Nothing 'Ear (1)' True Wireless Earbuds Launch to Take on AirPods Pro With ANC and Unusual Design for $99

[Saladin12]

There were just as high resolution or higher when retina was introduced 🙄

Could you point me to some examples please? Screens of that resoluation or higher in phones before retina was introduced? I’ve just done some research and have come up empty. It does seem that Apple was the first to mainstream high res displays in mobile devices out of isolated monitors that cost the earth at the time.

 

[Abazigal]

these really don't do it for me. but it is showing one thing that Apple might need to think about in the n ext few years

In Ear pods are dramatically coming down in price. And you can get some extremely good quality ones now for fraction of the cost of the AirPods.


AirPods are fantastic (if they fit). But when you can get comparable in hear buds now for $150-200, $250+ starts to feel... excessive

Apple's strategy seems to be to increasingly leverage on their hardware / software integration to create unique experiences that the competition can't replicate. Such as spatial audio (which I believe only works with AirPods Pro and Max). And the AirPods case continues to be of a compact enough size that fits comfortably into the coin pouch of my jeans, something I don't see a lot of the competition managing.

I am watching video reviews of the product on YouTube and Dave2D notes that the connection seems quite inconsistent. So we may be looking at reliability issues that aren't readily apparent until the product becomes more widely adopted.

There's also the question of just how profitable these earbuds are at $100.

Strikes me of the "iPhones are destined to lose to cheaper android smartphones" argument all over again.

 

[iterva]

Apple's strategy seems to be to increasingly leverage on their hardware / software integration to create unique experiences that the competition can't replicate. Such as spatial audio (which I believe only works with AirPods Pro and Max). And the AirPods case continues to be of a compact enough size that fits comfortably into the coin pouch of my jeans, something I don't see a lot of the competition managing.

I am watching video reviews of the product on YouTube and Dave2D notes that the connection seems quite inconsistent. So we may be looking at reliability issues that aren't readily apparent until the product becomes more widely adopted.

There's also the question of just how profitable these earbuds are at $100.

Strikes me of the "iPhones are destined to lose to cheaper android smartphones" argument all over again.

Spatial audio is not Apple exclusive.

Not just Airpods: Apple Music spatial audio will work with any headphones

You won't need the AirPods Pro or AirPods Max to get 3D sound

www.tomsguide.com

What is Apple spatial audio? How it works and how to use it

Spatial audio makes watching movies with AirPods more immersive — here’s how you can get it

www.tomsguide.com

Spatial audio = Dolby Atmos.

Dolby Atmos - Official Site

Take your music and entertainment to the next level with Dolby Atmos, a revolutionary spatial audio technology for the most immersive sound experience.

www.dolby.com

Re: $100 I´m guessing Pei is going Oneplus route. I.e cheap/affordable out the gate and price increase with every new launch.

 

[PC_tech]

Could you point me to some examples please? Screens of that resoluation or higher in phones before retina was introduced? I’ve just done some research and have come up empty. It does seem that Apple was the first to mainstream high res displays in mobile devices out of isolated monitors that cost the earth at the time.

HTC had screens that size

 

[Veinticinco]

Well that early drop yesterday was a complete joke. Kept refreshing a few minutes before and was easily able to add to cart. But Apple Pay kept failing and normal checkout said “store not accepting payments”. After 10 frustrating minutes of this, it then gave a 404 page error and finally said “sold out”.

 

[Saladin12]

HTC had screens that size

The earliest phone from HTC I can find that had a 300+ PPI is the HTC One X released mid-2012 - the iPhone 4 with retina was released mid-2010...

 

[iterva]

Well that early drop yesterday was a complete joke. Kept refreshing a few minutes before and was easily able to add to cart. But Apple Pay kept failing and normal checkout said “store not accepting payments”. After 10 frustrating minutes of this, it then gave a 404 page error and finally said “sold out”.

I was able to add one to cart and when I went forward to payment I got the message "Sold out"...That was 1 minute after orders opened. Pei is repeating the same playbook they had with the first few Oneplus devices it seems. Who can blame him. It worked! 😆

 

[bresciapc]

99$...lets see how it works....but i guess they will be inferior to the airpods pro

They are very good quality believe me! Im u Wing them from 1 month and im very happy