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Apple products are lifestyle-brand, that's why you compared AirPods to wired earbuds despite the fact there were many AirPods-like products from other brands an

by snaky 8y ago

Apple products are lifestyle-brand, that's why you compared AirPods to wired earbuds despite the fact there were many AirPods-like products from other brands and Chinese no-brands before AirPods - you just didn't care until Apple announce their own version.

dymk 8y ago
No. Other brands have weird Bluetooth bugs, sketchy reliability (compared to generally rock solid Apple products), or don’t integrate nearly as tightly with my iPhone. I didn’t buy them because they’re a “lifestyle”, I bought them because they’re the best on the market.
zachr 8y ago
Point me to a truly wireless, charging-from-case set of earbuds released before AirPods. I'll wait.
- canuckintime 8y ago
  Bragi Dash https://youtu.be/o-SIreqSrIY https://youtu.be/o-SIreqSrIY
  - achompas 8y ago
    I mean, these were literally 76% more expensive ($299) than AirPods ($169) at launch with similar BT quality according to reviews.
  - thegayngler 8y ago
    I had Bragi Dash headphones and took them back within 24 hours. The set up took me like 4 hours. Then the sound quality was so terrible it made my head spin....the sound quality was noticeably worse than even my earpods at the time. Also you had to have your phone in your right pocket otherwise you'd lose the connection. Walk three feet away and also lose connection. The reviews are not great for Bragi Dash headphones at that time either. I though people were just hating but it turns out the reviews were accurate in this case.
braythwayt 8y ago
Apple products _are_ a lifestyle brand, and my lifestyle is buying a charger without worrying that it's a crappy piece of shit that will overheat and set my house on fire, or setting up a new system without downloading and installing a bunch of drivers by hand, and being able to walk into one of three flagship stores in Toronto for service, or any of a dozen authorized service centres. Some people enjoy being their own sysadmins and customizers. That's their lifestyle choice. Every product choice is a lifestyle choice.
ericd 8y ago
No, they're not the same, they're the first bluetooth device that I've used that actually works flawlessly enough to be worth using at all. It has nothing to do with aesthetic design.

by snaky 8y ago

dymk 8y ago

No. Other brands have weird Bluetooth bugs, sketchy reliability (compared to generally rock solid Apple products), or don’t integrate nearly as tightly with my iPhone. I didn’t buy them because they’re a “lifestyle”, I bought them because they’re the best on the market.

zachr 8y ago

Point me to a truly wireless, charging-from-case set of earbuds released before AirPods. I'll wait.

canuckintime 8y ago
Bragi Dash https://youtu.be/o-SIreqSrIY https://youtu.be/o-SIreqSrIY
- achompas 8y ago
  I mean, these were literally 76% more expensive ($299) than AirPods ($169) at launch with similar BT quality according to reviews.
- thegayngler 8y ago
  I had Bragi Dash headphones and took them back within 24 hours. The set up took me like 4 hours. Then the sound quality was so terrible it made my head spin....the sound quality was noticeably worse than even my earpods at the time. Also you had to have your phone in your right pocket otherwise you'd lose the connection. Walk three feet away and also lose connection. The reviews are not great for Bragi Dash headphones at that time either. I though people were just hating but it turns out the reviews were accurate in this case.

braythwayt 8y ago

Apple products _are_ a lifestyle brand, and my lifestyle is buying a charger without worrying that it's a crappy piece of shit that will overheat and set my house on fire, or setting up a new system without downloading and installing a bunch of drivers by hand, and being able to walk into one of three flagship stores in Toronto for service, or any of a dozen authorized service centres. Some people enjoy being their own sysadmins and customizers. That's their lifestyle choice. Every product choice is a lifestyle choice.

ericd 8y ago

No, they're not the same, they're the first bluetooth device that I've used that actually works flawlessly enough to be worth using at all. It has nothing to do with aesthetic design.