Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?
by kabacha on Thursday January 09, 2020 @04:47AM
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Everything else you wrote is purely subjective: easier to connect? better than more expensive over ear noise cancelling headphones, really? Competitive price at $160? oof.
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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?
by Arn_Thor on Thursday January 09, 2020 @11:55PM
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Yes, it's subjective. As I clearly write they're ways in which I found them to be better.
They certainly connect easier and more reliably than my over-ears, bought around the same time (flagship Sony noise cancelling ones). As for the price, as Wikipedia documents and many others have mentioned, they were priced lower than most other truly wireless earbuds when they launched. Since then the field has grown more competitive, which is good for the consumer.