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Kuo: Mass Production on Third-Gen AirPods Starting in First Half of 2021, Design Unchanged But New Internals [Updated]
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I recently bought Air Pod Pro. There are 2 issues. They can be too slippery for fingers and it is annoying putting the wrong-side bud in an ear.
I like my Air Pods Pro.
It would be much better to say "Siri" instead of "Hey Siri".
Currently when I say "Hey Siri read my last email" I hear "you have to unlock your phone". Maybe when I have the Air Pods in my ears Siri can ask me a security question I can answer to unlock the phone and hear my last email.
I like my Air Pods Pro.
It would be much better to say "Siri" instead of "Hey Siri".
Currently when I say "Hey Siri read my last email" I hear "you have to unlock your phone". Maybe when I have the Air Pods in my ears Siri can ask me a security question I can answer to unlock the phone and hear my last email.
If they’re ‘too slippery‘, then that means you either have a poor fit using the gel tips or you have moisture in your ears, I’ve never had an issue with slippery AirPods. Try changing the gel fitting, and it probably would decrease the chance of them slipping.
You Mentioned that you put the AirPods in the wrong side of ear, the way they are slanted/designEd, I’m not sure how you would even make that mistake to begin with. Especially if you take them out of the case to use them, how could you possibly put them in the wrong ear?
Lastly, the reason ‘Hey Siri‘ is necessary, if by just using the word ‘Siri’ Only , there are a lot of words that sound like Siri, you’d be invoking Siri inadvertently all the time without {Hey} in place first. That’s why Hey Siri exists in the first place, is it recognizes those specific two terms together.
Yup.
Still gets fun sometimes when I forget myself and say "Hey Sarah" upon seeing my friend Sarah...
When I'm on a full day of calls I just alternate single airpods.
Charge one while using the other.
Swap.
Repeat.
(and who's said phones won't have any ports in the forseeable future?)
I changed my post. I meant "can be slippery in the fingers".
When I put the buds in my pocket it is not totally obvious which bud goes in which ear when I pull one out. The wrong bud can go in my ear. When I touch the stem I realize it's the wrong bud.
Saying "hey Siri" again and again is 'retarded' (for lack of better word). Give me the option to either use "Siri" or "Hey Siri". For me "Siri" could be okay.
I don't see how it can, if they keep the same shape as the 2nd gen Airpods - the round part is filled with speaker and electronics, leaving only the stick part for battery (and microphone).
I don't think you are in the minority. Most people do not like the suction cup feeling.
Personally I really like AP1 and they are still going strong. I'll probably pick these up whenever they come out.
The design is what differentiates them from every other AirPods clone
ok, if this is true - it's great news on all fronts: they won't do away with this shape and the aren't coming out right away, which i'm fine with since i bought fresh gen 2's on black friday.
1H21
Can someone please explain to me how this date notation system works? Didn't learn this in school, can't find it with Google..
Can someone please explain to me how this date notation system works? Didn't learn this in school, can't find it with Google..
Yup, as predicted. Same design with redesigned internal hardware to support new firmware. First gen Apple devices are so predictable.
How the internal microphone design ever made it to production baffles me.
Hats off to all the Gen 1 APP Beta Testers.
How the internal microphone design ever made it to production baffles me.
Hats off to all the Gen 1 APP Beta Testers.
All 13 million of them?Yup, as predicted. Same design with redesigned internal hardware to support new firmware. First gen Apple devices are so predictable.
How the internal microphone design ever made it to production baffles me.
Hats off to all the Gen 1 APP Beta Testers.
Ummm so if they change the design on a future release - suddenly the ones you currently own and use will just somehow become unusable?
1. It will be as long as another year before the new design is out and the current one is discontinued and unavailable anywhere.
2 You should also have several years left with the current pair you are using right now - under Apple's policies you can get replacement parts and service through Apple for at LEAST 5 years from the date of last manufacture.
3. NO ONE - not Apple, not Tim Cook nor the ghost of Steve Jobs is forcing you to change or buy anything!
AirPods have an expiration date because the batteries inside them go bad and they cannot be replaced. So Apple discontinuing the current design would put a time limit on how long I'll be able to keep using them.
Why would I care what Airpod's clones look like? I buy AirPods for their superior functionality and integration within the Apple ecosystem.
I think you misunderstood my comment. AirPods came out as truly wireless earbuds so once other people realized how popular they were of course they had to make their own version. I wasn't talking about the cheap clone ones made for kids that look like AirPods. Sure AirPods have as you say "superior functionality and integration within the Apple ecosystem" but so do Beats earbuds. The thing that separates AirPods from all other wireless headphones is they are designed differently where they don't seal off your ears.
"Sleek and sexy" does me no good when one or both constantly slip out of my ears and I have to pick them up out of the garden, my lawn, the floor of the garage, or worst of all, out of the garbage can that I just threw something into. Keep your sleek and sexy.
Amen!
Oh no, they're slippery, regardless of which tips I used. I ended up returning them.
Oh, it's easy to do with the airpod pros. Believe me, it's easy to do.
I do the swap thing if I'm on endless conference calls, yep. But really, the battery life is not too shabby to begin with.
I think somebody else already answered. "1st Half of 2021". And this is actually standard lingo in business product and service timelines and lifecycles. You can go by Quarters (1st, 2nd, etc), or you can go by Halfs. Halfs is better when you don't want to pin yourself down to a mere 3-month period.
As an avid apple and music fan, i have airpod 1 and the airpod pro.
The AP1 stayed in my ear during boxing running and what not. They werent very loud but othereise were very good.
I bought the APPs because i thought they would be awesome. The noise cancelling was great. Ghe sound was better. But the two biggest things - the battery sucks and the fit is awful, and i mean really bad. Lile if i speak or chew they fall out or at least dislodge so you have to push them back in as a drop is imminent.
Its a shame i prematurely gave my AP1s to my friend as they were a much better headphone.
Solution? The powerbeats pros. 9 hour battery and they have clips so the headphones stick like glue no matter what youre doing. And theu sound better by far.. and cost less than the pros!?!?
The AP1 stayed in my ear during boxing running and what not. They werent very loud but othereise were very good.
I bought the APPs because i thought they would be awesome. The noise cancelling was great. Ghe sound was better. But the two biggest things - the battery sucks and the fit is awful, and i mean really bad. Lile if i speak or chew they fall out or at least dislodge so you have to push them back in as a drop is imminent.
Its a shame i prematurely gave my AP1s to my friend as they were a much better headphone.
Solution? The powerbeats pros. 9 hour battery and they have clips so the headphones stick like glue no matter what youre doing. And theu sound better by far.. and cost less than the pros!?!?