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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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I ordered non wireless and im in the US
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Wait, where are the black ones? I could have sworn I definitively read a headline stating they were coming.
Tsk, tsk.
It's honestly strange that so many people in thee rumor ring swore by thee black, matte color? maybe its an unfinished design that seeped out and won't come out until 2020
You must have an outstanding voice with perfect deflection. That seems to be one of the only ways Siri works on a somewhat consistent basis.
I'm not suggesting that Siri should be able to understand improperly spoken words, but the tolerance level is low and the background computations (reasoning) are not very good on many things.
Sounds good bud. Keep whining about the prices . . .
Don't reply if you don't get the whole point of my post
Wireless charging case should be standard not an extra cost
Ah ok, I’m in the US, but ordered the wireless one, still on Order processing
LMAO... ok. Whatever you say. Don't reply if you don't get my point...stop whining about the prices. HA HA HA HA.
I have the 1rst gen and after reading about this 2nd gen, I will wait and see what the 3rd gen will be like.
Very well spoken. I can't believe the amount of whining people do!
I think Apple is trying to set a trend with white for airpods. I don't think they will be in black anytime soon. Although I would prefer black I think society is getting used to white and I know longer find them unattractive. I'm a bit underwhelmed and if it weren't for the fact mine are 2 years old I probably wouldn't upgrade. Looking forward to new batteries at the min.
My airpods are just under two years old and I’m noticing the battery life is getting to be terrible. I think they also have a “throttle” of sorts because they don’t get anywhere near as loud as they used to and I clean them religiously.
Still painful in my ears. Still no sale.
The new Samsungs from the S10 are the right way to go. Sucks because I hate Samsung and all their intellectual theft.
The new Samsungs from the S10 are the right way to go. Sucks because I hate Samsung and all their intellectual theft.
Not outstanding at all. I just think the negativity is way over blown. In my truck I'm using an aftermarket mic that came with the pioneer headunit and it's mounted on the dash. Despite the road noise and the loud cummins diesel it still hears me just fine.
If Apple had a promotion where you could trade-in your 1st gen AirPods for some store credit applied towards the 2nd gen AirPods I would probably be vastly more interested.
But this is Apple we're talking about and that isn't realistic.
Doesn't Apple have a GiveBack program where you can trade in an eligible device for credit to offset the price of the device you want? Would AirPods be applicable or just iPhones/iPads?
They do have such a program. Applies to macs and macbooks too. Not sure about airpods.
Edit - no, it does not apply to airpods. Just about everything else though.
I recently used it to recycle an old imac that didn't work anymore. They aren't going to give you a credit for an old broken computer but they did provide a free shipping label to send it off to get recycled so I was happy about that.
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A little off topic but in related news the clone makers have just come out with a near 1:1 copy of the airpods complete with a w1 chip and wireless charging. Always interesting to see the timing of announcing new products when the copycats seem to be catching up.
I think it's a pretty big F-up that Apple didn't release matte black and even other colors of AirPods. "Colors" is a pretty obvious gen2 release decision. Its a no brainer decision seeing as they have always had many colors of everything. It's not like there is a 2002 argument that could be made for the difficulty in producing them. If ColorWare can do it after the fact then Apple can easily do it in production. I am pretty sure Steve would've also released one or two colors. I believe this is another sign that Apple is out of touch with their customers.
I very much doubt they have a W1 chip as that's apple only. But there have been a ton of clones out there for a long time now. They don't have all the features though. Close, but not all.
If it does do that, I still need to consider if I need it. I have never had AirPods case die on me - only AirPods itself. Maybe I will get the AirPods 3 is they upgrade the sound quality
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Health monitoring I think is what the watch is for for.
"Wireless Charging Case: charges via wireless (Qi-compatible) charging mat or Lightning connector"
so from the sounds of it, the Wireless Charging Case can be changed like normal or wirelessly.
if that's the case (pun intended).
I'm surprised they bothered with a non-wireless charge case option, apple keeps raising prices on everything else what's $40 more to "future proof"
so from the sounds of it, the Wireless Charging Case can be changed like normal or wirelessly.
if that's the case
(pun intended). I'm surprised they bothered with a non-wireless charge case option, apple keeps raising prices on everything else what's $40 more to "future proof"