Fair points! I bought a gorgeous leather case for my 15 Pro from a company called Ryan London. The thing that kind of kills me is that I won't be able to reuse it on a subsequent iPhone because they tweak the bloody dimensions every single version now. :/Well when it comes to breakdowns, plastic break down to micro plastics, and it’s in everything… our food, our bloodstreams and organs even our brains. And Apple is making more? I’ll take Leather any day, and the leather Apple used was not made with toxic chemicals. PETA is pleased, but honestly we’re all worse off. And don’t give me vegan leather, that’s just another name for plastic. 🤬
Apple colluding with Big Case to spite us all!!1!Fair points! I bought a gorgeous leather case for my 15 Pro from a company called Ryan London. The thing that kind of kills me is that I won't be able to reuse it on a subsequent iPhone because they tweak the bloody dimensions every single version now. :/
Silicone doesn't break down into microplastics and isn't plastic. There are good alternatives. I myself got a nomad leather case for mine, but it also has plastic in the whole frame so not much better for reducing microplastics.Well when it comes to breakdowns, plastic break down to micro plastics, and it’s in everything… our food, our bloodstreams and organs even our brains. And Apple is making more? I’ll take Leather any day, and the leather Apple used was not made with toxic chemicals. PETA is pleased, but honestly we’re all worse off. And don’t give me vegan leather, that’s just another name for plastic. 🤬
Two different things. Both are "woke" issues (if that's what you want to call it), but one is animal welfare and the other is environmental welfare.So they use plastic instead, that’s so environmentally irresponsible 🤯. Bad on Apple!
Exactly. They want to reduce plastic waste, and improve animal welfare? Don't change the sizes, thickness, and button and camera arrangements *every* year. It's also stopped making sense commercially: one reason I don't upgrade my phone is because I have 7 cases for it, and don't want to have to buy new ones. I do upgrade my Apple Watch every year because the armbands still fit.Fair points! I bought a gorgeous leather case for my 15 Pro from a company called Ryan London. The thing that kind of kills me is that I won't be able to reuse it on a subsequent iPhone because they tweak the bloody dimensions every single version now. :/
But that's still a huge improvement over having to throw your earbuds away after a few years.You can only replace the batteries on Fairbuds.
Only being able to replace batteries ≠ repairable
Shame they couldn't improve on the 0 score, maybe next time...
If we screw up the environment then the animals (including us) won’t matter… 🔥🔥🔥Two different things. Both are "woke" issues (if that's what you want to call it), but one is animal welfare and the other is environmental welfare.
Sustainability is critical, and now, not starting at some point in the future…but the leather issue is, I agree, absurd. Do advocates for this position suppose we’ll kill fewer cows, or eat less meat, because of this? Cowhide leather is an mere byproduct, and when properly tanned, is a responsible use of material that would be wasted otherwise.I still dont get why we had to get rid of leather cases but disposable consumable electronics that mostly will end up in a landfill after a few years is OK.
Even as someone who isn't on their high horse about sustainability blah blah, it bothers me about AirPods to a degree.
Personally, I would rate the pollution from the petrochemical industrial production of plastics to be far worse than animal husbandry and leather production (a byproduct of the meat industry).Cynically, I think a lot of this is about perception. There are certainly environmental costs associated with tanning leather (even if the animals themselves are already being used for food), and there are environmental costs obviously associated with production of plastic. It certainly sounds good to say you're phasing out leather, though! Would be very interested to see a real world breakdown of those impacts....
Some people (like me) hoped that Apple would have made some internal changes to improve the reliability including stronger/thicker and more wear-resistant wiring to prevent connection/audio failures.Why bother tearing the max down when they already did one for the original and they are basically the exact same product!!
It amazes me, that people have managed to brand being ecologically and environmentally concerned for the future of our SPECIES and planet as something negative and ‘woke.’Two different things. Both are "woke" issues (if that's what you want to call it), but one is animal welfare and the other is environmental welfare.
As much as I do find ifixit’s teardowns to be self-serving, I do enjoy reading them and the fact that they publicize just how unsustainable most tech products are — and that will hopefully bring this more into the public consciousness that maybe these products could be manufactured and designed in a different way.I think they at least deserve a 2 for the fact that you can replace the case without replacing the buds, or vice versa, but I get what iFixit is saying.
What do you mean by "folded" exactly?Some people (like me) hoped that Apple would have made some internal changes to improve the reliability including stronger/thicker and more wear-resistant wiring to prevent connection/audio failures.
Instead, I am resorting to never folding my AirPods Max. (my third pair after 2 previous failures, both of which I folded multiple times a day)
Edit: Apple has confirmed the AP4 /APP2USBC are both lossless and low latency.
Apple does confirm that AP4 and APP2 support lossless, low latency audio.
I really wish there was more testing with the lossless audio feature.
Where?
This is the first article I've seen that discusses lossless audio with the Vision Pro. Evidently it is delivered via Wifi 2.5 or 5 Ghz. Would love to know more.
Because Apple actually does not care about the green agenda. If they truly did they would make products that could be upgradeable and thus last longer. In the 3 R's that were drilled in when I was a kid, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, recycle is the last option. Reduce and reuse. Now imagine if you could actually upgrade your computers and other Apple products, they would stick around much much longer and people would reduce how much they are actually buying. Of course that does not keep the bank account topped up as much as Apple and other companies would like. But who am I to judge, Apple had mother nature impressed as they padded themselves on the back for how green they are... and I am sure they are not buying any carbon credits right?I still dont get why we had to get rid of leather cases but disposable consumable electronics that mostly will end up in a landfill after a few years is OK.
Even as someone who isn't on their high horse about sustainability blah blah, it bothers me about AirPods to a degree.
WOW. So the AirPods Max won’t support Lossless(!) until the next revision, whenever that will happen! Apple really is unbelievable. Personally, I don’t like the design (or the case) of the AirPods Max, and I don’t think they have the best sound anyway, but if they had actual Lossless wireless functionality, they’d be worth further consideration.Here is a screenshot from the Vision Pro tech specs page. I’m confident that I read somewhere that it’s multichannel Bluetooth that enables the feature, but I can’t find that reference anywhere. It’s also ALAC based. I was thinking it was a scrambled bitstream. I can confirm the latency is super low (used iPad synths on vp with no noticeable delay, compared to about 100ms on lightning APP2)
I’m confident that I read somewhere that it’s multichannel Bluetooth that enables the feature,
Did anyone else find this to be a very clumsy teardown
Well-known electronics repair website iFixit today shared an AirPods 4 teardown video that offers a look inside Apple's latest wireless earbuds. Specifically, these are the entry-level AirPods 4 without active noise cancellation (ANC).
Unsurprisingly, iFixit said AirPods remain a "nightmare to take apart," with the earbuds earning a lowest-possible 0/10 score on iFixit's reparability scale.
The teardown does not reveal any major internal differences between the AirPods 3 and AirPods 4.
The charging case for the AirPods 4 without ANC is equipped with a 345 mAh battery. This is the same size battery as in the AirPods 3 charging case.
iFixit also opened up the revised AirPods Max, which launched alongside the AirPods 4 last month. Aside from a USB-C port instead of a Lightning port, the headphones have no major internal differences compared to the original AirPods Max.
Article Link: iFixit Shares AirPods 4 and USB-C AirPods Max Teardown Video