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Re:AirPods are now available by eric_h on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @07:32PM (#13172733)
Indeed. The fact that the first use experience is (from what I've heard) the very best pairing experience for any bluetooth headset ever tells that story quite well (all thanks to Apple's proprietary W1 chip, of course).

I've got a pair of Bose QC 35s and though their pairing experience is standard annoying bluetooth pairing, their support of multiple devices/easily switching between them is the best I've seen in bluetooth headphones I've purchased. The AirPods are, apparently, comparable to the Bose in this regard, with a better onboarding experience.

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Re:AirPods are now available by FireBeyond on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @06:13PM (#13180655)
"The fact that the first use experience is (from what I've heard) the very best pairing experience for any bluetooth headset ever tells that story quite well (all thanks to Apple's proprietary W1 chip, of course)."

From who? They're not available, not even any pre-release reviews around.

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Re:AirPods are now available by eric_h on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @06:58PM (#13180971)
Beats headphones with the W1 chip in them have been available since the the iPhone 7 release. I am, admittedly, assuming that the AirPods will be as good at this as the Beats headphones with the chip, but I believe that's a reasonable assumption.
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