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Only if "pure marketing juice" means "plainly telling people about a straightforward feature they're adding to one of their products." Which like, okay, that is
by tshaddox 17d ago
Only if "pure marketing juice" means "plainly telling people about a straightforward feature they're adding to one of their products." Which like, okay, that is what marketing is, but are you suggesting they don't tell people?
- belval 17d agoI think it's the: > a first for the open-ear form factor That is being called out as comical.
- anyfoo 17d agoBut it is? At least for AirPods. The AirPods Pro are not open-ear form factor. I do not know about other open-ear airbuds.
- jkahrs595 16d agoTwo separate models from Huawei have swipe volume controls (freearc and freeclip). I’m not a earbud guru but my $25 anker buds have tap to hold volume controls (not swipe, I’m sure Apple is being specific for a reason), but no matter how you move the goalposts it’s a ridiculous claim.
- Gigachad 16d agoThey all have the squishy silicone part that goes in your ear. The claim on the apple page is it's for the ones that don't have that. Which is true. It's not a particularly crazy innovation but the statement is true.
- lkois 16d agoNo they don't. The two Huawei models mentioned are completely different form factors, that are much more open-ear and further from squishy silicone than any Airpods. This is exactly the assumption that the carefully worded juice hopes you'll make. That Apple's claim to innovation precludes even a cursory glance at the competition
- jkahrs595 16d agoThey don’t have the squishy silicone, but you sound so confident! Tim Apple or his replacement aren’t giving you any prizes for your shilling, it’s ok to like Apple products and see how stupid their marketing is.
- anyfoo 16d agoAre they open ear?
- Catagris 16d agoThey are both ear wrap around so apples to oranges.
- crossroadsguy 16d agoWouldn't a more traditionally appropriate question be: "but are those Apple"?
- jkahrs595 16d agoThat is why I mentioned them, yes.
- mastermage 16d agocan confirm my Huawei Freebud 4 have swipe volume controls, anc and do not have silicone tip. Which is one of the reasons I got them after my Gen 1 Airpods started to annoy me on Android.
- ChrisRR 16d agoBecause they're being very awkwardly specific in order to make it sound like they're the first to do it. For the average consumer who doesn't know that if you look outside of their disclaimer you'll find that it already exists and think that apple invented the feature