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I just don't see that happening. To be completely honest, literally 0 of the people I know with iphones have anything other than official Apple headphones. Eve

I just don't see that happening. To be completely honest, literally 0 of the people I know with iphones have anything other than official Apple headphones. Even when they break, they go into an apple store and buy new ones. There will be lots of complaining, but for most people this won't change anything except the annoyance of not being able to charge while using the headphones without an adapter (which is the only reason I see the average joe complaining about this change).

rimantas 10y ago
Exactly. It's quite annoying to see this no-problem blown so out of proportion (it sure will cause some problems for some people, but considering the whole user base that's negligible) but if one was to judge by the complaints it sounds like it affects all.
javajosh 10y ago
The headphone industry was generating $2.3B in revenue in 2013 [1], with premium headphones making $1B of that. Needless to say, the world is much larger than your friend group. [1] https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/premium-us-headphone-market-surpasses-$1-billion-in-2013-according-to-npd/ https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/pr...
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- hbosch 10y ago
  I wonder how much of that "premium" segment is owned by Beats? Regardless of their quality, this CNN article[0] claims that beats owns a quarter of the total headphones market and over half of the "premium headphones" segment. These other stats claim that Apple & Beats, combined, account for 70% of future purchase plans for teens.[1] Th definitely have the edge with regards to marketing. And also, looks like just recently Bluetooth headphones are outselling wired headphones.[2] With Apple controlling Beats, and Beats nearly controlling the headphones market, I still think this problem will end up affecting a mere niche demographic one year from today. -- 0. http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/13/tech/beats-headphones-audio-market/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/13/tech/beats-headphones-audio-ma... (from 2014. Also, beware opening on mobile, it's banner heavy for me) 1. http://www.statisticbrain.com/headphone-industry-market-share-statistics/ http://www.statisticbrain.com/headphone-industry-market-shar... (March 2016) 2. http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/16/07/28/bluetooth-headphone-sales-surpass-others-for-first-time-with-apples-beats-in-top-spot http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/16/07/28/bluetooth-h... (July 2016)
kitsunesoba 10y ago
Yep. EarPods, for most intents and purposes, are good enough for most people listening to most things. They're not like the old unnamed apple earbuds which were barely even dollar store earbud quality. Those who use different headphones are largely already using Bluetooth or care enough about sound quality that they bypass their iPhone's DAC and/or amp and use a portable DAC/amp instead. The remaining affected crowd is relatively small.

rimantas 10y ago

Exactly. It's quite annoying to see this no-problem blown so out of proportion (it sure will cause some problems for some people, but considering the whole user base that's negligible) but if one was to judge by the complaints it sounds like it affects all.

javajosh 10y ago

The headphone industry was generating $2.3B in revenue in 2013 [1], with premium headphones making $1B of that. Needless to say, the world is much larger than your friend group. [1] https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/premium-us-headphone-market-surpasses-$1-billion-in-2013-according-to-npd/ https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/pr...

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hbosch 10y ago
I wonder how much of that "premium" segment is owned by Beats? Regardless of their quality, this CNN article[0] claims that beats owns a quarter of the total headphones market and over half of the "premium headphones" segment. These other stats claim that Apple & Beats, combined, account for 70% of future purchase plans for teens.[1] Th definitely have the edge with regards to marketing. And also, looks like just recently Bluetooth headphones are outselling wired headphones.[2] With Apple controlling Beats, and Beats nearly controlling the headphones market, I still think this problem will end up affecting a mere niche demographic one year from today. -- 0. http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/13/tech/beats-headphones-audio-market/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/13/tech/beats-headphones-audio-ma... (from 2014. Also, beware opening on mobile, it's banner heavy for me) 1. http://www.statisticbrain.com/headphone-industry-market-share-statistics/ http://www.statisticbrain.com/headphone-industry-market-shar... (March 2016) 2. http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/16/07/28/bluetooth-headphone-sales-surpass-others-for-first-time-with-apples-beats-in-top-spot http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/16/07/28/bluetooth-h... (July 2016)

kitsunesoba 10y ago

Yep. EarPods, for most intents and purposes, are good enough for most people listening to most things. They're not like the old unnamed apple earbuds which were barely even dollar store earbud quality. Those who use different headphones are largely already using Bluetooth or care enough about sound quality that they bypass their iPhone's DAC and/or amp and use a portable DAC/amp instead. The remaining affected crowd is relatively small.