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The AirPods at $159 are close to the price I suspected, which was $149. Seems that report was wrong about it being more than Beats. I didn't think that made any sense. I just hope they stay in my larger ear canals without falling out.
 
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"Courage, the courage to move on"...

no... COWARDICE... the cowardice to not stand up to Ive and Dre. This isn't about a magical experience, or improvement for customers... this is 1000% about selling wireless Beats products. DON'T tell me about "Apple and the Floppy Disk". The floppy was already obsolete when Apple removed it.
Headphone jacks are FAR from obsolete. There is a reason that the 3.5" jack has survived since THE 80's!!! Those Airbuds are going get lost 4 times a day, and not be charged when you want them... but... BEATS !!! Apple cares more about Dre than it's customers. Apple has now fixed another things that was not broken. That's not innovation, it's money grubbing. The winner here is clear... Beats and Samsung.

"back when Apple was a computer company...." Eddie Cue - 2016

The problem is not the REMOVAL of the headphones jack. It's the SOLUTION they found to replace it.
 
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Yeah, $159 for AirPods... not for me, especially since I expect them to be not so comfortable and only come in white....
 
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