Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates

Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by Dylan16807 on Monday September 25, 2023 @09:58PM (#37653353)

> cheap out with wired

That is not correct. Please do not say that.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by Shekelphile on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:01PM (#37653381)

It is if you care about ANC and convenience of use. At home wired is obviously king :)

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by Dylan16807 on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:10PM (#37653450)

Noise cancelling isn't incompatible with wires...

And both wired and wireless have their own convenience problems. But the wireless ones are more frustrating in my experience.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by okdood64 on Monday September 25, 2023 @11:54PM (#37654111)

What's inconvenient about wireless ones with ANC versus wired ones with ANC?

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by Dylan16807 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @01:18AM (#37654763)

Pairing problems, occasional dropouts, and the biggest one, delay.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by wiseowise on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @12:24PM (#37661648)

Never had any of those. Define delay, maybe I have it.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by Dylan16807 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @02:32PM (#37663793)

https://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/Pictures/Hardware/Bl...

https://www.0db.co.kr/files/attach/images/179/725/105/002/eb...

Bluetooth usually introduces some pretty big delays to sound. Sometimes video players can synchronize themselves, but controls will have a weird lag even for audio-only applications and hopefully you don't want to do anything interactive.

And speaking of interactive, your typical bluetooth device will drop to horrendous quality if you switch into headset mode.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by brewdad on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:30PM (#37653606)

It's nice to have a set of earbuds I don't have to worry about having charged.

That said, since I changed over to a device without a headphone jack, it's never been a problem after maybe a month of adjustment. It's really just one more device added to my charging routine.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by Moldoteck on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @04:41AM (#37656258)

with reverse charging it's not a problem? From pixel 5, I could charge my earbuds from the phone, no problem. 5 mins of charge are enough to keep me entertained for at least 30mins

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by MAGZine on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:54PM (#37653750)

I was buying expensive wired earbuds long before airpods were a thing. if anything, they normalized spending $200 on audio equipment.

passive audio protection > active sound canceling. Unlike most people, I don't find losing earbuds and surprisingly discharged earbuds to be 'features'.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by endorphine on Monday September 25, 2023 @11:54PM (#37654115)

Factually incorrect. Most high-end audiophile headphones are only wired. And we're talking 400$+.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by PennRobotics on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @03:59AM (#37655952)

If I believe AudioScienceReview, phones with a dedicated DAC (much of LG) are far better, spec-wise, than phones using the amp in a modern Snapdragon handset.

In other words, you're plugging expensive headphones into a mediocre driver.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by raun1 on Monday September 25, 2023 @11:58PM (#37654147)

Cost is not the only reason to prefer wired over wireless.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by guywhocodes on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @06:40AM (#37657295)

If there was a bluetooth profile that was duplex and had acceptable audio playback I would consider paying for a good pair, again. But mSBC, being the best available, is mono only and sounds like a 90s phone call.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by summm on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @11:58AM (#37661256)

Bluetooth Low Energy Audio with the LC3 codec should be finally able to do it. And some of the newer headphones support that. In theory. How good this works in practice, I don't know, manufacturers aren't even advertising proper duplex, probably because they would have to admit that the old mechanism is just crap.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by guywhocodes on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @02:12PM (#37663492)

That's actually exciting. I'll keep an eye out for that for sure. And I agree I think this is not talked about because we would collectively agree that what we have is shit.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by dacryn on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @09:26AM (#37658953)

nah, cables have their niche use cases.

I for example like to ride my bicycle with some earbuds, the cables help me to wrap it around my helmet strap so they are very tight in my ear, and I don't have to worry about losing an airpod when riding rough terrain.

I haven't found the same satisfaction with bluetooth buds. I had some Jabra's that were connected to each other with a cable, but then the receiver is in a location that somehow blocks bluetooth reception when the phone is in my back pocket.

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Re:Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates by bigstrat2003 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @08:24PM (#37667934)

I can afford wireless earbuds fine. I like them less. They offer no utility, and in fact are a downgrade (since they have to be charged/can easily be lost), AND I have to pay more for the privilege. Why on earth would I ever choose to pay more for worse functionality?

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