alone and let it do what it does. Right now, Beats is simply a license to print money. Beats owns it's market in marketshare, revenue, and profit. Apple has no reason to do anything to Beats. 'Cept count the money from it.Haha ... don't you think that once Apple focuses on audio exclusively as they seem to be with this next iPhone, that they will finally absorb Beats and restructure the division to fall under direct Apple supervision? I mean they've slowly folded Beats under their brand, so the hardware would be the last of the company they would absorb and "improve"?
So there will be Apple Beats, Apple Pods, Apple Buds, etc.?
Fixed that for ya.Everyone is forgetting that Bluetooth 5.0 is coming soon and I think and hope it's going to be awesome!
Wired technology will coexist with wireless forever. They are fundamentally different yet either can be the perfect complement of the other. No need to throw wire to trash can.Anything is better than a 3.5 jack.
Get rid of those damn things already. The sooner we get away from wired old technology the sooner improvements will come.
The past belongs in the past.
$200 would be a huge investment for me as a headphone.Sounds wonderful, but I doubt it.
I’ve been watching Bragi since their Kickstarter, but their price, bugs, and Apple’s rumored earpods have kept me from purchasing. If Apple’s are less than $200, I’m buying.
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IF ONLY APPLE WOULD RELEASE THEM.
Sounds wonderful, but I doubt it.
I’ve been watching Bragi since their Kickstarter, but their price, bugs, and Apple’s rumored earpods have kept me from purchasing. If Apple’s are less than $200, I’m buying.
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IF ONLY APPLE WOULD RELEASE THEM.
But we know Schiller is obsessed with the upsell so there will be something better than what's in the box to get people to spend $$ on accessories.It has to be wireless earbuds bundled with the phone if they are getting rid of the jack. The point of getting rid of the jack is to say you don't need it anymore. And yes the sound through bluetooth is good enough. I have $25 cans that sound perfectly fine. They sound much better than any in ear or pod that I've owned. But then again they are much larger. Since the size of the speaker is main stumbling point. Much easier to make a good sounding larger speaker than a small one. But apple will ship a pod or in ear thing closer in size to what they currently ship. So sound may suffer a bit. But only a bit. It isn't like the current pods are great shakes.
As for battery life, bluetooth already lasts a long time. If Apple can put the battery life of the earphones on my phone as a notification, like they do with the Apple Watch, then battery life will be a none issue. Just check the phone and see how much juice you have left. If you don't have enough, find a lightning cable, charge the earphones for 30 minutes and you should be good to go for the next day or two. The battery in these things is tiny. Heck it might only take ten minutes to recharge them a substantial amount.
This is why most cellphones come with a jack so you can use them with the POTS land line that everyone still has.Wired technology will coexist with wireless forever. They are fundamentally different yet either can be the perfect complement of the other. No need to throw wire to trash can.
Don't know what to say except 'told you so'.
(^ for those who didn't believe me in previous threads)
Apple will be pushing wireless over wired lightning due to the fact it's a universal standard and wireless. These headphones will likely be more convenient than other wireless options. They won't be bundled with the iPhone 7, which will likely come with standard EarPods and an adapter. This is due to the cost so they'll be sold separately.
Having said that, I really hope they do come in the box. It'll show that Apple cares about their customers that are giving up a port to buy their phone. It's also a more premium offering than other smartphones which all come with wired headphones.
I don't want "NO" battery near my brain! I'll stick to wired.
As long as bluetooth is an option and there is some wired alternative, this is fine. Keeping a radio transmitter next to your head, no matter how tiny, just seems like a bad idea long term.
(And I use wired ear pieces in order not to have the phone right next to my head either!)
Bluetooth rarely drops... sound quality is pretty good with AptX codec.
"The way it works at Apple is if it doesn't work 100%, it gets cut"
bwahahahahahahahaha. sure. maybe before Tim.
Let them work til they split their barrels.
I hate Bluetooth and will only buy phones with headphone jacks.
Anything is better than a 3.5 jack.
Get rid of those damn things already. The sooner we get away from wired old technology the sooner improvements will come.
The past belongs in the past.
How will these work with video? Whenever I watch video using BT headphones the audio and video are never in sync.