X I am considering the beats ex or another set. I'm looking for noise cancellation
> > On Feb 24, 2017 at 15:11, <M. Taylor (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > > Hello Everyone, > > As with many things in life, it's all a matter of opinion. > > I can tell you that of all the 20+ Bluetooth headsets I've owned throughout > the years, Apple Airpods are my absolute, without a doubt, favorite. > > I am amazed with how seamlessly they interface with iPhone. I absolutely love > the fact that I can effortlessly switch from a single-ear to two-ear and back > to a single-ear configuration, on the fly. > > The auto-ear detection is as close to magic as I've yet experienced on a > Smartphone. > > If I am playing a song or listening to a book/podcast with Airpods, all I > need do is to remove the Airpod from my ear and playback will pause and not > resume until I place the Airpod back in my ear. Amazing! > > My favorite feature of Airpods, however, is how beautifully VoiceOver > switches between Airpods and iPhone. > > With iPhone in my breast pocket, for example, and an alert comes in, that I > want to explore privately, I simply place an Airpod in my ear and sound > automatically transfers from the phone to my ear; when I'm done, I simply > drop the Airpod back into either its case or a pocket, and sound > automatically reverts back to iPhone. > > This may be difficult to believe but last night, I panicked when I could not > find one of my Airpods only to have a sighted friend inform me that it was in > my left ear. I know, I couldn't believe it either. Talk about being > embarrassed; but they really are that comfortable. smile) > > Mind you, I am using Airpods with iPhone 6 Plus, only, so I can only imagine > how much better they perform with newer iPhone models. > > I think Airpods are well worth their price and that Apple, once again, has > ushered in a new era of technology with this most innovative accessory. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 9:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Airpod question. > > Hi Eric, > > Good choice, I think the current Airpods are quite a rip-off and in fact I > was at an Apple Store today to buy a headset for my wife as an anniversary > present and I was looking forward to checking out the Beats Solo and walked > away deeply disappointed. I am in Canada so the Beats Solo here is $329.95 + > taxes and while they sounded OK I could simply not believe such a large and, > according to Apple, advanced headset has no volume control. First the Airpods > have no volume control and now the Beats Solo also has no volume control, if > this is the wireless future Apple invisions they need glasses. I ended up > getting her a pair of the new BeatsX since she prefers earbud style headsets > anyways over big clunky ones. As for the Solo I can only say that in addition > to the lack of a volume control the sound is also just OK, I mean it's good > but not special for the price. I have listened to many a headset that costs > between $150 and $200 Canadian and think they sounded just as good. > Another thing I noticed is that the canadian price for the BeatsX is a lot > more favourible than that of the Airpods. If I am not mistaken the BeatsX in > the States are $149 and the Airpods are $159, a $10 difference. Here in > Canada the BeatsX are $179 and the Airpods are $219, a $40 difference in our > currency. If I use the current exchange rate and convert $149 for the BeatsX > to canadian it works out to about $195 Canadian, but Apple Canada only > charges $179 so compared to the US price it's actually a good deal. If I > convert the $159 US for the Airpods to Canadian it is $208 or $209 so at $219 > Apple put a 5% upcharge on it at least based on the current exchange rate. > How a $10 US difference works out to be a $40 Canadian difference when $10 US > is about $13.2 or $13.5 I don't know. > All in all I think that currently you can get a much better bang for your > buck if you look at third-party headsets and the Apple W1 chip to me seems > very much overrated. In fact, apart from the admitedly simple pairing process > and maybe the fact that any other Apple device that is connected to the same > Apple Id is supposed to pair I don't see a big advantage. > If you think of it the initial pairing process of a regular bluetooth headset > is also easy and in my view just as simple. With the BeatsX you still have to > push and hold the on/off button and the only difference is that a message > pops up on the screen asking if you want to connect to them so you save > yourself a few taps by not having to go into bluetooth settings and to double > tap on a newly paired device. With the BeatsX I had to double tap on > "Connect" and then on "Done" with a normal bluetooth headset I have to double > tap on Settings, then Bluetooth and then on the newly found device so it's > one double tap more. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > myrna Votta > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 3:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Airpod question. > > Hi, > > Below is the link to the page which contains information and a link to David > Woodbridge's podcast on the Air Pods. I received my Air Pods yesterday and I > decided to listen to his podcast before I set mine up. It is excellent. > http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/apple-airpods-unboxing-description-and-reviewto > his podcast > > Myrna > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 10:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Airpod question. > > You can't turn them on or off and while I don't have a set of them I did try > a pair at an Apple Store and I am pretty sure I remember that the battery > status was displayed in the status line on the iPhone where this is usually > showing for supported devices. I don't think you see how much battery is left > in the case, though. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > M. Taylor > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 11:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Airpod question. > > Jennifer, > > David Woodbridge recently posted a fabulous podcast tutorial on setting up > Airpods on AppleVis. > > I do not have the URL but I'm certain that a quick Google search will find > it. > > Give it a listen. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jenifer Barr > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 11:00 AM > To: iPhone List > Subject: Airpod question. > > Hi all. > I finally got my airpods. Yay!!! > Question: how do I check the batery status of the pods and the case? Also, > isn't there a button on the case? 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