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First AirPods Orders Begin Arriving in Australia and New Zealand as Apple Stores Begin Sales
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I went on break from my work and managed to get the very last pair in Manchester Arndale center.
Where do you live? Fedex is still showing mine as departing Memphis even thou its 2 day and its been 16+ hours now that they have been departing
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Very nice. Hope you like them
I hear ya bro, life's a *itch... likely those same people have not a single USB A wall charger in the house. While most of the rest of the world probably has a half dozen (likely more) rattling around in kitchen drawers for years.
AirPods just need power to charge - there's nothing to "match" over the cable.
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That's because you are in Abu Dhabi... Dubai mall's have got in to Christmas spirit in a big way....
I have the new MacBook and just bought the airpods. I really don't get what the issue is here and why people are whining. I have lots of ways to charge my airpods.
A person that thinks that an Apple Watch is in good taste has no right to say such a thing.
Ooh well done! What time were you there, any abnormal queues? I'm guessing not if you just walked in at midday and nabbed some.
Mine should be appearing within the next 28 minutes if my DPD driver is on schedule.
Or you need to realize those are two different statements. Sound quality is good AND they go very loud
Wanted to hear how loud they are - outside my ears.
So I tricked them to think they are still in my ears by covering one of the 2 small holes on the side.
They kept playing when I took them out of my ears.
Then when I uncovered the holes the music stopped playing.
So I tricked them to think they are still in my ears by covering one of the 2 small holes on the side.
They kept playing when I took them out of my ears.
Then when I uncovered the holes the music stopped playing.
Sure, Abu Dhabi's malls have too - everywhere. But I am talking about etiquette with Emiratis, particularly high ranking and/or traditional in outlook. It is a minefield of being careful what you say. Trees in malls are neither here nor there at the end of the day.
I walked in at 11:55, there was no queues and when I asked if they got any on stock they said they had 4. But after 3 min when it came from the storage room it appeared to be the very last pair, leaving a customer who asked after me a bit disappointed.
Thank you for your rational post. Sadly, that kind of "problem" solving ability that most of us take for granted is lost on many.
Sadly, people whine on forums because it provides a feeling of power that is otherwise not found in other aspects of their lives. Apparently, that feeling of power wins out over embarrassment that most of us would feel if we were to do the same.
No cables, auto switching between devices, by all accounts better sound quality than EarPods. And I happen to like the sound of my EarPods already, anyway. Sorry, I'm not an enlightened guru of audio, but, here's a tip, very few people care about sound quality as much as you do. Let them buy the things they want, and there's not really a need to bash them for it.
have a nice, grumpy day, grumpy pants in chief.
True that...
I live up near Emirates Hills/Marina/JBR area, where even Emirati's feel foreigners themselves... Anyway's Christmas never feels the same as in our home country...
Only option three was remotely possible.
Option 1 doesn't make any sense because Apple is quite clear that the future of headphones is wireless and not lightning headphones. If you have their laptop (especially the MB Pro) they expect you to have their wireless headphones. The headphone jack is still there but not really for headphones. There are other professional uses for that port.
Option 2 couldn't be done because the Q-tips as you call them (which is kind of funny) weren't ready in part and because they are massively too expensive to be included in a device that is already pricey compared to competitors.
Option 3 doesn't really make sense because the USB-C port is really great because of its multitude of uses. Just using it for a charger doesn't make too much sense. And considering that less than 5% of iPhone 7 buyers in 2016-2017 will have a MacBook or MacBook Pro in 2016 or 2017 and it would be confusing to the 95% of buyers to include a new cable. And even for that 5% of iPhone users that have the new laptops mainly useful in the use case of traveling and then only to save them from (A) buying a $10 cable or $5 dongle or (B) carrying around another cable and charger. I really doubt there are going to be many users who's office setup isn't going to include a space for a charger or a USB hub that will have USB-A ports. So it is just a travel issue.
Got to my store 5 minutes ago and there were 7 people sitting down. We then started a "formal" line. Excited to see how many they got and I haven't seen any of these people before so that's saying something.
Lets see how this goes. No ones come out yet so I'm assuming they have some.
[doublepost=1482154777][/doublepost]Just checked my tracking and it looks like they just arrived at my local fedex center. I've never had luck with fedex delivering early so I'm not holding my breath. One pair is for me and the other pair is for my sig other. Lets see if fedex surprises me.
Lets see how this goes. No ones come out yet so I'm assuming they have some.
[doublepost=1482154777][/doublepost]Just checked my tracking and it looks like they just arrived at my local fedex center. I've never had luck with fedex delivering early so I'm not holding my breath. One pair is for me and the other pair is for my sig other. Lets see if fedex surprises me.
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If you buy them for that price not also expecting better sound quality than the ones they give you for free then you've more money than sense.
