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Wired headphones: - "Just work" - Never run out of batteries (in less time than a cross-country flight!) - Have impeccable audio quality (well, not AirPods,

by chris_7 10y ago

Wired headphones: - "Just work" - Never run out of batteries (in less time than a cross-country flight!) - Have impeccable audio quality (well, not AirPods, but...) - Can be hung on your neck for a quick conversation - Are protected from falls by the cord

freddyc 10y ago
Add to that: never get separated so that you always have two earbuds! I see these quickly becoming an annoyance when you can find one earbud but for the life of you can't locate the other.
- k-mcgrady 10y ago
  Considering the shortish battery life and the fact the case is a battery pack I suspect most people will always have the case with them and always put them into the case when not using them. That might limit this problem.
  - jonknee 10y ago
    I love that I can keep earbuds in a pocket, but there's no way I can keep a case like that in my pocket. I guess I'll be using the included dongle.
    - k-mcgrady 10y ago
      I think the case looks pretty small. Hard to tell from the videos but I'm hoping it's small enough that it's no big deal to put it in my pocket.
      - jonknee 10y ago
        There is no way I am going to be sitting on that hard plastic case.
benologist 10y ago
Wireless headphones also: - never get tangled with themselves, my arms, legs, feet, shoes, equipment etc at my desk or running or working out or taking a dump or anywhere else - let me listen to my music anywhere in my apartment without caring where my phone is - never bring my phone crashing to the floor when I get up without accounting for the cable Lots of pros and cons either way.
k-mcgrady 10y ago
>> "- Are protected from falls by the cord" The wire also tends to be the CAUSE of the fall. Earphones never just 'fall out' of my ear randomly.
- chris_7 10y ago
  Try to run with EarPods and (depending on the size of your ear, perhaps) it will happen. I do use custom UE IEMs so that isn't an issue for me. However, my main concern is accidentally dropping them when removing them - if they fall on the subway tracks, they're gone, and if they fall on the ground, there's no way I'm putting that back in my ear without sterilizing it.
  - k-mcgrady 10y ago
    That's true, I didn't consider people exercising.
    - dordoka 10y ago
      I do understand that is just my case, but it seems that I have smaller ears (and consecuently, smaller ear conducts) than the average person. I cannot wear the Apple earphones because they don't fit firmly: they're moving constantly (which generates noise that I hear) AND they tend to fall from my ears, even just sitting down in my computer and moving my head slightly. I would love to get rid of the cables, but airpods would be even a bigger problem, because at least with the cord they won't hit the floor. I usually employ in-ear earphones, which come in different sizes and that resolves my problem. TL;DR: it's not only sports/exercise, there's people with smaller ears :)

by chris_7 10y ago

freddyc 10y ago

Add to that: never get separated so that you always have two earbuds! I see these quickly becoming an annoyance when you can find one earbud but for the life of you can't locate the other.

k-mcgrady 10y ago
Considering the shortish battery life and the fact the case is a battery pack I suspect most people will always have the case with them and always put them into the case when not using them. That might limit this problem.
- jonknee 10y ago
  I love that I can keep earbuds in a pocket, but there's no way I can keep a case like that in my pocket. I guess I'll be using the included dongle.
  - k-mcgrady 10y ago
    I think the case looks pretty small. Hard to tell from the videos but I'm hoping it's small enough that it's no big deal to put it in my pocket.
    - jonknee 10y ago
      There is no way I am going to be sitting on that hard plastic case.

benologist 10y ago

Wireless headphones also: - never get tangled with themselves, my arms, legs, feet, shoes, equipment etc at my desk or running or working out or taking a dump or anywhere else - let me listen to my music anywhere in my apartment without caring where my phone is - never bring my phone crashing to the floor when I get up without accounting for the cable Lots of pros and cons either way.

k-mcgrady 10y ago

>> "- Are protected from falls by the cord" The wire also tends to be the CAUSE of the fall. Earphones never just 'fall out' of my ear randomly.

chris_7 10y ago
Try to run with EarPods and (depending on the size of your ear, perhaps) it will happen. I do use custom UE IEMs so that isn't an issue for me. However, my main concern is accidentally dropping them when removing them - if they fall on the subway tracks, they're gone, and if they fall on the ground, there's no way I'm putting that back in my ear without sterilizing it.
- k-mcgrady 10y ago
  That's true, I didn't consider people exercising.
  - dordoka 10y ago
    I do understand that is just my case, but it seems that I have smaller ears (and consecuently, smaller ear conducts) than the average person. I cannot wear the Apple earphones because they don't fit firmly: they're moving constantly (which generates noise that I hear) AND they tend to fall from my ears, even just sitting down in my computer and moving my head slightly. I would love to get rid of the cables, but airpods would be even a bigger problem, because at least with the cord they won't hit the floor. I usually employ in-ear earphones, which come in different sizes and that resolves my problem. TL;DR: it's not only sports/exercise, there's people with smaller ears :)