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AirPods - so is walking around with a thing in your ear cool now? Around here it certainly still signals "I am a jackass"

by plg 10y ago

strictnein 10y ago
Especially when they look like this: https://s.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2016/09/apple7-1468.jpg https://s.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2016/09/apple7-...
- throwanem 10y ago
  So, about the size of the current EarPods, except without the wire. Not sure I see the issue here.
- mulletbum 10y ago
  I think they looking fucking awesome. What don't you like about them, people only see the stem? That said I would not just walk around like an asshat with them in all the time or anything.
  - artmageddon 10y ago
    They look ok in my opinion, but as soon as I take like 5 steps when I go running, I may as well kiss them and $160 goodbye as the damn thing(s) will just fall right out of my ears.
    - mulletbum 10y ago
      They are not for running. They said specifically beats was coming out with a line for that.
  - strictnein 10y ago
    Really? I think they look horrible and will look like people have a q-tip shoved half way up their ear canal.
    - nicky0 10y ago
      And they are an open invitation for some annoying kid to grab them out of your ear.
      - bobwaycott 10y ago
        I suppose the only deterrent people can hope for is they'll be dead soon without the case?
      - mulletbum 10y ago
        Like all headphones?
        nicky0 10y ago
        I suppose, but most of them are attached to you with a handy piece of wire. These are more ... invitingly grabbable.
  - chrisper 10y ago
    Idk, it looks weird on person in my opinion: http://store.storeimages.cdn-apple.com/4973/as-images.apple.com/is/image/AppleInc/aos/published/images/a/ir/air/pod/air-pod-pdp-201609?wid=980&hei=490&fmt=png-alpha&qlt=95&.v=1472574678324 http://store.storeimages.cdn-apple.com/4973/as-images.apple....
    - strictnein 10y ago
      And in real life: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CryDBXuWgAIJIRY.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CryDBXuWgAIJIRY.jpg Awful
      - 72deluxe 10y ago
        I can't see them catching on, but then again I thought walking around with giant headphones looked odd but people seem to be happy walking around with giant Beats headphones on. It does look like you've shoved a cigarette in your ear.
      - kalleboo 10y ago
        I was expecting your link to go to https://twitter.com/BenediktMaier/status/773592490217725952 https://twitter.com/BenediktMaier/status/773592490217725952
throwanem 10y ago
This would be a thing in both ears, and a very unobtrusive thing at that. So maybe not as jackass-ish as the usual standard. And that's maybe not wholly something I understand anyway, but sort of feel bad about regardless. I mean, I do wear one [1] during my commute so I can listen to podcasts without wires all over the place, and I'm really hoping iOS 10's speech recognition via crappy mics is good enough that I can integrate voice control into my exocortex. Does that suffice to make me an asshole? Or does it require that I use it to have loud conversations about business things? Or what? I'm not all that sure I grasp the nuance here. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Firegram-Mini-ear-Bluetooth-Headset/dp/B01DKEVHTU https://www.amazon.com/Firegram-Mini-ear-Bluetooth-Headset/d... - it's about the size of the first joint of your thumb.
dmix 10y ago
Once it becomes widely adopted I doubt this will be much of a social issue. The value they provide is real. It's not some gimmicky thing. Tangled wires are extremely annoying and happens nearly every day I use them. Plus the wire gets in the way going jogging or caught on something with normal usage, etc etc. Lots of benefits to having wireless headphones. Talking to yourself with a non obvious headset will always be awkward looking though.
- plg 10y ago
  The social issue thing is real and it's an interesting quandary. I think my personal beef with them is when I interact with someone wearing an earpiece, it makes me think (rightly or wrongly) that they are happy to interact with me BUT at any moment a ping from their earpiece will be by default more important. Maybe it's (perhaps in part) my own issue though. On the other hand I can see the value in it, especially if Siri's abilities improve, and if speech recognition improves also. Maybe I'm just old fashioned and in time this will built into our social fabric (I think back to the late 1980s and early 1990s when walking around with a handheld cell phone seemed incredibly dickish)
- ForFreedom 10y ago
  I never have the tangled wire issue. 1. You can either wrap it around in the box it came in or 2. wound it in a circle and it stays as is.(That is how I put in in my laptop bag)

AirPods - so is walking around with a thing in your ear cool now? Around here it certainly still signals "I am a jackass"

by plg 10y ago

AirPods - so is walking around with a thing in your ear cool now? Around here it certainly still signals "I am a jackass"

strictnein 10y ago

Especially when they look like this: https://s.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2016/09/apple7-1468.jpg https://s.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2016/09/apple7-...

throwanem 10y ago
So, about the size of the current EarPods, except without the wire. Not sure I see the issue here.
mulletbum 10y ago
I think they looking fucking awesome. What don't you like about them, people only see the stem? That said I would not just walk around like an asshat with them in all the time or anything.
- artmageddon 10y ago
  They look ok in my opinion, but as soon as I take like 5 steps when I go running, I may as well kiss them and $160 goodbye as the damn thing(s) will just fall right out of my ears.
  - mulletbum 10y ago
    They are not for running. They said specifically beats was coming out with a line for that.
- strictnein 10y ago
  Really? I think they look horrible and will look like people have a q-tip shoved half way up their ear canal.
  - nicky0 10y ago
    And they are an open invitation for some annoying kid to grab them out of your ear.
    - bobwaycott 10y ago
      I suppose the only deterrent people can hope for is they'll be dead soon without the case?
    - mulletbum 10y ago
      Like all headphones?
      - nicky0 10y ago
        I suppose, but most of them are attached to you with a handy piece of wire. These are more ... invitingly grabbable.
- chrisper 10y ago
  Idk, it looks weird on person in my opinion: http://store.storeimages.cdn-apple.com/4973/as-images.apple.com/is/image/AppleInc/aos/published/images/a/ir/air/pod/air-pod-pdp-201609?wid=980&hei=490&fmt=png-alpha&qlt=95&.v=1472574678324 http://store.storeimages.cdn-apple.com/4973/as-images.apple....
  - strictnein 10y ago
    And in real life: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CryDBXuWgAIJIRY.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CryDBXuWgAIJIRY.jpg Awful
    - 72deluxe 10y ago
      I can't see them catching on, but then again I thought walking around with giant headphones looked odd but people seem to be happy walking around with giant Beats headphones on. It does look like you've shoved a cigarette in your ear.
    - kalleboo 10y ago
      I was expecting your link to go to https://twitter.com/BenediktMaier/status/773592490217725952 https://twitter.com/BenediktMaier/status/773592490217725952

throwanem 10y ago

This would be a thing in both ears, and a very unobtrusive thing at that. So maybe not as jackass-ish as the usual standard. And that's maybe not wholly something I understand anyway, but sort of feel bad about regardless. I mean, I do wear one [1] during my commute so I can listen to podcasts without wires all over the place, and I'm really hoping iOS 10's speech recognition via crappy mics is good enough that I can integrate voice control into my exocortex. Does that suffice to make me an asshole? Or does it require that I use it to have loud conversations about business things? Or what? I'm not all that sure I grasp the nuance here. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Firegram-Mini-ear-Bluetooth-Headset/dp/B01DKEVHTU https://www.amazon.com/Firegram-Mini-ear-Bluetooth-Headset/d... - it's about the size of the first joint of your thumb.

dmix 10y ago

Once it becomes widely adopted I doubt this will be much of a social issue. The value they provide is real. It's not some gimmicky thing. Tangled wires are extremely annoying and happens nearly every day I use them. Plus the wire gets in the way going jogging or caught on something with normal usage, etc etc. Lots of benefits to having wireless headphones. Talking to yourself with a non obvious headset will always be awkward looking though.

plg 10y ago
The social issue thing is real and it's an interesting quandary. I think my personal beef with them is when I interact with someone wearing an earpiece, it makes me think (rightly or wrongly) that they are happy to interact with me BUT at any moment a ping from their earpiece will be by default more important. Maybe it's (perhaps in part) my own issue though. On the other hand I can see the value in it, especially if Siri's abilities improve, and if speech recognition improves also. Maybe I'm just old fashioned and in time this will built into our social fabric (I think back to the late 1980s and early 1990s when walking around with a handheld cell phone seemed incredibly dickish)
ForFreedom 10y ago
I never have the tangled wire issue. 1. You can either wrap it around in the box it came in or 2. wound it in a circle and it stays as is.(That is how I put in in my laptop bag)