Really?
$29 vs. Bose
That is like comparing BMW 528i to a base model Ford Focus.
With the Bose being the Ford Focus of course.
Really?
$29 vs. Bose
That is like comparing BMW 528i to a base model Ford Focus.
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The teardown experts at iFixit are undoubtedly itching to get their hands on the iPhone 5 later this week, and in the meantime they've decided to bide their time by taking apart Apple's new EarPods to see how the earphones compare to their predecessors. Overall, the teardown reveals a significantly revamped design with greater durability in the form of better-sealed components and increased cord strain relief features.
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Among the most interesting changes is a move to paper cones surrounded by a polymer, shifting away from the all-plastic design seen in the previous headphones.Early reviews of the EarPods indicate that they perform significantly better than the stock headphones included with previous iPhone and iPod models, but still fall far short of higher-quality offerings available from other companies. Apple is including the EarPods with the iPhone 5 and the new iPod touch and iPod nano, and is also selling them as a standalone $29 accessory.
Article Link: Apple's EarPods Receive the Teardown Treatment
people actually waste money on these things and buy them separately when there are much better alternatives out there?
Yes but will it survive a go in the washing machine ????
Early reviews of the EarPods indicate that they perform significantly better than the stock headphones included with previous iPhone and iPod models, but still fall far short of higher-quality offerings available from other companies.
What I don't like is that these earpods seem to have about 25% less sound volume level than the previous Apple earphones. Normal listening volume with the earpods is within the last 3 tics of max volume. The old earphones were just a bit over 50% volume and they were crazy loud at 80%+.
What I don't like is that these earpods seem to have about 25% less sound volume level than the previous Apple earphones. Normal listening volume with the earpods is within the last 3 tics of max volume. The old earphones were just a bit over 50% volume and they were crazy loud at 80%+.
neat..
so is Apple slowly getting rid of the old ones in store ? as now u can buy both, or are these just "left overs" ?
I may buy these new ear pods , just to test ... If i've wasted $29, then so be it.
I can see why Apple would call then "pods", but wouldn't you have thought they could have come up with a better name ?
Paper cones?!
How very Bose - like
Cheap!
Don't agree
Polyurethane is better and not much more money.
Better than that is Kevlar which are like my speakers at home. B&w
Paper will wear out faster than plastic and is prone to moisture and tearing.
Sorry to break it to you but apple cheaped out
Kevlar isn't a very good speaker material really, but it's very good for marketing purposes. It's not very stiff despite its toughness and so at excursion extremes it flexes making it a less efficient piston and causing sound character changes with different volumes. B&W used paper in their larger models' bass drivers with a Kevlar midrange, their flagship speakers use Aluminium drivers.
You may own some nice speakers but it doesn't mean you know everything about the technology behind them. Paper is still used in about 95% of the world's Hi-Fi speakers, much of the time with a coating and a flashy brand name. Plastic is mainly used in the very cheapest or smallest speakers/tweeters. Paper cones don't wear out faster as the wear and tear is mainly in the surround, I've never seen a paper speaker that has suffered from "moisture or tearing" under normal use - all cone types can be abused quite easily.
Here's my company, we've won about 50 or so awards as well as many more 5-Star reviews. I've done plenty of research into these things and was only yesterday listening to one of our older paper cone models that we used to sell to shops by the pallet load in the mid-nineties, strangely enough it still works.
Paper is cheap but it doesn't mean Apple's "cheaped out".
that's insightful.
why do the b&w speakers run kevlar vs cardboard? kevlar will deform less than cardboard.
typical stereo speakers shouldnt be subject to moisture but many of us use our iphones in the gym and while we run hence the sweaty mess.
my parents speakers (paradigm) are polypropylene - and those are 'budget' speakers . im not sure where cardboard is used in today's home theater speakers. your company makes some nice looking speakers!
those are cardboard?
The important question is: how is the sound quality on those things? I can't wait for a real audiophile to do a test on them.
those negative reviews on the earpods... meh.
if its better than the previous one, its good enough for me.