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You don't really mention why? Why are they better than wireless earbuds by Sennheiser, Amazon, Google etc?

• baxtr 7y ago
  For me the answer is quite clear: they simply work. Apple like. Did I test all the others you mentioned? No. Probably because I used to have several Bluetooth headset. They hardly ever worked. For me, I had to have high trust in the HW company to ever test a Bluetooth headset again.
  • samwhiteUK 7y ago
    FWIW, I've tried to set up one pair of Airpods, and they were broken right out of the box. Wouldn't pair with anything. So that's a 1 in 1 failure rate ;)
    • coldtea 7y ago
      "Anything" being? Some Android phone / Windows PC, or within the Apple ecosystem?
    • abh123 7y ago
      Did you realize you had to press the circular button on the back of the charging case. It's hard to see and they won't pair with anything unless you do.
    • TheGRS 7y ago
      Complete opposite experience for me, it almost felt like they paired too easily. Switching devices is the only situation that I find annoying since I need to open up the bluetooth menu and tell it to connect.
• unlinked_dll 7y ago
  Microphone quality on most of the other offerings is atrocious. That said I wish these things didn't have a microphone. People tend to shout into them.
  • fyfy18 7y ago
    The microphone in Airpods is pretty bad too. One of my colleagues uses them paired to his Mac (maybe that's the issue?) and it sounds like the built in microphone on cheap laptops.
    • dewey 7y ago
      Maybe the output of Slack / Hangouts is set to the internal microphone? Happens to me all the time.
      • unlinked_dll 7y ago
        the internal mic on a macbook is pretty good
    • coldtea 7y ago
      >The microphone in Airpods is pretty bad too Haven't been my experience. They sound excellent for voice stuff (paired to the Mac/iPhone)
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