Hi Jennifer, I was in Vancouver for the last few days and had time yesterday so I went to one of the Apple Stores there and tried the Airpods. Yes, they told me also that they clean them each time, I doubt, however, they sent them away, they probably just wipe them down with an alcohol cloth or something like that. Anyhow, I do like them in many ways, just as the regular Earpods they fit my ears extremely well and I can shake my head like a wet dog and they still don't fall out. The sound is very nice and it's all good but I still won't buy them because of the lack of a volume control on the Airpods. Yes, you can use SIRI and I tried this, you can actually ask SIRI to set the volume to a particular percentage so it's not necessarily like you have to say to turn down the volume three times before you have it where you want it, but then of course there are situations where SIRI won't work like during a flight etc. The second reason why I won't buy them now is the switching issue, unfortunately I had forgotten my Apple Watch at home so I couldn't try it myself, but I'm pretty sure the issue exists if everybody has it. Lastly I won't buy them because of the $220 price tag (that's what they cost here in Canada). On top of that are 12% tax here in British Columbia, so they would actually cost me $246.40 and right now I have other priorities. Having said all this I will probably buy them if they add volume controls to the next generation Airpods and truly find a way to make them work seamlessly with the iPhone and Apple watch similarly to how my Plantronics Voyager Edge works.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jenifer Barr Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 4:54 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Ordered my airpods! Hi Sieghard. The sales rep from apple stated that they send them to be cleaned after every use. I chose to believe this... I haven't died yet. LOL I heard about not being able to switch on the fly but as I don't have an apple watch this wasn't a deal breaker. The volume control will take some getting used to... but that wasn't a dealbreaker for me. Jen On 1/12/17, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hi Jennifer, > > Hopefully I won't burst your bubble, but while I love gadgets I > decided to stay away from the Airpods at this point because of two main > reasons: > > 1. I have an Apple Watch and apparently while you can pair them with > an iPhone and an Apple Watch, they do not switch seamlessly between > these devices. My Plantronics Voyager Edge when it's paried to both my > phone and my Apple Watch will do this. I can be listening to an audio > book on my phone and if a notification on my watch comes in the book > pauses, the notification sound is heard and then the book restarts. > 2. Lack of control. All you can do it bring up SIRI by tapping the Airpods. > If you want to change volume you either have to tap and tell SIRI to > increase or decrease volume which interrupts what's playing, volume is > adjusted, then the stream restarts and depending if you wan to > increase/decrease the volume more you have to repeat several times or > you still have to pull out your phone to adjust it on the phone. This > is hardly the handsfree future Apple has announced when they "had the > courage" to get rid of the 3.5mm headphone jack. Maybe somebody who > already has them can confirm or not whether while a call is coming in > you can tap to answer and whether during a call you can tap to hang > up. I really hope that at least that functionality is there, but for > the high price I think they are not yet worth it. I am pretty sure > that this fall there will be the Airpod series 2 and it wouldn't > surprise me if it had all sorts of touch controls on it. Oh well, at > least I assume you have Apple's 30-day satisfaction guaranty. I'm > actually almost tempted to order them and return them just to have a > chance to try them out and to let Apple know that this is a product which is > not worthy of my satisfaction yet. > By the way, how do they do this in the store with respect to trying them? > You said you were able to try them at an Apple Store, do they have > some sort of disposable cover or do you get to try them after a couple > of hundred people before you have stuck them in their ears and left > their earwax on them? > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Jenifer Barr > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 10:58 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Ordered my airpods! > > Hi all. > So I went to the apple store last sunday and ordered my new airpods > after listening to them in the store. The only thing I don't like is > that I have to wait 6 weeks to get them! Lol. > My only question is... how do you answer or hang up a call? If you > double tap on the headphone won't that tell seri you want to talk to her? > Also... > am I correct in saying that the pods have to be in the case to pair them? > I'm trying to patiently wait for them! > Jen > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, > or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact > the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, > or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact > the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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