I wonder if they’ll have USB-C charging. The little lightning port on the AirPods always looked like the USB-C shape anyway, as if Apple designed it that way and changed their mind at the last second.
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Report: 'AirPods Pro' to Launch End of October with New Design, New Noise-Canceling Feature and $260 Price Tag
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This news comes just as I was going to go buy some Powerbeats Pro this weekend. I'm still going to get the PBP.
You could buy a bunch of them from Apple and then sell them to others for the price you think is appropriate. You’d lose money on every one, but you would make it up in volume.
The 2nd gen comes in two models, with and without wireless charging. The model without wireless charging has the same price as the first gen.
So either you’re not comparing to the model without wireless charging, or all models got more expensive. The latter is likely also true, since most currencies have lost value to USD. Here in Sweden all products are more expensive now due to currency.
We'll see if/what Apple releases. I am more than happy with my 2nd Generation AirPods, my son got my 1st Generation. Perhaps he'll soon be getting my 2nd Generation? 😇
um, so i really want gen 3 to drop as my gen 1 doesn't hold charge, but i really don't like in-ear - i hated apples old in-ear headphones - they would always pop out. it's unclear whether gen 3 will have 2 models or not. i just hope they don't leave us without option as apple sometimes likes to do...
If these have active noise cancelling on the mic, this will be a launch day buy for me. I make sales calls in noisy environments so I have to use my Plantronics Voyager 8200s for that. But if they have ANC on the earbuds and the mic, I can't wait for this (bonus if they come in space gray).
The flaw for me, battery dies, throw them away. Essentially zero repair ability and a two year lifespan the normal. Will pass for now.
Lots of industries do the same thing. In the food industry companies tout "gourmet ingredients" and in construction equipment / power tools companies use the phrase "industrial grade". With that said, Apple needs some way to identify their highest performance item in each product family (iPhone, iPad, laptop, etc.) without making the other items in the product family sound inferior. I kind of like the consistent "Pro" label to identify the best version of each product category. However, I probably won't get the AirPod Pros because I LOVE my PowerBeats Pro earphones
I'm not familiar with marketing. However from a consumer's viewpoint what is happening is that this segmentation is not meant to lower prices, but do the opposite. I don't agree that new technology necessarily costs more. For a long time, iPhones cost the same year by year. Last years components get cheaper so that this years (more expensive) components keep the price about stable.
The original air pods don’t stay in my ears. I don’t know if this is because of my ear shape or the fact that i am a very active person, but i returned my first pair. I doubt these ”pro” ones will be better in that regard going by the leaked pics i have seen. And they look even smaller, so i doubt battery life is much better which was my other pet peeve. I will wait to see what Apple does, but i am most likely gonna get the power beat pros which stay in my ear during physical activity and have a better battery life.
or maybe even a microphone that’s 3/4 as good as the mic on the cheap corded EarPods?
Even the mic on the second gen AirPods is garbage and worthless for phone calls if you don’t want the party on the receiving end to struggle to understand. First gen AirPods microphone is a sad joke.
There’s a video on YouTube by a sound engineer demonstrating this fact.
Uhhhh AirPower was shown off for a year before Apple even decided to cancel such a product. Many features were rumored for different iPhones, according to rumor mills yet when the phones do come out, people complain that it didn’t have said features, considering they were never promised in the first place.
AirPods refresh was rumored a while back and set to launch with AirPower but it was pushed back until Apple canceled it. Only then did AirPods get their update. Hence my reluctance to follow rumor mills. I stand by what I said, until Apple officially ships it, then it doesn’t exist.
I literally ordered my 2nd gen Airpod's last night to arrive tomorrow. I'm not regretting it one bit seeing this report. No way i'll be paying £260 for the Pro's.
This wouldn’t be a cancelled product either. There’s a difference between rumors and product announcements from Apple.