Well, my personal experience with airpods is opposite. A lot of fiddling, frustrating to set up, unreliable on every, most basic step.
Re:AirPods Are Becoming a Platform?
by toasterlovin on Thursday December 26, 2019 @12:32PM
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FWIW, I think the phone you have makes a big difference. Mine were terrible with an iPhone SE, but work extremely well with an iPhone 11.
i have a pair of TaoTronics TT-BH053, $40 on amazon right now, and they do all the things you list. I'm not sure if I'll ever try the airpods due to price, but these bluetooth earbuds/microphone work fucking amazing. Maybe I need to reseat the buds every once in a while, but that seems like my general bluetooth experience...the protocol kinda sucks, but revolutionary non the less.
Re:AirPods Are Becoming a Platform?
by toasterlovin on Thursday December 26, 2019 @05:28PM
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> they do all the things you list
FWIW, if you think people buy Apple devices because of lists of features, you’ll simply never be able to make sense of Apple’s success.
they don't have the same exact feature set, though. airpods just work, reliably. no fiddling, no repairing. No frustrating set up. That's what you're paying for. The extra 80% of effort for that last 20%. And for many people, it's worth it.