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First AirPods Orders Begin Arriving in Australia and New Zealand as Apple Stores Begin Sales
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500 cycles in a year? *********! 500 cycles are 2500 hours, which are almost 7 hours a day.Has there been any word on battery lifespan for these? If they're only good for 500 cycles (like iPhones) you could easily burn through a pair in a year.
I think the Apple Watch can handle about 1000. That would be still really bad for 180€ earphones.
EDIT: Then again, that would be about 3.5 Cents/hour. (180/(5*1000)) Maybe it's not that bad.
EDIT: At that point they will probably be dead from all the ear-wax anyhow.
(... naturally, I ordered some.)
Normal users would listen to music occasionally, for example for 2-3 hours a day, because normal users are also working, socializing, watching TV and movies, eating, driving, bathing, resting, ******... I don't know...being normal humans. Except if your work requires to wear and use headphones, there is no scenario where you can burn through 500 cycles in a year (also assuming you are not a music maniac in which case you would probably have professional audio gear and not headphones made by Apple).
Also, who said they only last for 500 cycles? Knowing Apple's battery technology these headphones would last for at least 2 years of every day use (in the worst case scenario of 500 cycles). If they last for 1000 cycles, you would probably loose them or destroy them before facing any battery use.
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Got mine via UK Mail. Was scheduled between 8.50 and 9.50, arrived 8.40.
I like them ... Not too heavy in the ear, given my head a good shake with them in, not falling out.
One thing I have noticed. When you take one out music stops. I thought they carried on playing through one AirPod.
When you press Play then the music carries on but I thought they were clever enough to know you'd taken one out and just carried on playing in the AirPod in your ear.
They paired straight away with my iPhone so impressed.
Sound seems better than EarPods and, as someone who has struggled with in-ear headphones in the past (I think I have small ear canals), they fit perfectly, as EarPods do.
Enjoy when they arrive!
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I have an iPhone 7 256GB, Apple iWatch Series 1 42mm, Macbook Pro Retina 2015 and despite loving Apple products... I really dont understand why somebody would buy the wireless Apple earpods over the the PowerBeats 3 or Beats X.
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Cue the 'what a ripoff, my gas station earbuds that were free with gas fill up sound better and are wireless to boot' rants.
imho, wow! exactly what i have wanted for years. i listen to a lot of podcasts (and some music) and my biggest problem is having to switch from lg-tone bluetooth headpones to apple earpods just to make a call with decent voice quality.
every time i am speaking to someone who is using bluetooth i cannot hear them properly. this just happened on an important call to a relative in hospital. his bluetooth was crap and i could not hear important medical information due to crappy voice quality. due to limited mobility he could not reach/hold his phone so i had to hang up and call at a later date.
i also do not like in ear headphones with the earbuds that completely seal your ear canal. i think they contribute more to ear wax issues.
imho, wow! exactly what i have wanted for years. i listen to a lot of podcasts (and some music) and my biggest problem is having to switch from lg-tone bluetooth headpones to apple earpods just to make a call with decent voice quality.
every time i am speaking to someone who is using bluetooth i cannot hear them properly. this just happened on an important call to a relative in hospital. his bluetooth was crap and i could not hear important medical information due to crappy voice quality. due to limited mobility he could not reach/hold his phone so i had to hang up and call at a later date.
i also do not like in ear headphones with the earbuds that completely seal your ear canal. i think they contribute more to ear wax issues.
Because Beats is a brand of style of substance? Have you heard any pair of Beats headphones? Not worth the cash. Or even a tenth of it.
Do you really need to understand, or can you just accept the fact that people like different things?
Just got mine and they are fantastic.
Bass better than I expected.
Do the Apple Stores have any to try before you buy?
Also is there a maximum number of pairings? Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, MacBook Pro, iMac, Apple TV, and a Windows laptop?
Also is there a maximum number of pairings? Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, MacBook Pro, iMac, Apple TV, and a Windows laptop?
I would say yes people care a lot about air pods
There's been like 2k posts talking about them since they were available.
Sadly I don't have a new MPB yet, but surely they could offer two versions so you can choose which cable suits you best? (even if only online)
I'm not saying the Airpods are not a product cared about or not (Which I ordered). Point was to that forum member, was the AirPods on Macrumors are for discussion, regardless of what is supported or unsupported.
Yeah was replying to you in agreement with your point
Your Airpods will be arriving shortly. Hope you like them. I have a few weeks to go.
So question for those of you who have had hands on time with them...video latency. This will be my first pair of Bluetooth (wireless) headphones. I watch a lot of video on my phone and MacBook. Is there any noticeable audio latency when watching Netflix, YouTube, etc? This is my biggest concern before I buy them...
If you are using them as a bluetooth headset 8 hours a day is not as ridiculous as you might think.
I think the writer summed it up fine. If they had been qualifying the sound quality with the loud association then they would have put a hyphen or colon. The writer used a full stop - therefore 2 different points. Perhaps you need to change your approach to criticism...?
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What is it with people on this site, cause trauma?
Way to be over dramatic.
Have an original thought and don't parrot what you read or hear in the media.
Try them yourself.
If you don't like, return.
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Question. Why have my AirPods arrived only 24% charged when the case is 80% charged. Thought they auto charged when in the case?
Good question.
I just checked mine which I brought an hour ago and my Airpods are %100 and the case 67%.
I haven't put the case on the charger so this is the percentages my came with.
A cool new feature which makes apple watch better is that you can answer a phone call on the apple watch and continue the conversation via the airpods so that other people nearby can't hear the person on the other end.
Unfortunately before when you answered a call on the apple watch, the call was via the apple watch speaker and so everyone around you could hear the person on the other end. Airpods have solved that problem.
I just tried this out and it works pretty well.
Unfortunately before when you answered a call on the apple watch, the call was via the apple watch speaker and so everyone around you could hear the person on the other end. Airpods have solved that problem.
I just tried this out and it works pretty well.
I hesitated between the airpods and the Powerbeats as well. But I decided I wouldn't be running while listening to music, and didn't like all the extra hooks and extensions that come with the Powerbeats.
Airpods it is then.