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You don't see any merit to beam-forming microphones for noise cancellation, seamless paring experience, Siri access, other-earphone awareness, or lack of tangle
by intopieces 10y ago
You don't see any merit to beam-forming microphones for noise cancellation, seamless paring experience, Siri access, other-earphone awareness, or lack of tangled wires?
You don't remember how iconic the white earbuds have been as a status symbol?
It's fine, and even expected, to say, "This product doesn't fit my use-case." But to be unable to fathom why any person on the earth would want to buy the product... that takes a total disconnection from headphones as a category of device, and I'm not willing to believe that's true.
- agumonkey 10y agoMy biggest complaints is that they are in-ear. I really wonder how they will stay in place outside of a desk chair or a couch. At least with a cable you had a chance to catch it when it fell. An ear-clip version would be great.
- jonlucc 10y agoI'm sympathetic to that concern, but I've heard reporters say they don't really fall out without the cord tugging at them.
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- djrogers 10y agoThen perhaps you should read any of the many reviews by people who have had preproduction units... They pretty strongly lean towards them being comfortable and hard to dislodge - to a surprising extent. Tests in reviews I've seen have included running, dancing, headbanging, and jumping up and down intentionally trying to dislodge them. Seems that the fact there's no cord to pull on them, and all of the mass is inside your ear makes them pretty stable.
- agumonkey 10y agoI didn't see preprod reviews. I'll dig for it.
- UVB-76 10y ago> You don't see any merit to beam-forming microphones for noise cancellation, seamless paring experience, Siri access, other-earphone awareness, or lack of tangled wires I honestly cannot. They're impressive solutions to problems Apple have created for themselves. Personally, I don't use the built-in microphones in headphones. If I'm speaking to someone, I either hold the phone to my ear, or use speaker phone. Taking two seconds to plug my wired headphones into my device is a pretty "seamless pairing experience", and I can use them with whatever device I please, unlike the AirPods. My wired headphones don't need to be "aware" of each other, because they are connected to each other. I spend about ten seconds each day ensuring my headphone cable isn't tangled. > You don't remember how iconic the white earbuds have been as a status symbol? Where I'm from, white earbuds have only ever been: a) an invitation to thieves looking to steal the device they're connected to; b) a sign that someone doesn't care about audio quality. > [...] that takes a total disconnection from headphones as a category of device, and I'm not willing to believe that's true. On the contrary, I think the problem is that I would actually consider a headphone purchase, rather than blindly buying something like the AirPods.
- mikeash 10y agoApple created noise and wires? Impressive.
- UVB-76 10y agoThere's no need to be obtuse. The advanced noise cancelling, pairing, and synchronization tech are solutions to problems that don't exist (or are less pronounced, in the foremost case) with wired headphones.
- mikeash 10y agoHow is noise related to wireless? I was not aware that wired headphones enjoyed any advantage there, and I can't see how they would. The others are certainly wireless problems, but some people prefer wireless for a variety of reasons. Lots of manufacturers sell wireless headphones. To say that Apple created those problems makes no sense.