Patrik Siwek I still like Apple products and if they offer a solution in consumer electronics, I will always choose it over anything else. However, the days when I took Apple as a sacrament are long gone. Nevertheless, I decided to get AirPods for one reason in particular. Even though I have headphones at home many times more expensive than those from Apple, when I fall asleep to play something on YouTube from my iPhone or MacBook, AirPods are more than enough. In addition, I was attracted by the possibility of using them as hands-free in the car, especially because I have two cars, the headphones work independently and I have an equal pair of hands-free in the price.
My initial excitement after the headphones played out was mainly related to the sound quality, which I'm not only not used to with Apple headphones, but I didn't expect much. Despite being wireless and I realize I'm paying most of the price for the design, logo and technology, not the sound, the headphones perform reasonably well. Of course, it's not for some audiophile listening to Beethoven, but if you go for a run or a bike ride, it certainly won't offend you. On the other hand, there are other things that make me sad that I'm starting to feel like Apple is actually playing a joke on us sometimes.
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The one that essentially brought multi-touch displays to ordinary users, the one that first introduced the multi-touch trackpad as a desktop computer accessory and the one that essentially defined gesture control as such, now gives us headphones that not only use gestures we can't define it, but basically they can't handle many of them. Why is it not possible to increase or decrease the volume by moving your finger over the earpiece when much smaller Samsung earpieces can do it and it works quite reliably.
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I was looking forward to the fact that the entire car crew wouldn't have to listen to my calls when I wasn't going somewhere alone, and that's why I thought how great it would be to use AirPods as hands-free, however, unlike listening to music when the battery life is 5 hours, when used as hands-free it starts after an hour and a half approaching the end of the battery life and you simply won't get over two hours. Asking Apple to put internal music storage in headphones for five thousand so that we can use them without connecting to an iPhone or Apple Watch would be too much, I understand that. But why couldn't Apple use the built-in accelerometer to make the headphones measure at least basic sports information or at least act as a pedometer. Probably because it would then sell a few less Apple Watches.
Don't take it the wrong way, I still like Apple products, but in short, I am no longer excited about anything they introduce before they introduce it just because it will have a bitten apple logo on it. In short, AirPods are for me a clear example of another product in which all the gadgets and technology could be stuffed into the first generation, but Apple didn't do it on purpose just to be able to show the second generation in a year, which will bring everything I'm missing today. At least that's how I perceive the absence of all the gadgets that I consider in headphones, in which I personally think that the sound is not the first and most important thing. AirPods are good headphones, but somehow I feel that the word good is really a three for Apple.
Headset, not handsfree. The fact that the headphones are simply headphones and not an "empetrojka" I rather acknowledge than I would take it as a shortcoming.
But I don't understand the hold on.
Btw, no, there's really no point in dealing with the sound of bricks, it's simply a compromise construction with benefits elsewhere.
Siwek, learn at least a little Czech, or go somewhere, preferably with your employer with basic education. That's probably not possible, hernajs.
I don't have AirPods and I don't even want them, but according to the article it seems that if the author of the earphones doesn't call a prostitute and make coffee while he's waiting for her (of course automatically) it's shit for him.
The person who wrote it is probably not normal.
quite sober view of the matter. I understand the author's point of view, but I do not agree with the internal memory for music, for that Apple added a watch, phone or ipod to the ecosystem. But what I think we will actually see will be a much larger range of functions and measurements that the headphones will be able to control/provide. And already with the new iOS or with the new generation of headphones.
It lasts less than 2 hours, not much. Especially the hansfree, I would have reached the place (after 2 hours) and it would have run out even if I hadn't called? That's kind of weird isn't it?
Otherwise, I agree with the author on a few things. I don't give a shit about anything Apple does.
For example, the Apple Watch cannot currently replace a bunch of functions that I have now. It's a shame, but that's how it is.
However, I was really pleasantly surprised by the HomePod and if it produces great sound as they claim, I will only take it as a speaker for the living room (I will easily turn off the assistant and the like, which are unusable in the Czech Republic). I dealt with such a purchase a year ago and the competition in this segment is quite expensive (approx. 17-25 thousand), so if Apple does the same thing for perhaps even less money, the sound will be very good, the TV / iPhone / iPad switching function is simple and usable , then I will be a clear buyer. Of course, I count on the fact that if I put something in front of the speaker, it will handle it just fine, so full automatic (so they promise).
Of course, the maximum 2 hours will last when you are on the phone, mind you when you are on the phone and not when no one is calling you. Otherwise, I can confirm, my headphones also died after about two hours of talk, but that's understandable, the microphones also work during the call, so it's more demanding on energy
Thanks for the confirmation, this is quite important for me. And how long does it really last while listening?
I've never had them run out. 4 hours would definitely do, with some medium volume I would believe even 5 hours. The last time I used them was for 3 hours straight and it was fine, but unfortunately I didn't check how much was left. But when you're not using them, put them in the box and they're charged again in no time.
So, provided that I don't forget to charge them. I'll be at work for 3 hours in the morning, I'll let them charge for at least 30 minutes during lunch, so I'd probably last 5 hours. Well, it would be silly, but it would be possible.
With version 2, it will be a bit longer (to 6 hours) and it will be fine :-D. So if I don't use them much for Skype calls.
Great, thanks for the info. This information from real use is the most useful for me.
Yes, they would definitely give it. It charges quickly, so I believe that with the charging pause of 30 minutes, they would give more than the 5 hours.
I don't know why I would need the headphones to measure my steps and the like. I don't wear them all the time anyway, so the data from that would be useful. There's a watch for that and I work perfectly, so if anyone wants to measure it, I have it. It would unnecessarily reduce their endurance.
I agree that the missing volume gesture is a shame, but at least with iOS11, you can set a different tap action for each handset.
Apart from this little thing, I personally have nothing to complain about them and they are a great product for me, that kind of wow that I have been missing from Apple for a long time.
I agree, until the bitter end.
Take a look at the satisfaction survey. Next to the fir tree.
What flows from them? Me about the car, you about the goat.
That the concept won't be as bad as you describe. After all, Samsung managed to copy it the same year (industrial espionage worked), and they are not the only two companies with this concept.
You obviously missed the point. That concept is bad for us elderly users. Apple targeted a completely different group. A group of posers and not a group of professionals and hobbyists. That's why Pro and iMacs are already quite old, and the only thing that Apple innovates are color variants of smartphones, by the way, today at the level of Samsung Galaxy S5, watch straps and other nonsense. E.g. these headphones with sumpoid sound.
Who is copying from whom today is quite debatable. Technologically, the Apple train has run away and this year it will come with great glory with induction and fast charging, etc. What Apple does not buy from Samsung, it does not have.
Even though I agree that the famous "quality" of apple products is going away, iMacs are just new this year... at the end of the year iMac Pro will also come :)
Sorry, I must have missed that. After all, the same look has been worn for years, except for the thinning. In general, things are not rosy with Apple computers, and watches, headphones, phones are pushing. Mainly earn money on cases, colored straps and the fiftieth color version of the iPhone. Which is also technically prehistoric. I get it, it's relatively cheap and everyone buys it and flaunts the fact that they have an Apple. Computers are only on the second or third track. And at the same time, it's the only thing I would buy from Apple today, that is, when the MB Pro and iMac are technically or morally gone.
For example, I have an iPad Pro 12,9″ and I can't praise it enough – in combination with the Apple Pencil, it's simply perfection for me. As for the iMac, I will be purchasing it in December. As for the iPhone - it has had nothing to offer me for 9 years now - I had an iPhone 3G and after two years of using it I switched and I'm riding the Galaxy S wave …. I'm put off by all the posers and teenagers who slander Samsung and flaunt iPhones bought by their parents, and half of them on installments... in reality, just make calls with it, take blurry photos on Instagram and Facebook, and engage in debates about how the iPhone is terribly perfect and no other phone even reaches up to its ankles, while a Xiaomi for 3k would be enough to use them.... in addition to all this, even here on the apple store, where the discussions were usually worth something, an exotic has appeared, who exhibits on mobile mania and smart mania and screws it up with his conspiracies and trolling... it's a shame
More specifically, the new MacBooks, iMacs (the Pro is waiting for an Intel CPU), the "announced announcement" of the Mac Pro are introduced. It doesn't seem to me that Apple's PC is lacking in any way:) They just don't need to dig through every year, which, by the way, fully corresponds to the market, where there is a kind of change in HW among users for about 5 years.
Ad concept, but mushrooms. Apple was practically the first to offer USABLE AND NO COMPROMISE both headphones and headsets, glory glory glory. And his reward is sales. And yes, nothing is logically one-size-fits-all!
Ad technology. These are just regiments. No manufacturer has everything. Just as Apple, according to you, ran off the Qi train, so did Sony, HTC, TCL, blah blah blah. Just like Apple's 3D Touch, the train of HTC, Sony, Samsung (except for some kind of implementation now) has passed, blah blah blah blah. Sony has a UHD display, so technologically the train of Samsung, Apple, HTC, Huawei has passed. blah blah blah. Terrible regiment :/
Uni stupid boy. AirPods are a copy of S Gear X, both not much. All Apple headphones are Chinese scumbags full of compromises, the only thing they can do is design, which comes second to headphones.
Beats are rattles for trolls, the sound output of the iPhone is worse than on the first Huaweis.
"What Apple doesn't buy from Samsung it doesn't have." True DAT.
That's a massacre :D
You probably don't understand the written text. By concept, I mean a shift away from the group of earlier users, to those of today, like you.
Those headphones have many compromises. So you missed the mark. And competitive ones are also usable. But they play better and don't look like you've been shot on a village fair.
About compromises, for example here:
https://smartmania.cz/apple-airpods-test-recenze-sluchatka/
Ad technology, in each category there is a kind of technological standard that +/- everyone has. For example, with a car for half a million, you already expect that there will be automatic climate control and not manual and that the radio will be built-in and not that you will rush to buy it or that it will not spin with a rope and that the windows will be electrically controlled.
If Apple is a technological leader and top, as you are trying to convince us here, and has a phone for about 20-30k, then it should look like that too. Display, basic memory capacity, function. E.g. fast and wireless charging. What's in it for Apple? Nothing. It's about like a wood-burning car these days. For 30k it's the absolute worst phone in terms of HW. Fuck you. I have been hearing from Cook for several years how they are preparing revolutionary things. I haven't seen any yet. Just blah blah blah, terrible plky :-/
I understand that it eats at you, I would also be angry to buy something and think God knows what I don't have and then the troll Thor comes and says that it is a shop. If he knew how it would take you, I'd rather be silent :-/
Alas, such a text and such damage... I hope you guys don't have it, you're quite dangerous. I'll try to fix it at least a little.
Concept - Apple headphones are still in the form of balls (we are talking about the "legacy" concept, not taken in Beats). It's a design choice. So no diversion, wrong.
Technology - I don't know who says something about cutting-edge technology, this is basically just your text, don't argue with yourself:) Phones for 20k can, for example, be Huawei, Samsung, HTC, Sony, Apple, Asus (fly by), etc. Everything everywhere it has wireless charging….Samsung. Like based on one company yelling about std. it's really brave:) So again...wrong. On the other hand, not many people have managed to strum like a stereo... And this way we can strum ad infinitum. There are a thousand manufacturers, none has everything (logically).
As someone below noted, you're just significantly reducing the quality of the discussion.. :(
So much text and just empty ballast, it's better to save your breath. Think what you want, I really don't care???
I think the last sentence describes your lack of clarity. No one called me an exotic who lowers the quality of the discussion, but someone who exhibits himself on MM and SM. I don't really have an account there and I don't intend to have one. I recommend learning to read, understand and then write to someone. You are completely off topic. I'm guessing a hit goose.
You were directly labeled stupid here if I'm the only one reading here? I just agreed with the author of the article and expanded on it somewhat. Amen. ?
Well, I've been here for a few years:) I don't know what nickname you go by elsewhere, others probably do.
When the arguments run out (or the individual's nonsense is refuted), it goes to the personal level, classic:)
And that's supposed to be like the argument? Does that mean it has more weight? And where here?
The only one pushing it now is you. What do you not understand about the sentence that I don't have an account there?
And where are the arguments, I'm just reading your personal impressions.
I was just stating that you are an idiot, which you are, this reaction convinced you. You can't even understand that I don't have an account there and you're implying that someone knows something.
Just like you didn't understand that the reaction to lowering the quality of the discussion was not about me ???
A1 personally called you stupid.
You are right, but you are too strict. The departure from the group of former users is significant, but it is logical - a deal is a deal. On the contrary, I am happy to have more OSX users, I see Macbooks around me everywhere and that is good, because the bigger the set, the more the pressure will be for better software. The truth is that the innovation of adult computers - iMacs in particular - annoys me insanely. They are now outdated pieces for big money. Unfortunately, I'm about to buy one of these.
I guess I am, but it annoys me too. Luckily the MBPro works for me and so does the iMac.
Sometimes I have the impression that I see only phones. Which I was excited about years ago. But the enthusiasm faded. HW is terrible for the money and I didn't even go to iP anymore. And I had all the previous models. When I put my current SGS 8+ next to the iP 7 so, well ….. better not talk before I catch it again ??? better not to talk about the perfection and quality of iOS, I would also get ???
You're right, so much wasted money for such a semi-finished product... :-)
You are absolutely right. I can only agree with everything you wrote above. But trade an iPhone for a Samsung?! Especially if I have other Apple products at home?
I do not have a problem with it. I also have TimeCapsule, Apple TV, AirPort Express, iPod Classic... But iPhone is just desperate for the same money. Just the scoop-shaped dimensions. Both in terms of HW and SW. With which I have now dug into another nest. I don't necessarily need an iPhone. I also connect to WiFi via AirPort, Apple TV can be controlled from Samsung as well, everything I need is synchronized...
On the other hand, I have a Samsung TV, so I have a TV with my phone and I also have an additional DeX. I am not a blind and uncritical Apple owner. That's why I won't buy the AirPods, and I've already replaced the iPod Classic with a newer player. Specifically the Onkyo DP-X1, running on Android too. And I'm satisfied. It has a file manager, I connect via USB what I need and MOST IMPORTANTLY... I put music in any format on the card and the world will be amazed, the player will play it for me and in decent quality. I mean, for example, FLAC or the new MQA. Apple is for undemanding customers, understand the pozers. All they need is the sump-like sound from AirPods and the iPhone, and music in the now obsolete MP3. And most importantly, have an "apple". :-)
By the way, I recently bought an Apple Watch for my girlfriend, only to find out that it doesn't work without an iP, so I bought another iP, how else but Rose Gold. She is happy :-)
Well, not me anymore, but she is now the target group of Apple customers and that is the change from Jobs to Cook. Unfortunately.
I can't completely agree with this. Personally, I am very satisfied with both the iPhone 7 and the aWatch. And I'm certainly not one to buy it to show off that it's Apple. Rather the opposite. But I just have a big hand and 7 suits me. Apple music solved the music here. I'm not completely satisfied, but I don't have the time and energy to find and update music for the whole family. However, Apple's change with Tim Cook is clearly visible. Among other things Steve Jobs refused 7-inch tablets or a stylus.
So fine. A lot of people feel that way, it has become a style thing. Which is nice at the moment. But it happens that these people get tired of it over time and drag them elsewhere. And old customers, don't come back. A few years ago only Nokia, Sony(Ericsson) were used and where are they today. He beat them by a difference of several classes Samsung, which everyone mocked. And there are such cases. A lot of similar companies with this philosophy either went bankrupt completely or are barely surviving today. As a HiFi fan just randomly: Blaupunkt, Grundig, Alpine, Technics, Panasonic, Philips, Braun, Nordmende, Saba, Akai, Nakamichi….. Either they don't exist or they sell or make fans like Akai. Such a disgrace. It's a pretty dangerous strategy. I can't think of whom she was dating endlessly.
At the moment, probably only Apple, yay :-)
"Liars who take pictures of their murders in the mirror.", is sensational! :)))) And they look ridiculous, that's true. But it doesn't play that bad. The new system will probably bring their greater use.