Both the silicone and apple leather cases are supposed to allow for wireless charging I remember them saying.
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New AirPods Launch With H1 Chip, Hey Siri, Up to 50% More Talk Time, and Optional Wireless Charging Case
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Both the silicone and apple leather cases are supposed to allow for wireless charging I remember them saying.
I have to agree ... 2 years and just a battery boost, hey Siri (which I never use), and wireless charging case? This is more in line with a “S” update! For those that don’t currently own a pair, otherwise it looks like a money grab!
My current AirPods are crapping out on me, sound drops out! I guess from all the sweat working out! I had them for 10 months!
Initially I had a knee jerk reaction and placed a pair in my bag, then realized I’m paying 200+ with tax for a minor update, and no real functionality for me during my workouts.
Very disappointed. My Gen1s are crapping out. Battery is atrocious. I was going to pounce on the 2nd gen as soon as announced. I saw this story and fired up the Apple Store app. Had the new pods in my cart, then hesitated. “Let me check out all the details first...”. Came back here to read, then read everything on their store. My cart went empty. Spending nearly $200 for not much of an upgrade isn’t worth it to me.
I guess I’ll look for something else, or just wait until 2020.
Very disappointed.
I guess I’ll look for something else, or just wait until 2020.
Very disappointed.
So 50% increase in talk time. Instabuy.
Yup, me too. Talk time is my biggest complaint with the current AirPods.
I was referring to their quarterly earnings. They posted a 5% revenue decline (year-over-year) last quarter (which included the last holidays).
I wouldn't imagine they want to report a second quarter-in-a-row of declining revenue results, so I was wondering if they held some of these updates until now, to help this quarters revenue show an increase over last years. This was all in response to a post that asked why these weren't released during the last holiday.
Yeah, I can see for people who use them for actual phone calls, the extra battery is nice. $160-200 though?
Good thing they cost the same as original Airpods. However, to charge an extra $50 for the inductive charging case is annoying and in line with Apple's increased greed. The standalone case price of $79 is even more outrageous. Also disappointing that they only come in white still. Clearly, no Apple employee or executive has ever seen snow. It is WHITE Apple and it blends with Airpods like rain in a puddle.
There seems to be no photos of the bottom of the wireless case, there is still a lightning port there yes?
Edit: Saw that my question has already been answered. It says in the product description that they indeed have a lightning port.
There seems to be no photos of the bottom of the wireless case, there is still a lightning port there yes?
Edit: Saw that my question has already been answered. It says in the product description that they indeed have a lightning port.
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In sincere tribute acknowledging the hard working people behind this technology - the H1B visa Apple employees.
You think everyone works at Apple are H1B only?
Maybe. But definitely this year in any case. But will it have an Apple or Intel CPU, that’s the real question.Macbook (12") updates tomorrow. You heard it here first.
For now, will have to be satisfied with new iPad, iMac and AirPods.
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Better specs for the same price, plus optional wireless case. Just think how you would feel if yesterday was the last day of your AirPods 1 return window!
I'll be upgrading from my 2-year old Gen 1s. The battery isn't good anymore.
Not being negative, but I would expected more from Apple on this update with AirPods, especially been since it’s well over two years since they have been updated. Kind of disappointed, and wish they would’ve least offered a secondary color in a slate/black and a water resistance rating at a minimum.
You can have them in any color as long as it’s white.
What an oddly boring refresh. A new chip and wireless charging. No new audio specs. No design changes.
Even Sony knows you gotta change more than that to get upgraders excited.
What an oddly boring refresh. A new chip and wireless charging. No new audio specs. No design changes.
Even Sony knows you gotta change more than that to get upgraders excited.
Why would they hold updates until the quarter is almost over?
If they had done this the first week of January I’d agree with your theory.
Better specs for the same price, plus optional wireless case. Just think how you would feel if yesterday was the last day of your AirPods 1 return window!
I would feel fine. Much more important things in my life.
I've also got a set of the BackBeat Pro 2, but these are used at work for all day conference calls. Way too big for me for my style of travel. When I travel, I use the wired lightning earbuds that came with my iPhone X, stored in the little plastic case that came with the wired 3.5 earbuds in my iPhone 6. Airpods would replace my use case for my wired earbuds, portability and travel.
As much as I'd love a set, I'm still probably not going to buy them, for the same reason I haven't bought the original airpods, I don't actually 'need' them enough to justify the spend. The wired is good enough for my current usage. If I was back on the road every week, like I used to be a few years ago, maybe, but currently, these are going to sit in the "Maybe one day" bucket.