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If your objective is to buy an iPhone and listen to things with it, you do not need to buy shit other than the iPhone. Except if you want to listen to things w

If your objective is to buy an iPhone and listen to things with it, you do not need to buy shit other than the iPhone. Except if you want to listen to things while charging the phone (which happens when you are on the plane/train/...). Other than that: fair point!

rb808 10y ago
or you want to listen to things while charging the earbuds!
- socmag 10y ago
  Oh come on, we can get two or three pairs so there are always some charging no matter what our situation.
- FussyZeus 10y ago
  That's my other beef: 5 hours of battery life on the Airpods, are you kidding me? I was interested until they got to that dopey box you charge them in and told us they only ran for 5 hours of listening. That's pathetic.
  - tacostakohashi 10y ago
    Wireless just isn't worth it for these peripherals - earphones, headsets, keyboards, mice. Even if the battery life is a year, it will still go flat at some annoying time when you want to type/listen/make a call.
  - audunw 10y ago
    Honestly, 5 hours is quite impressive for such a small thing. And it certainly goes beyond my need for casual use. Would anyone listening to music more than 5 hours in a stretch really use the airpods anyway? Hopefully iPhone 7 will be forward compatible with Bluetooth 5, and will really spark the market for good quality Bluetooth 5 headphones with longer battery life. Although the box is dopey, it's probably quite important to keep people from loosing the airpods, and to make it easier and quicker to charge them. You know that the box also contains a battery right? There's 24 hours of capacity there.
    - Eridrus 10y ago
      I hadn't heard of Bluetooth 5 before, but this article says that it brings no changes to headphones, unless you're suggesting BLE will be good enough for headphones? http://www.androidauthority.com/bluetooth-5-gary-explains-703734/ http://www.androidauthority.com/bluetooth-5-gary-explains-70...
    - doingmyting 10y ago
      I can see this definitely not working out for airplane trips or any trips for that matter. Or even for listening to podcasts at work (interesting fact: I work for more than 5 hours 5 days a week). Hopefully they'll figure this out eventually. To be honest, as revolutionary as it is I am a selfish consumer who wants to be able to listen to stuff all day long after shelling out upwards of $600.
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- dickbasedregex 10y ago
  Or when you lose one. Or when one falls out and someone steps on it. Etc.

rb808 10y ago

or you want to listen to things while charging the earbuds!

socmag 10y ago
Oh come on, we can get two or three pairs so there are always some charging no matter what our situation.
FussyZeus 10y ago
That's my other beef: 5 hours of battery life on the Airpods, are you kidding me? I was interested until they got to that dopey box you charge them in and told us they only ran for 5 hours of listening. That's pathetic.
- tacostakohashi 10y ago
  Wireless just isn't worth it for these peripherals - earphones, headsets, keyboards, mice. Even if the battery life is a year, it will still go flat at some annoying time when you want to type/listen/make a call.
- audunw 10y ago
  Honestly, 5 hours is quite impressive for such a small thing. And it certainly goes beyond my need for casual use. Would anyone listening to music more than 5 hours in a stretch really use the airpods anyway? Hopefully iPhone 7 will be forward compatible with Bluetooth 5, and will really spark the market for good quality Bluetooth 5 headphones with longer battery life. Although the box is dopey, it's probably quite important to keep people from loosing the airpods, and to make it easier and quicker to charge them. You know that the box also contains a battery right? There's 24 hours of capacity there.
  - Eridrus 10y ago
    I hadn't heard of Bluetooth 5 before, but this article says that it brings no changes to headphones, unless you're suggesting BLE will be good enough for headphones? http://www.androidauthority.com/bluetooth-5-gary-explains-703734/ http://www.androidauthority.com/bluetooth-5-gary-explains-70...
  - doingmyting 10y ago
    I can see this definitely not working out for airplane trips or any trips for that matter. Or even for listening to podcasts at work (interesting fact: I work for more than 5 hours 5 days a week). Hopefully they'll figure this out eventually. To be honest, as revolutionary as it is I am a selfish consumer who wants to be able to listen to stuff all day long after shelling out upwards of $600.
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dickbasedregex 10y ago
Or when you lose one. Or when one falls out and someone steps on it. Etc.