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Re:Apple Delays AirPods Wireless Headphones by jonlucc on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @07:00PM (#12801510)
I disagree. I work in a lab (biology), and I listen to podcasts, books, and music for a large part of most days. I currently use wired headphones, but the cord tugs at them all day. In addition, wires get caught. Just today, I was stooping down to put something on the bottom shelf of a freezer, and when I started to stand up, the cord caught on my knee and yanked the headphone right off my ear. This kind of thing happens to me daily.

If there were a good, long-lasting (battery-wise), decent sounding pair of headphones, I'd gladly jump on board.

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Re:Apple Delays AirPods Wireless Headphones by jdietrich on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @07:11PM (#12801591)
Run the cable down the back of your shirt, secured at the collar with a bobby pin.
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Re:Apple Delays AirPods Wireless Headphones by jonlucc on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @07:56PM (#12801831)
I have to take them on and off a lot for various meetings and encounters. There is probably some solution, but wireless is likely to be the most simple, in my opinion.
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Re:Apple Delays AirPods Wireless Headphones by revelation on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @07:14PM (#12801607)
Well.. why are you using headphones connected some place not on your body?

The dichotomy isn't "wireless" or "long cable to some stationary box", it's "wireless" or "in-ear to music player in your pocket".

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Re:Apple Delays AirPods Wireless Headphones by jonlucc on Friday October 28, 2016 @12:35PM (#12817809)
Why would you assume I was attached to a stationary box? The headphones go to my phone in my pocket, but there's still extra cord that doesn't stay in my pocket if I put it there.
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