Returning mine.
The sound quality during a phone call is absolutely horrific. Talking to other owners, this appears to be part of the design.
Nah. I think it's a limitation of the current bluetooth technology since you're sending and receiving at the same time. So there has to be some quality trade-off to keep everything stable.
alright ordered 2nd pair from Apple and BB, whichever one ships first. I'll surprise my wife and earn some marriage points
Can't believe they STILL don't have them on EPP
right? freaking regular customers are the priority or some shit
That's weird then. I should try them in a call or during discord on the phone once to see how it sounds. All i know is that Siri indeed sounds low quality.I have other BT headphones with mics that work fine. It's something specific to AirPods.
For music and general listening, I would strongly recommend. But not if you plan to take a lot of calls.
Am I like going deaf? I gotta crank the airpods all the way up in order to get decent volume, even in a fairly quiet room
WSJ review of the BeatsX has this quote, which I hadnt seen before:
"Apple says the W1 chip, also found in the sportier $200 Powerbeats3 and the on-ear $300 Solo3 Wireless, consumes about a third of the power of a normal Bluetooth chip. As such, BeatsX delivers an impressive 8-hour battery life.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beatsx...rent-your-thing-1487336400?mod=rss_Technology
That's weird then. Why would they compromise sound quality if not for a technical limitation?I have other BT headphones with mics that work fine. It's something specific to AirPods.
For music and general listening, I would strongly recommend. But not if you plan to take a lot of calls.
idk man, sounds very unhealthy. They are a little more silent than the regular EarPods but I've found turning them up one or two notches is good enough to counter that. Half-way or a bit below is perfectly fine for me on the train. 2 to 3 at night.Am I like going deaf? I gotta crank the airpods all the way up in order to get decent volume, even in a fairly quiet room
That's weird then. Why would they compromise sound quality if not for a technical limitation?
idk man, sounds very unhealthy. They are a little more silent than the regular EarPods but I've found turning them up one or two notches is good enough to counter that. Half-way or a bit below is perfectly fine for me on the train. 2 to 3 at night.
Should probably wait for the noise canceling "skin" giga posted on the last page.
It feels like Apple has to always put some significant flaw in every product that they make. With the AirPods, they really should have some tactile controls and an option for hooking around the ear.
Lightning port chargingWhat's the fascination with the Beats X? There are so many options at that price if you're willing to go with wired BT headphones. Maybe the battery life is better by a bit but the W1 chip on the Solo 3 I'm using doesn't even seem that different from any other BT headphones I've used other than the initial pairing which you pretty much only need to do once.
Lightning port charging
Fast fuel
Magnets
Pretty good battery life
Slightly odd question, but do they still work when covered? i.e. with a beanie hat covering the ears?
Out of curiosity, why would you think they wouldn't work with beanie over them? assuming you meant over and not sticking airpots over the beanie, lol)
Multiple articles have said you can use your AirPods to send texts with Siri, which I would want to do but every time I summon Siri to do that she makes me unlock my iPhone first. When it's in my pocket thats not a big deal but when I'm around the house it's kind of a dealbreaker. Am I doing something wrong here?
When listening are you listening to your phone or your watch?
Eh, I got nothing. (meaning I have no airpods, so I dunno)
My phone. And yes, I can just use my watch to send messages but it's been called out in so many articles I'm just curious if that's just a generic blanket statement they're making or if it's possible and I'm doing it wrong
Nah, I meant are your airpods listening to your watch or not. I thought maaaaybe a locked phone doesn't allow commands from the watch via airpods.
Maybe it's one of those security features like not being able to access find my friends via siri while phone is locked.
edit:....damn, I just checked, I can't message from my phone with siri on the lock screen either. just using direct siri - try that.
double edit: hang I lied....it works fine. siri wasn;t hearing me properly....huh.
Siri doesn't seem to be a sort useful on the lock screen as she used to be. Is it because of hey Siri and trying to prevent inadvertent use of siri?Just tried it. I can send a message okay but Siri won't read my texts unless the phone is unlocked. Still annoying
Siri doesn't seem to be a sort useful on the lock screen as she used to be. Is it because of hey Siri and trying to prevent inadvertent use of siri?
Not to mention at least accepting authentication via Apple Watch, which is already a thing for the Mac.Yeah, they are. I guess the theory is that anyone can jack my phone and ask Siri to read messages and do stuff like unlock my door (which also requires my passcode) though I feel like they should have special provisions for AirPods/Bluetooth headsets, at least with a setting. The odds of someone taking my phone and headset at the same time are pretty minimal
are beats supposed to be good now or something?
Pulled the trigger. Sadly, six week wait for these. Gonna have to put up with my EarPods until then.
They've got to be purposefully limiting stock at this point.
I don't really see why Apple would do this, especially for earphones. As the poster above pointed out, in their position it just makes more sense to sell as much as you can.They've got to be purposefully limiting stock at this point.
I'd argue it depends on the head shape. They look kinda funny on people with smaller heads because of the stems imo but outside of that? Just a matter of getting used to it.Only thing is... after seeing this in real life, they admittedly look stupid as hell
are beats supposed to be good now or something?
ordered the blue beatsX, they show as 2-3 weeks shipping.
I don't really like the white or black ones because they look rather bland / cheap - especially the white ones.
little bit 'worried' about how the whole neckstrap thing feels, but i'm psyched that i can go back to using the same headphones for my phone, my laptop and for when i'm running, again.
Someone can snatch that shit and dip if like ur sitting on the subway or something
Only thing is... after seeing this in real life, they admittedly look stupid as hell