It's bad enough that they have the shortest lifespan of any Apple product. According to testimonies, the unreplaceable batteries are crapping out in 15–18 months.
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New Yorkers Losing So Many AirPods in Subway Tracks That MTA is Considering a PSA to Warn Commuters
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It's bad enough that they have the shortest lifespan of any Apple product. According to testimonies, the unreplaceable batteries are crapping out in 15–18 months.
This would be a good job for De Blabio, he should be out there picking them up.
And in the process, you miss out on the benefits of using Airpods. After all these years, I find I can no longer tolerate the feel of wires around my neck. That’s how badly Airpods have spoiled me.
That said, my Airpods have yet to fall out of my ears. I will take my chances.
Apple’s earbuds have always been ridiculously large for my ears. They are uncomfortable and I’ve only ever had the wired version. I have no idea how people run and exercise in these things without them falling out, I have trouble just walking down the street.
Lost 10 pairs of airpods? At what point do you say...”hmmm, this isn’t working for me and it might be time to try something else?”
Where’s my non-falling out AirPods? Clearly Mr. Apple lied!!1!!!1!
Sounds like a legit class action...
Both my AirPods have been washed, both still work perfectly 3 years after purchase, they're pretty tough.
soo true. this nonsense will have a huge impact in environment as well. useless plastic landfill. (but, hey, Apple is supporting climate change so, its okey for them to do landfill).
What nonsense are you referring to? Are you saying Apple is responsible because people lose their airpods?
I'm not defending clumsy AirPods users. I'm just surprised that it doesn't happen more often since everyone stares at their phones and listens to music while they wait for their train.
nope..i am talking about nonsense apple has in their eco system, by not letting people to repair or reuse components and designing something which you loose easily. how much material you can save, if they let you change one faulty key in keyboard rather than changing the whole bottom piece. did you understand this nonsense now?
You painted a broad stroke with all Apple products going from airpods, which it's the users' responsibility to keep safe, to keyboards.
Airpods, imo, are not lost easily. With the millions and millions sold and the NYC subway system being what it is, the chances of losing your airpods and not recovering them are higher than probably other places, such as a bus, boat, airline terminal etc. That doesn't equate to a product "lost easily".
And as far as repair or reuse, how many other vendors of headphones approximately the same size can be easily reused or repaired?
I was talking about their though process in designing eco system. If you don't get it it's fine.
It's always shocking living in Tokyo seeing how incredibly awful American public transportation is.
Try using a flashlight?
Try going onto the track and manually retrieve them (and all other garbage, debris, items, etc) after the last train has left and you have off hours for maintenance to do exactly this sort of thing?
Can I ask how many people die in this kind of environment every year? Because in Tokyo a person or any item unauthorized person doing something like this would prompt an emergency shutdown probably lasting about 5 minutes while a half dozen station monitors rush over get this crazy person away from the tracks and tell him they will retrieve it that night once operations stop and keep it in the "Lost-and-Found" and he can come back to pick it up the following day.
Come to SF, it's more like 1 out of every 3 people have AirPods. Especially during the morning and evening commutes on BART and the Muni.
The stereotypical tech trends are a real thing. You'll also see tons of Teslas, Allbirds (those are starting to decline in popularity though), Chase Sapphire Reserve cards in restaurants, etc.
I should head to the Philly subway with a long broomstick and duct tape, I may find 10-15 1/2 pairs of Pods.
I get how they fall out trust me (the left pod just simply won't stay in my ear - goofy earhole!
), if I didn't find these ear bud tips online, I would have sold the AirPods a while ago. The string may look dumb, don't care...it's added convenience to take them out and hang around my neck
I get how they fall out trust me (the left pod just simply won't stay in my ear - goofy earhole!
), if I didn't find these ear bud tips online, I would have sold the AirPods a while ago. The string may look dumb, don't care...it's added convenience to take them out and hang around my neck
Had a lady in a parking lot run over one of my EarPods I was so mad I ran after her but she was long gone