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Yeah, I have no idea where people are getting the whole seamless wireless connectivity experience idea from. AirPods are pretty much awful in terms of connectin
by runawaybottle 6y ago
Yeah, I have no idea where people are getting the whole seamless wireless connectivity experience idea from. AirPods are pretty much awful in terms of connecting. It’s a little better than regular Bluetooth because of the case which gives a lot of visual feedback when you open it, but that’s mostly to trick your senses into not realizing it’s still just a shitty bluetooth headphone that takes forever to connect.
- abc_lisper 6y agoMy "trick" is to keep the AirPods can open when trying to connect. For some reason, it does better with the lid open.
- throwaway1777 6y agoBecause in the past most Bluetooth headphones were terrible and pretty much everyone got in pairing hell at some point. Airpods were much better than the status quo when launched.
- Godel_unicode 6y agoThat's simply not true. They might have been better than cheap bluetooth headphones with which they didn't compete, but there were plenty of price-competitive bluetooth headphones at the time which were as good or better. The only new things about airpods were the truly wireless nature (which was definitely an advantage) and the Apple logo*.
- bluescrn 6y agoBeing limited to Bluetooth range isn't great if you're using them with any device other than the phone in your pocket. While the Airpods seem better than some other Bluetooth devices, you can't walk far around your home/office before they start cutting out