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What in particular makes them ugly for you? I have a pair of second generation AirPods and find them neither ugly nor particularly beautiful. I like them becaus
by cranekam 6y ago
What in particular makes them ugly for you? I have a pair of second generation AirPods and find them neither ugly nor particularly beautiful. I like them because they work really well. They sound good, they’re compact, and the integration with my phone/laptop is close to seamless. My wife has some other wireless earphones and they’re much worse: bulky, heavy, and always causing some kind of pairing hassle.
- Semaphor 6y agoFor me, the fake cable makes them look dumb. But as Someone said, they seem to require a certain sized antenna. I couldn’t think of a better solution to hide one either. Note that I never said they suck, I was pretty certain that the $200 something is not all just the Apple tax ;)
- timcederman 6y agoYou've twice mentioned a "fake cable" - what are you referring to?
- Semaphor 6y agoThe antenna stick. Don’t know how else to describe it ;)
- natch 6y agoAntenna stick works.
- nemetroid 6y agoNot if you're trying to point out that it specifically looks like a fake cable. An antenna stick could be pointing in any direction.
- ants_a 6y agoPointing into the head or away from the head are not ergonomically viable options. Realistically, if you are going to have a quarter wave antenna the product shape is going to look a lot like an Airpod, but not necessarily shaped as a white amorphous blob. Like a large touchscreen on phones means a rectangular slab of glass shape, but the industrial design around the slab can look different.
- prawn 6y agoThe antenna stick is conspicuous. For a luxury brand, that's important. Think about how quickly people went from black headphone cords to white. Or how the coloured iMacs were introduced. Or how three visible cameras on the back of your iPhone came to signify something that two cameras didn't (you bought a newer, more expensive model).