Yes but, by adding a wire, you no longer have to recharge the AirPods, thus innovation, since having to charge something that you never had to charge before is a step backward... not forward.
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Engineer Brings Wires and USB-C Connector to AirPods
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I can charge both my iPhone and AirPods Case with my iPad’s USB-C port. Apple does make USB-C EarPods, and the AirPodsMax are wired if you plug in a wire..
After using EarPods since the very first iPod, I consider the AirPods to be a step forward in convenience, not a step back, and I can always still use wired EarPods if I want to.
But the EarPods and AirPods are separate products which exist simultaneously so it incorrect to say that charging the AirPods is bad since you didn’t have to charge the EarPods. It’s similar to saying that laptops are a step backwards because you never needed to charge a desktop.
These look really ugly in my opinion will stick to my Beats Pro fit.
C'mon guys - it's april 1rst. And by the way - why repair when you can get a new one w/ cables at apple very cheap...
Marty, Marty! We have to send them back to the future...
The Airpod Pro 2's let me down with their noise cancelling capabilities, which barely match my old TaoTronics wired earbuds (which could also charge while in use). Unfortunately, I can't find wired noise cancelling headphones anymore. Everyone has stopped making them. Everything today is disposable junk that costs 3x more and is frustrating to pair. We've taken a big step backwards.
Why do wired earbuds need to charge? Or do you mean they are Bluetooth but connected by a wire between the buds? Something else?
As for the disposable junk, yeah apparently that’s the case for a lot of things. Manufacturers have a “Why repair when you can just buy new?!“ mindset. I’d rather buy once and fix years later if necessary.
I know you can still do this but it costs a lot more every time.
Never actually occurred to me to try that. TIL. Not sure I’d use it for the phone but would be good for headphones.
This is not nearly the feat of the USB-C iPhone. This is just mapping the power on a USB-C to small soldered connections in the ear phones and bypassing the battery. Having to use bluetooth for audio and also connect to USB for power doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
The charging part of the laptop is a step back from a desktop. Just as the charging part of AirPods is a step back from EarPods. In those two areas, both desktops and EarPods are superior.
Wired headphone microphone still works perfectly normally on my 16" m2 pro, I'd be surprised if it was removed on other models with headphone jack still?
Unless the airpods remote/microphone part works in some way differently to the one on my sennheisers.
You can also get a 9$ jack adapter and plug literally anything you like into it:
The only drawback is that it wears out your Lightning port slightly faster.
I never understood why items are made wireless if it is not absolutely necessary. Why a wireless keyboard, a wireless mouse, wireless headphones? My mouse sometimes falls from the table and I love that is has a cable to pull it up again.
