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The only benefit of hands-free Hey Siri, to me, would be to assign "double tap" to play/pause on both ears. I very rarely set the volume or call someone via Siri on the Airpods, but i kinda still want access to that feature.
Also, it's nice to see that the charging case is available invdividually and is backwards compatible, but 80 bucks is too steep for (imho) limited benefits. Qi charging's benefits are being able to just pick up and put down your phone without having to fumble around with a cable.
I don't pick up / put down my charging case all that much, and i pretty much exclusively charge it over night. So i don't feel like i'm missing out on much.
Definitely neat features for 'late adopters' but nothing us early adopters should shed a tear about, really ...
Also, it's nice to see that the charging case is available invdividually and is backwards compatible, but 80 bucks is too steep for (imho) limited benefits. Qi charging's benefits are being able to just pick up and put down your phone without having to fumble around with a cable.
I don't pick up / put down my charging case all that much, and i pretty much exclusively charge it over night. So i don't feel like i'm missing out on much.
Definitely neat features for 'late adopters' but nothing us early adopters should shed a tear about, really ...
Its 10 € on top but yeah, that wasn't really a thing to buy on the store so mostly nobody did know about it. The prices are ridiculous irrespective of that.
Not sure if that's the case (pun intended), it seems pretty much the industry standard price or thereabouts.
£80 for a charging case?
Nah I'm good.
Apple logic says 'buy the new airpods for only £40 more than regular price, saving £40! then give your current airpods to a loved one'
£80 for a charging case?
Nah I'm good.
Well there is tech in it to make the charging work. I prefer wired charging anyway. Don't see the point of wireless charging when it is (1) energy wasteful (2) requires you to put it on a specific mat in a specific spot and (3) not really case friendly unless you buy a specific case and (4) takes longer.
bummed, was looking forward to airpods 2 the most and it's basically a nothing upgrade
sigh, the wait for gen 3 begins ☹️
sigh, the wait for gen 3 begins ☹️
Hm, aside from not offering a black option, I'm not entirely sure what more people were expecting? A different form factor?
I mean, it upgrades the internals, adds wireless charging, quicker connections, so I assume it will move to BT 5.0 as well. Seems like pretty much what you'd expect in an upgrade?
I think people really want in-ears or at least an option to adapt the AirPods shape and still fit in the charging case.
Also a bit of controls. But with Hey Siri I guess it frees up the double tap to be used in a new way?
Noise cancelling/isolation would be the big one for me. Looks like it's probably happening with gen 3 going by the tweet posted in the other thread.
This AirPod update is what I expected minus the potential change to a grippier material, and water resistance. In-ear might never happen, and I don't know about controls on the AirPods anymore.
Currently the option is already there to switch from "hey siri" to play/pause and next track, so I reckon that will be the default now.
Noise isolation is only going to happen if it would become IEM, and tbh, I'm glad Apple is the one offering these. Everything else is IEM and I can't spend the entire day at work with those personally. The major selling point for Airpods is the fact that they're not IEM to me.
While I'd like it if they made a second model with IEM, I don't expect them to do that.
Yeah they're basically exactly what the rumours have said they would be for months. Wasn't expecting anything else.
I was hoping for better grip, black colour, better sound quality and possibly a shorter stem.
I swear to god I had a dream last night that Apple announced a iPhone SE followup and now I wake up to a third day of new Apple products...man I hope that's precognition in action.
Well in my case we'd have 1 mat on the kitchen counter, rather than an Anker device with 4 charging cables hanging out of it all the time. It's a mess.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=airpod...=TXNDDRF3NTXX&sprefix=airpods+wireles,aps,123
There are loads of adapters to add wireless charging for about £10. Its just a simple Qi coil that plugs into the lighting socket. Probably costs Apple $1 to add
I just bought a 2018 9.7" iPad (first iPad I've ever owned) in November and Monday's announcement has me considering replacing it for the new iPad Air. The A12 is significantly faster than the A10 and I play a lot of CivVI on my iPad. I can only imagine that the performance increase would be 100% worth it.
Wait a minute, does macOS "keep track" of moved files? I opened a file in powerpoint, closed it, moved it to another locale and just opened it again right through the "recent" menu. Being a years long Windows user I already prepped myself for an error message but it just worked. Just did it again to confirm and yep, it does update the path instantly.
Is this a system or MS Office thing? Because it definitely doesn't work in Windows MS Office.
Regardless, what a fantastic little feature.
Is this a system or MS Office thing? Because it definitely doesn't work in Windows MS Office.
Regardless, what a fantastic little feature.
System, specifically HFS+ and APFS, thing.
Basically, each file and folder are given a unique number by the file system, so when you move it, the location changes, but the app can still find it by referencing the number.
I've literally never been able to sit through a conference for anything in my life, even if it's something I'm interested in.
I'll just wait half an hour for the synopses to start rolling in.
Hey Siri on the AirPods is exactly what I'm looking for, as I find myself really needing it when listening to podcasts while washing the dishes
I will never understand people complaining that their old tech is still totally fine. Just don't buy as much stuff people.
Longer talk time is a nice upgrade. Phone calls obliterate my AirPods' battery.
And I imagine that if Apple does in-ear AirPods, they'll be placed under the Beats brand. Though Apple hasn't done anything new with Beats in quite a while other than new colorways?
And I imagine that if Apple does in-ear AirPods, they'll be placed under the Beats brand. Though Apple hasn't done anything new with Beats in quite a while other than new colorways?
Yo, what's with the expectations of a black model?
Apple earphones have always been white, it's their iconic look.
Y'all are crazy if you're expecting black Apple earphones :P
I expect services to be at the keynote on 3/25. I was wondering if there is any product line that is due for an update that they might update tomorrow.
it would be really funny if they updated the Mac Pro without a press event just because of all of the angry podcasts it would generate
They were rumoured pretty heavily from what I recall, which is why I took notice. I personally would prefer them to be a little more discrete (being still on the fence on the actual look of them).
At some point I need to drag out my EarpPods (if my daughter hasn't stolen them yet, she goes through the fucking things at an alarming rate) and spend some time with them to see if the AirPods will actually be a decent fit for me.
Woops. My Bad. I thought you were talking about the keynote...
I feel like most people just want a boring expandable product that gets regular updates, so few people would be all that angry.
I wish I could trade-in my old AirPods. I don't want the hassle of putting them up on eBay and I'm not really asking/hoping for much since one of them is very muffled.
this is going to be a great way to sell my old only-45-minutes-of-battery-life-per-earbud-charge airpods to some hapless soul if i can actually manage to clean all the dust and earwax out of them and the case
