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2-3 years for earphones are a good metric? My Sony WH-1000X M3 are now almost 6 years old and still work perfectly (just replaced the pads once last year)
by darkwater 1y ago
2-3 years for earphones are a good metric? My Sony WH-1000X M3 are now almost 6 years old and still work perfectly (just replaced the pads once last year)
- postalcoder 1y agoNormies in my life get significant utility from AirPods. It may frustrate many that this continues to be brought up as the bar when discussing apple products, but getting the old folks onto wireless headphones was impossible prior to AirPods. I have multiple 80+ year olds in my life and they just use them. Never asked me a thing about pairing. When things go awry they go to the apple story and pay $75 for the replacements. Some may consider this a tax. For others, it’s a premium they’re willing to pay.
- thewebguyd 1y ago> I have multiple 80+ year olds in my life and they just use them. Never asked me a thing about pairing. When things go awry they go to the apple story and pay $75 for the replacements. This. AirPods made wireless earbuds usable for the general population. They made it friction free. You'd be surprised at how "difficult" something as simple as pairing a bluetooth device to a phone or computer is for a lot of people. It's a tax I'm willing to pay too. Yeah, there are much better products out there, both for quality and durability, but the convenience and friction free experience if you are in the ecosystem can't be beat.
- ghusto 1y agoAirpods, good for old people. Got it.
- martinky24 1y agoThe article is specifically (in the first sentence) about wireless earbuds. Comparing AirPods to traditional over-the-ear headphones is like comparing the longevity of a smartphone to that of a laptop.