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New Data Says AirPods Have Captured Much Smaller Share of Headphone Market Than Earlier Estimates
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Many have shied away because of the price and form factor. I don't think it will ever be 30% market share by units or dollars, but it will climb steadily. My wildly unscientific guess would be it settles around 15% in the next 12-18 months.
But Apple must try their best to prevent their products "being stored but no one buys them". Oh wait...
The sale estimation could go terribly wrong.
I understand that, look at the beginning of the line you quoted. Although, your comment of "a guy" that you saw doesn't sound like a lot of people either. Again, this doesn't mean much. I don't know anyone with a NES Classic Edition, but I know a bunch of people that would like one.
Maybe they are selling like crazy, I have know idea. Judging by this article and others we have seen, no one but Apple really knows how well they are selling.
One thing though, I wouldn't ever trust Apple's (or any other company's) comments about how well anything they have is selling without actual numbers.
Exactly. Since it's quite unlikely that Apple reported its B&M sales, and that these were primarily available through Apple at the time of the survey... it means actual sales will likely fall somewhere between the higher and lower numbers.
I think any MR article on this topic should include statistics on the changing ratio of wireless to wired headphone sales, as that ties into the "disappearing 3.5mm headphone jack" controversy. If we're going to find cause for debate in every article, it may as well be a juicy debate.
I was going to say it was me, but where I come from we don't use the phrase "public transport" so it sounds like Apple sold at least two sets.
100% agree but the funny inverse of this would be people complaining that they are in stock everywhere so the product has to be a flop.
Nobody knows the real numbers besides Apple, and they have zero reason to share them. All this speculating is nonsense, just understand that they are a phenomenal product at a mid range price (for quality wireless headphones) and have been loved by most who purchased them.
Considering Slice Intelligence was founded specifically to research the Apple Watch, and continues to survey a limited pool of Apple enthusiast who specifically seek out to opt in for Slice research survey's, I'd put my money on the other guy in heartbeat.
Most surveys and polls are wrong if not outright lies, no surprise here. The truth is less important than some content with traction, click whoring.
Only Apple knows the real data, so unless they are selling as well as the Hoodwinkers at Apple are telling us i.e. giving actual numbers instead of lumping sales it into Other Sales, we'll never know the truth.
And that drives people mad when Apple won't release numbers. And then the assumption arises that Apple must be hiding something or sales are stagnant.
The fact that the earliest shipping dates for these is Mid March, must speak volumes The Airpods are selling strong, which more concrete evidence than what Slice Intelligence is reporting.
Yeah, one of the few right/highly beneficial decisions made by Apple in the last couple of years. Now as for the AirPods, all I can say is bring out a black pair and watch sales explode. It doesn't matter what musicians Apple gets to wear those white blow dryers in its AirPod commercials, a black pair is needed.
Nuff said.
Nuff said.
I don't understand the problem. The old EarPods look almost exactly the same.
But they also have a white cord that hangs down from both sides of your face... across your body... and into a pocket.
Are telling me that cords hanging from your head and body looks better?
I live in New York and have only seen one person with them. Maybe it will take a couple more months before I see them more frequently?
It is strange that the supply chain "expert" became CEO and now they're having supply chain problems left and right. Who's overseeing the supply chain now? Nobody? Eddy Cue?
So they're surveying a group of people that volunteers to be surveyed around a particular topic? That's like going to the Republican National Convention and reporting the vast majority vote Republican. Confirmation bias at it's finest.
Really? they cheaped out here it seems. Why I like offerings from bose and such for head gear. They give options. Usually 2-3 size things to replace to fit ear better. I get lucky and the stock one fits an any pair bought. If not...well you 1 or 2 other things to get a better fit.
I know...inb4 apple hater for mentioning another brand. This is why I leave audio to audio people. One size fits all not happening here. Case of fitting to ear...implication is loss of sound quality and comfort. Either one....not helping sales and/or friend recommendations.
The alternatives coming on the market at around the same price point like Phazon are better because they are waterproof and include a longer warranty period.
This is exactly it. Once you start wearing AirPods you're acutely aware of just how weird (and frankly worse looking) cables hanging out of your ears are. We just got used to it, that's all. Helped along by Apple's iconic silhouette campaign no doubt.
Ugh. That picture of Daniel Eran Dilger makes my skin crawl. That guy is a piece of work. Sock puppeting under multiple aliases, consistently offering his personal opinions irregardless of the facts and then resorting to childish insults and sexual innuendos when called on his outright lies.Apple Airpods?
Nuff said.