AirPods with Wireless Charging Case

Re:AirPods with Wireless Charging Case by asark on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @10:28AM (#19442550)

Airpods dying on conference calls has become another common part of the joke that is conference calls generally. Seeing that happen constantly has turned me off buying them :-/

Well, that and the fact that I'd definitely lose one in the first month of ownership.

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Re:AirPods with Wireless Charging Case by wil421 on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @11:23AM (#19443074)

They aren’t really designed for conference calls. It’s more for listening to music and answering a few calls when they happen. AirPods are more of a light workout or entertainment headphones. Jabra, Plantronics, and the like are for conference calls.

I do use them for conference calls but I know they have limited capabilities. My 14 hour Jabra headset will do just fine and have noise cancellation.

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Re:AirPods with Wireless Charging Case by williamdclt on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @11:32AM (#19443191)

> It’s more for listening to music

If only. At this price, you have hundreds of options with much better sound quality

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Re:AirPods with Wireless Charging Case by Skunkleton on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @02:50PM (#19445482)

Here is a sample of the headphones that I own:

    1. Sennheiser HD650 w/ Schiit Magni2/Modi2
    2. Sony MDR1000x
    3. Airpods

The Airpods sound...not great. Especially when compared to the Sennheisers. Still, I am not going to carry a large pair of headphones (or a dac/amp) everywhere I go just so I can have the very best (tm) audio experience. The reality is that most listening environments are _terrible_ and much of the quality of a given audio device is lost. Airpods check a lot of boxes that are not checked by my other headphones.

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Re:AirPods with Wireless Charging Case by cschneid on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @12:55PM (#19444106)

Legit question: what headphones are you talking about?

Requirement: in-ear and no wires or over ear hook thing.

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Re:AirPods with Wireless Charging Case by wil421 on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @11:51AM (#19443394)

At this price point you are paying form factor and lightweight. Bose and Sony have much better headphones at a similar price point. Both are much bigger and may have cords but the quality is much better. They last longer too.

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Re:AirPods with Wireless Charging Case by Yetanfou on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @12:15PM (#19443667)

At this price you're paying for recognisability and affluence signalling. Apple will be able to launch a 'limited series' of 'black airpods with gilded touch rings' - with the colour being the only differentiator from the regular product - at a 50% price increase and see considerable sales.

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Re:AirPods with Wireless Charging Case by seppin on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @06:56PM (#19447826)

> At this price you're paying for recognisability and affluence signalling.

Give it a rest, Apple makes great hardware with great software. That's why people buy it, nothing to do with being cool.

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Re:AirPods with Wireless Charging Case by reaperducer on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @01:28PM (#19444516)

Airpods dying on conference calls has become another common part of the joke that is conference calls generally. Seeing that happen constantly has turned me off buying them :-/

Like everything in life -- you use the right tool for the job.

If you're on a lot of conference calls, then you buy a headset or something else suited to that task. AirPods are not that item. They're for listening to music while running, or at work, and answering the occasional phone call.

I don't complain that my Hello Kitty-branded eeePC 701 can't run the latest AI framework.

If you want to do business, you buy a business tool.

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Re:AirPods with Wireless Charging Case by matt-attack on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @12:28PM (#19443802)

I find the best solution is to just use one at a time. The other charges while talking. They charge must faster than they get consumed, so you can use steady-state schema all day with zero interruption.

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Re:AirPods with Wireless Charging Case by ska on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @11:35AM (#19443226)

This might bethought of as a feature - if you're having that many long conference calls on the regular, you're probably have much bigger problems...

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Re:AirPods with Wireless Charging Case by asark on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @12:01PM (#19443498)

It's more the hip PMs and business-side folks who are on calls a good percentage of any given day, trying to use them for work, than too-long meetings killing them all at once. I don't think they've got the battery life for people in those roles, but boy do they really want to use them. Good for a chuckle a week or so if you're spending even 2-3 hours a week on calls with those sorts.

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