Thanks all for your replies. I love these little things! (Smile) Jen
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2017, at 11:10 PM, Cristóbal <crismuno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I read an article on the Wirecutter having to do with reviewing different > headphones and the other day and airpods were not on the reviewer's list of > top choices. They went over how ultimately, it depends on the activity > you're doing. If working out, then maybe this set or if you want to > make/receive business ccalls, that headset, actual music listening, then > the other. This person in particular said they cycled through seven > different headphones for all sorts of scenarios. > Their summary of the airpods and why they chose to use other headphones is > that the airpods basically don't feel like a fully baked product yet. > That's more or less the feeling I get from everything I've read about them > and why I haven't taken the plunge and bought them. > I have multiple headphones that I switch out. Voyager Edge for making > and receiving calls as I find it to be the most complete earpiece. > Especially for noise canceling sinceI use it for business. Some wired bos > sport earbuds for car travel or longer listening, Trekz bone conduction > headphones for when I want to give my ears a rest and do some leasurely > audiobook or podcast listening or while working out and bluetooth > Photive over the ear headphones thatalso have a 3.5 cable option for good > music listening as I find them good to block out other noises. > I know lots of people don't have the budget to buy all sorts of > headphones, but airpods also cost a pretty penny. I just dont' see right now > where airpodswoudl really fit in my listening needs or what of I already have > they would actually replace. That or god forbid, you lose one and have to > shell out some cash to get a replacement airpod. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 7:54 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Airpod question. > > I agree with respect to comfort and sound quality, but until they add a > volume control they aren't getting my money. Also, Mark, what about the > apparently terrible switching or not switching if you have an iPhone and an > Apple Watch? My Voyager Edge also pauses playback when I take it out of my > ear and when paired to my iPhone and Apple Watch it does seamlessly switch, > if I listen to a book and my Apple Watch plays an alert or I press the crown > to hear the time it instantly can be heard on my Voyager Edge and afterwards > it almost instantly switches back to the iPhone audio. From all I heard this > does not work nearly that well with Airpods when of course it should work at > least as good or even better. Also, if the Voyager Edge and many other > bluetooth earpieces support answering a phone call simply by saying "Answer" > or send it to voice mail if I say "Decline" why don't the Airpods do > something so basic and useful? > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > M. Taylor > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 1:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Airpod question. > > 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 9:34 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > myrna Votta > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 3:10 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 10:01 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > M. Taylor > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 11:40 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 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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