Dan Pražák I believe that the new AirPods Pro have made many Apple fans really happy. Active noise cancellation, water resistance, better sound reproduction or replaceable tips are features offered by most competing headphones and it is definitely welcome that we can now find them in Apple's offer. Me personally - and I believe a lot of other users - but the premiere of the new AirPods Pro rather aggravated. However, not because the headphones offend me in terms of design, for example, but mainly because they come to the market at an inappropriate time and their introduction by Apple seems a bit like a thong to me.
I've been using AirPods for almost three years now, practically since the first model came on the market in 2017. For the average consumer who doesn't particularly care about sound quality and is caught up in the Apple ecosystem, these are some of the best wireless headphones. AirPods are exactly the product that confirms that the engineers in Cupertino can still make great things that are simple, intuitive, minimalistic and simply work. That is, at least until more than two years pass and the battery wear in the headphones begins to have a noticeable effect on the endurance during listening and especially during calls.
And that's why this spring, approximately two and a half years after the introduction of the first AirPods, Apple introduced their second generation. It received several smaller, but pleasing novelties and went directly against all owners of the original AirPods, who already felt the degrading battery life. And since I use my AirPods quite often, I joined them and logically bought the new generation. Although it was completely clear to me that in approximately two years I would be dealing with a similar problem with the battery, I was willing to spend the 5 crowns that Apple wants for AirPods 790 with a wireless charging case. I was also tempted by the prospect of having the latest and greatest wireless headphones with the bitten apple logo for at least a year and a half or two. But at the time, I had no way of knowing what Apple was up to.
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Given the above, I was simply disappointed by yesterday's launch of the AirPods Pro. Not from the headphones themselves, but specifically from Apple as such. The second generation of AirPods now strikes me as a way for the Californian company to squeeze money out of everyone who had the battery life of the original AirPods. And now, half a year later, they will introduce other AirPods, which have several key extra functions that make it worth buying. This is not to say that there should not be an AirPods 2 or AirPods Pro, but Apple should have launched both versions of the headphones at the same time so that customers could easily choose. We didn't offer them this option until a few months after most interested parties had already managed to purchase second-generation AirPods for almost 6 thousand crowns.
I realize that not everyone will appreciate the new AirPods Pro and their functions, and therefore AirPods 2 will be more than enough for them. But if I personally had a choice at the time, I would definitely go for the more equipped AirPods Pro. Even with the first generation, I thought that they would have liked an active noise cancellation function, especially when competing headphones at a similar price offered it. Not to mention the water resistance, which comes in handy especially when playing sports. Unfortunately, I didn't have a choice, and I currently have six-month-old AirPods, which I can hardly sell or at a significant loss. And paying more than 7 crowns for a second pair of headphones is logically impossible for me to justify, and from the point of view of common sense, such a decision would not even make sense.
This whining of the editor here is completely childish. Apple should have launched both hearing aids together and prepared for 6 months of profit from sales of Air Pods2.
Yeah, he had. At least that would be fair to the customers.
Like, I don't want to touch anyone here and so I didn't read all the comments, but everyone knew that Apple was just going to release new AirPods and they only released the pair to keep them out of stock. Considering that AirPower support is written on the box, it is perhaps clear how and why they were included. But it didn't work out. I just didn't buy them and I suffered with the battery that was slowly dying, and now I'll just buy the new ones.
Or you could have complained about the old AirPods of the first generation like I did and you would have had them serviced for free for the next two years. And then happily buy new AirPods Pro.
Otherwise, it will not be possible to try the headphones for hygienic reasons. Personally, I've never had much use for spunts, but I'd like to try the ANC again. But I don't want to pay more than 7 thousand for something when I don't know if it will suit me
I'm sorry, but a very unnecessary article. Did the editor feel hurt that Apple released new headphones and he has been using another for half a year? With a loss, the headphones can be sold but at a very small price, there is still a lot of interest in Airpods. If you don't mind paying 7300 kc for Airpods pro, I don't think it will be a problem if you lose about 1000 kc when selling.
I don't see how this has to do with "ecosystem". Like anything else. So I'll buy a crappy pair of headphones just because they're one step easier to pair than if I buy a much better competitor's for the same money? That's how it is with everything. Below average services, but mainly that "ecosystem"? I will use the Apple TV which has two series, rather than Netflix, but mainly because I have an "ecosystem". I put in my ears the horrors that play as if from a cesspool, but mainly that I have an "ecosystem". Because I'm a moron who can't install an app and pair it through it or set up a Netflix account. Neoapplists = brainless. ?
You're right, you don't understand and you don't have enough information.
Sorry, but very misleading article.
That's the way it is, new products just come out all the time. Those who "must" always have the newest, best, etc., should buy it. Those who don't use it. It feels so insulting to see that the manufacturer releases a new product while I've been using others for half a year.
Apparently at an inopportune time, clearly there is no worse time to release a product than 2 months before Christmas :D