Man Turns to Body Modification to Keep AirPods Held in Place

[Michaelgtrusa]

I support him.

 

[BruceEBonus]

AirPods will be fantastic when they're finally produced for commercial sales. But for now let's applaud these beta testers for getting around their current design shortcomings by modifying their bodies and making them work as they should. Respect!

 

[Juicy Box]

It looks like ear rape.

 

[quickcalibre]

He's just doing it for attention, they likely fit fine in his ears.

 

[rubberfish]

fake news is really a big issue these days - not only during the election cycle

that guy got a got laugh out of his picture, nothing serious to see here - he made a joke, nothing to be picked up by 'news' agencies as serious news or solution to a none existing problem.

Chill out guys it's just a silly little story to fill the time. It's clearly a joke. What's the big deal?

 

[CarpalMac]

Obviously not taking this light hearted story too seriously, the first thing that struck me is that it is actually pulling it out/away from his ear, rather than helping it stay in.

 

[CmdrLaForge]

Smart, very smart. In this way they cannot get so easily lost.

 

[kildraik]

Are we sure we're getting the wHOLE story?

 

[frumpy16]

The fact that this is a front page story on this site is the last straw for me. I'm moving to a different blog. This is taking the equivalent of a random Reddit thread comment and making a full story out of it. And did this guy even give you permission to republish his picture on your site?

 

[fyun89]

No offense, but this kind of post is only appropriate in your sns

 

[mazz0]

Chilled guys, it's a joke!

However, as we're taking it seriously, won't that a) actually pull on them, since the lobe is twisted, and b) interfere with the reception, given the antenna is in the dangling bit?

 

[ocnitsa]

Please post more stuff like this...it apparently is getting boring types to leave the site. Btw, it's funny that in order to post their dismay at the state of the site as a whole they are still actively participating in said site.

 

[Telos101]

The sooner you delete this "news" the less of a joke this website becomes.

Someone got out of the wrong side of bed this morning.

 

[Stella]

Gross.

But hey, it's his body - he can do what he likes. Just needs to live with the consequences.

Makes the ear phones a lot more difficult to lose - He has his own docking station !

 

[andy.ringwood]

Really, MacRumours? You put this rubbish on here. Wow. Why don't you focus on real interesting stories people want to read?

9to5Mac is much better.

 

[SurferPup]

My guess is that he can be convinced that his nose can be used to charge them when not in use if he places some batteries in his mouth.

 

[Ragnar51]

Any takers on how long it will be before this buffoon steps blithely into traffic or in front of a train, gets squashed, and his estate and blames the EarPods?

 

[NT1440]

....What is this?

MacRumors seriously using a front page article based on someone's lame twitter joke? Seriously?

 

[newyorksole]

Wow what this website has become...

You mean what has this WORLD become. Because of memes, FB and just social media in general, this is stuff people are interested in.

 

[err404]

One that that I have noticed in many of the reviews claiming that the don't stay in, they have the "boom"swung forward about 45 degrees.
The angle of the head to the boom look about the same as the airpods. If I wore my earpods that way, they would fall out too.
It looks like they might be wearing them wrong.

 

[UmichAg]

He's holding them wrong

 

[Mactendo]

Tim Cook should hire this guy as VP of User Experience. He'll be a nice addition to the team alongside Jony Ive and Dr Dre.

 

[NachoGrande]

one heck of a neck beard..

 

[naeS1Sean]

So. Much. Criticism! All the time!!!

 

[Cineplex]

Clearly a Beats customer carryover.