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Airpods were handed to Cook on a platter, honestly. It doesn't take a market savant to realize apple can make a killing selling the ever popular and sexy earpod

by asdff 3y ago

Airpods were handed to Cook on a platter, honestly. It doesn't take a market savant to realize apple can make a killing selling the ever popular and sexy earpod in bluetooth form. Once the battery technology was available to resell the same earpod but with bluetooth it would have been made no matter who was CEO.

d3nj4l 3y ago
iPhone was handed to Jobs on a platter, honestly. It doesn't take a market savant to realize apple can make a killing selling the ever popular and sexy iPod in touchscreen form. Once the battery technology was available to resell the same iPod but with cellular it would have been made no matter who was CEO.
- zamnos 3y ago
  Yes, but would it have been done as well?
  - d3nj4l 3y ago
    Are the airpods not doing well?
    - addisonl 3y ago
      They said “done as well”, not “doing well”, two very different things.
      - d3nj4l 3y ago
        Ok. Do you think airpods are not doing as well?
        fouc 3y ago
        "done as well" means "built as well", not the same as "doing well" or "doing as well"
- paulryanrogers 3y ago
  You jest yet I think there is truth in this analysis.
- asdff 3y ago
  If you have a case that Tim Cook in particular made the unilateral call on the airpod and not market pressure from samsung and others in this product segment, then lets hear it out.
dogsgobork 3y ago
In retrospect, every invention is obvious. I think it's fair to say that Apple went a bit beyond just slapping bluetooth onto their existing headphones. The instant pairing experience alone makes them stand out against the standard competition.
- Gigachad 3y ago
  I remember the release and all of the reddit and HN comments were to the tune of “this is stupid” “you’ll lose them” “they look dumb” “now I have to buy a cable to connect the two” The idea that you could have two, disconnected pods seems to have been quite bold.
  - eviks 3y ago
    You can also find a group of comments holding any opinion The obvious idea of wireless is anything but bold
    - Gigachad 3y ago
      These weren't fringe ideas, they were all of the top level, highly upvoted comments. While the Airpods seem completely obvious now, they were pretty radical and controversial when first announced.
  - asdff 3y ago
    I believe samsung had a similar product out ahead of apple at the time. Just like with the watch.
    - deleted 3y ago
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fomine3 3y ago
It looks like so obvious in retrospect, but it wasn't sure. Bluetooth audio was somewhat a niche until Apple removed 3.5mm. Maybe noise cancelling boom is another reason. NC also requires battery and amp so why don't make it wireless? IIRC until Sony MDR-1000X sold well (that's sold in 2016, same year as iPhone 7!), noise cancelling market was minor Bose's market for airplane user.
sbuk 3y ago
“When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.”

by asdff 3y ago

d3nj4l 3y ago

iPhone was handed to Jobs on a platter, honestly. It doesn't take a market savant to realize apple can make a killing selling the ever popular and sexy iPod in touchscreen form. Once the battery technology was available to resell the same iPod but with cellular it would have been made no matter who was CEO.

zamnos 3y ago
Yes, but would it have been done as well?
- d3nj4l 3y ago
  Are the airpods not doing well?
  - addisonl 3y ago
    They said “done as well”, not “doing well”, two very different things.
    - d3nj4l 3y ago
      Ok. Do you think airpods are not doing as well?
      - fouc 3y ago
        "done as well" means "built as well", not the same as "doing well" or "doing as well"
paulryanrogers 3y ago
You jest yet I think there is truth in this analysis.
asdff 3y ago
If you have a case that Tim Cook in particular made the unilateral call on the airpod and not market pressure from samsung and others in this product segment, then lets hear it out.

dogsgobork 3y ago

In retrospect, every invention is obvious. I think it's fair to say that Apple went a bit beyond just slapping bluetooth onto their existing headphones. The instant pairing experience alone makes them stand out against the standard competition.

Gigachad 3y ago
I remember the release and all of the reddit and HN comments were to the tune of “this is stupid” “you’ll lose them” “they look dumb” “now I have to buy a cable to connect the two” The idea that you could have two, disconnected pods seems to have been quite bold.
- eviks 3y ago
  You can also find a group of comments holding any opinion The obvious idea of wireless is anything but bold
  - Gigachad 3y ago
    These weren't fringe ideas, they were all of the top level, highly upvoted comments. While the Airpods seem completely obvious now, they were pretty radical and controversial when first announced.
- asdff 3y ago
  I believe samsung had a similar product out ahead of apple at the time. Just like with the watch.
  - deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]

fomine3 3y ago

It looks like so obvious in retrospect, but it wasn't sure. Bluetooth audio was somewhat a niche until Apple removed 3.5mm. Maybe noise cancelling boom is another reason. NC also requires battery and amp so why don't make it wireless? IIRC until Sony MDR-1000X sold well (that's sold in 2016, same year as iPhone 7!), noise cancelling market was minor Bose's market for airplane user.

sbuk 3y ago

“When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.”