Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised
by asdff on Thursday May 18, 2023 @08:22PM
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Airpods were handed to Cook on a platter, honestly. It doesn't take a market savant to realize apple can make a killing selling the ever popular and sexy earpod in bluetooth form. Once the battery technology was available to resell the same earpod but with bluetooth it would have been made no matter who was CEO.
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Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised
by dogsgobork on Thursday May 18, 2023 @08:33PM
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In retrospect, every invention is obvious. I think it's fair to say that Apple went a bit beyond just slapping bluetooth onto their existing headphones. The instant pairing experience alone makes them stand out against the standard competition.
Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised
by Gigachad on Thursday May 18, 2023 @09:42PM
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I remember the release and all of the reddit and HN comments were to the tune of “this is stupid” “you’ll lose them” “they look dumb” “now I have to buy a cable to connect the two”
The idea that you could have two, disconnected pods seems to have been quite bold.
You can also find a group of comments holding any opinion
The obvious idea of wireless is anything but bold
These weren't fringe ideas, they were all of the top level, highly upvoted comments.
While the Airpods seem completely obvious now, they were pretty radical and controversial when first announced.
I believe samsung had a similar product out ahead of apple at the time. Just like with the watch.
iPhone was handed to Jobs on a platter, honestly. It doesn't take a market savant to realize apple can make a killing selling the ever popular and sexy iPod in touchscreen form. Once the battery technology was available to resell the same iPod but with cellular it would have been made no matter who was CEO.
Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised
by paulryanrogers on Thursday May 18, 2023 @08:32PM
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You jest yet I think there is truth in this analysis.
Yes, but would it have been done as well?
Are the airpods not doing well?
Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised
by addisonl on Thursday May 18, 2023 @10:39PM
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They said “done as well”, not “doing well”, two very different things.
Ok. Do you think airpods are not doing as well?
"done as well" means "built as well", not the same as "doing well" or "doing as well"
If you have a case that Tim Cook in particular made the unilateral call on the airpod and not market pressure from samsung and others in this product segment, then lets hear it out.
It looks like so obvious in retrospect, but it wasn't sure. Bluetooth audio was somewhat a niche until Apple removed 3.5mm.