New AirPods Launch With H1 Chip, Hey Siri, Up to 50% More Talk Time, and Optional Wireless Charging Case

[PickUrPoison]

right) this may be one uneventful event)

It certainly will be for everyone who isn’t interested in Apple’s newest subscription services. Which could easily be 90% of users. But that other 10% would give Apple 130 million subscribers—about what Netflix has after 10+ years

But yeah, all these new product updates would have made for a nice event.

 

[hazeydavey]

from apple website..

Powered by the all-new Apple H1 headphone chip, AirPods deliver a faster and more stable wireless connection to your devices — up to 2x faster when switching between active devices,3 and a 1.5x faster connection time for phone calls.4 The H1 chip also drives voice-enabled Siri access and delivers up to 30 percent lower gaming latency.5 So whether you’re playing games, listening to music, or enjoying podcasts, you’ll experience higher-quality sound.


so from the "higher-quality sound" is where people might be getting that there is sound improvement.

Experience 'higher-quality' could just mean the quality of how there is less latency, or siri access....doubt it's sonically any better. If it was they'd be touting the hell out of that. Zero reason to upgrade my custom black iPods. Disappointed, but wallet happy.

 

[archer75]

My gen1 AirPods batteries are dying due to all the sweat from my daily workout.

How do you know it's sweat that's causing the batteries to die? Batteries get weaker over time. And if you got them near release they wouldn't hold anywhere near the same charge now.

 

[ysvsr1]

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3376159/what-we-know-about-apple-s-new-h1-airpod-chip.html

Bluetooth 5..better battery life..better connectivity...only missing feature for me is black color. Health features might be too early at this stage for such a small piece of hardware.

I placed an order with wireless charge case. I love my airpods. They are best for podcasts,audible and phone calls in office and home environment. I can’t explain how comfortable they are. In my opinion, after original iphone, airpods are the best product apple released. It is clearly evident that no other manufacturer could able to come close to airpods in terms of features and price. I purchased galaxy buds last week when they are on sale for half price and returned them next day. They are nowhere near quality of airpods first generation.

 

[ksec]

Could I just buy the a pari of AirPod Gen 2 as lost replacement and put it in my 1st gen Charging case?

 

[decypher44]

from apple website..

Powered by the all-new Apple H1 headphone chip, AirPods deliver a faster and more stable wireless connection to your devices — up to 2x faster when switching between active devices,3 and a 1.5x faster connection time for phone calls.4 The H1 chip also drives voice-enabled Siri access and delivers up to 30 percent lower gaming latency.5 So whether you’re playing games, listening to music, or enjoying podcasts, you’ll experience higher-quality sound.


so from the "higher-quality sound" is where people might be getting that there is sound improvement.

I guess that’s where some people are getting it from, but if there were improvements to sound quality, you’d think they’d at least explain how/why. No mention of hardware upgrade other than the H1. And the only thing they said about H1 is being able to switch between devices faster.

 

[cpfoto2005]

$99 CAD for the wireless charging case! Are you serious! Can't wait to see what Air Power will cost now that a charging case is that expensive.

The exchange rate is about 1.33 so that actually is pretty close, if not a bit cheaper.

 

[MBHockey]

really no compelling reason to get this if you own the original airpods. was hoping for them to bit a bit smaller. If they were the size of EarPods, i'd be all over them.

 

[Riddlin]

Hope we get AirPower this week also...

Oh it's coming.

 

[JTBing]

Literally laughable. A product is released with updated internals for the same price as the first gen, plus an optional add on for wireless charging, and you still have people complaining about the price. People are insane.

 

[MacModMachine]

That's what I'm trying to find out myself.

well its pretty straight forward and written quite clearly on the page.....not rocket science.
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So, AirPods have fewer features than Samsung Galaxy Buds and cost 53% more. At some point Apple execs will probably have to admit that they priced them too high (just like they did with iPhones).

ummm.... not sure you know much about economics...

look at Samsung vs apple.....


samsung has no idea what they are doing.....and tiny in comparison.

 

[PickUrPoison]

After reading the article again I can’t help but think Apple had a missed opportunity not offering Black as an option.

I think you’re right, but they can’t even meet demand just with white.

And for the life of me, I can’t figure out what the bottleneck is. As a supply chain guy, it must drive Cook crazy that they haven’t been able to ramp up manufacturing enough to keep the damn things in stock. Really? It’s been over two years and they still can’t crank them out fast enough. They are reportedly up to 35 million/yr but somehow demand continually outruns supply.

If they ever get a handle on their production constraint(s), I’m sure we’ll see some additional colors. It’s one of the easiest ways to boost sales.

 

[Bob Sanders]

Will the new case charge on Qi charging pucks that work with my phone?

Qi is an industry standard not an ambiguous term. All Qi chargeable devices work with all Qi chargers. Any product that does not comply is not Qi and would be prohibited from using the Qi branding by the Wireless Power Consortium.

 

[alexandr]

It certainly will be for everyone who isn’t interested in Apple’s newest subscription services. Which could easily be 90% of users. But that other 10% would give Apple 130 million subscribers—about what Netflix has after 10+ years

But yeah, all these new product updates would have made for a nice event.

in agreement! hey, i'm fine not waiting five days to find out that there won't be black/space version of airpods)

 

[dannyyankou]

Oh cool. I’m almost tempted to engrave my phone number on the off chance that I lose it and someone is nice enough to return it.

 

[igetit]

No black or matte finish makes it a no buy for me. I like my current AirPods but the lack of grip on the skin makes me have to adjust them every 5 seconds unless I use something like EarSkinz which in turn makes returning the AirPods to their case a pain in $%^$^

 

[cardfan]

It certainly will be for everyone who isn’t interested in Apple’s newest subscription services. Which could easily be 90% of users. But that other 10% would give Apple 130 million subscribers—about what Netflix has after 10+ years

But yeah, all these new product updates would have made for a nice event.

Lol. Apple will be lucky to get 20m subs anytime soon (after spending stupidly on it). And that’s the optimistic view. The video thing is a loser. Meanwhile the stuff that matters for Apple such as the hardware released this week gets a soft launch. Heck airpods alone will make apple more revenue then this doa video crap.

 

[Analog Kid]

More talk time and faster connection sold me. Don’t care about any of the other new or rumored features, really. I’d prefer tapping to wake Siri, I don’t care about the color, I don’t need extra grippiness, and I don’t care to wirelessly charge much of anything.

 

[archer75]

Lol. Apple will be lucky to get 20m subs anytime soon (after spending stupidly on it). And that’s the optimistic view. The video thing is a loser. Meanwhile the stuff that matters for Apple such as the hardware released this week gets a soft launch. Heck airpods alone will make apple more revenue then this doa video crap.

considering the service will be available to all apple customers it instantly gives them a huge market right off the bat. Airplay 2 is now coming to many manufacturers and even roku is adding it to their devices increasing more ways to watch it.

Services are becoming a much bigger part of the their revenue while hardware sales are slowing. The hardware market is saturated and there isn't the need to upgrade like there once was. Services are where it's at now.

 

[nippyjun]

My gen1 AirPods batteries are dying due to all the sweat from my daily workout. I’m really looking forward to the gen2, but this is such a letdown. what's so damn difficult to have a new color and improve water resistance? how cares about hi freaking Siri. longer talk time is nice for others but not for me, i only use the AirPods during workouts. now i have to turn to Bose Soundsport.

Powerbeats 3 are great for working out.

 

[ysvsr1]

Fyi, slick wraps has 60% off of their airpod skins. I am using them on my 1st gen airpods and they are good. No issue with charging or performance. I highly recommend them if any one is Waiting for black color.

 

[coolbreeze]

People actually use Siri enough to drop new cash on a Hey Siri version? Yikes.

One has to wonder how sustainable these rising prices are in AOC's brave new world...the line between wealth and poverty is sharply defined and Silicon Valley is a key offender, no? Shouldn't Apple's profits be distributed amongst all of us for free?

 

[falainber]

ummm.... not sure you know much about economics...

look at Samsung vs apple.....

samsung has no idea what they are doing.....and tiny in comparison.

Do tell. Let's look at the two companies.

Revenues for 2018
Apple - $261B
Samsung - $215B

Number of employees
Appe - 132000
Samsung - 320000

Now, please, define "tiny"
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People actually use Siri enough to drop new cash on a Hey Siri version? Yikes.

One has to wonder how sustainable these rising prices are in AOC's brave new world...the line between wealth and poverty is sharply defined and Silicon Valley is a key offender, no? Shouldn't Apple's profits be distributed amongst all of us for free?

Most people will buy new AirPods because the old ones are dying.

 

[Jacoblee23]

Crap. Release dates are early April already. Any chance Best Buy has these in stores next week? I dont have an apple store near me.

 

[Young Turk]

I was waiting on these, but I am lost on the actual improvements. Better sound? Better noise cancellation? Anything along those lines?

How about better fit, as was rumored here?