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So the amazing UX comes down to a clever charging case, and comfy in-ear experience? Point 1 is a statement about your other headphones, not the airpods; Point
by mdekkers 9y ago
So the amazing UX comes down to a clever charging case, and comfy in-ear experience? Point 1 is a statement about your other headphones, not the airpods; Point 4 is ambiguous.
That isn't really enough for me to say "lets ditch wired headphones". Here is my "Amazing UX" list:
My headphones always work, across an incredibly wide variety of devices. Phones, Tablets, TV's, stereo systems, mixing consoles in studios. Basically, if it can reproduce sound, there is a near to 100% chance my headphones will work with it.
never have to charge. I literally never have to worry about charging them, or battery life, or fancy charging cases (that would need to be kept on a charger) or anything like that.
extreme comfort - in-ears don't do it for me, and cause me ear infections. I used to own a pair of custom-fit etymotic in-ears that would give me the comfort and quality I wanted, and would fit under my motorcycle helmet, but after a while ear infections started coming up, and my physician advised me that in-ears were not for me.
superb quality - I enjoy listening to Sennheiser HD-280, HD650 or when traveling, the HD4.20s, and when the mood takes me, the AKG K701. I'm not an audiophile or sound quality snob, but once you have heard good quality playback through a pair of high quality earphones it is really difficult to listen to something else.
never have to worry about using them - I plug them in, put them on my head. Done - a UX so slick and smooth, I never even have to think about it.
I really don't understand why phonebuilders are getting rid of jacks. I know I won't be joining the ranks of wireless headphone users.
- calvinbhai 9y agoI know quite a few who dont like the new in ear shape of apple headphones (and they swear by the old round ones). For them, Airpods will be an issue. But in my case I'm fine with no headphone jack iff there's something like Airpods with me and I think the lightning adapter is a good compromise. I'm sure those who love their wired headphones wont agree with me. If number of phone buyers who don't care about using wired headphones (like me) is >> ṭhose who care (like you) then headphone jack will die.