Sieghard,
Well, I think your ideas here are constructive and, like you, I will
probably hold off. I've now listened to the podcast by David Woodbridge,
though I stopped just after the first section on working with the
iPhone. I still think I'll take a look though the next time I'm in the
Apple Store.
However secure an earpiece appears to be, I too prefer to have a loop
around the ear for extra safety.
Carol P
On 12/03/2017 20:38, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Hi Carol,
The Airpods are impressive, sound great and I'd love to have a pair. However,
at this point two things keep me from spending this much money for them: first,
there is no way to Play/Pause, Forward/Rewind or change the volume on the
Airpods except for bringing up SIRI and tell SIRI what you want to do. Of
course this would not be an option on a flight or if you are, for some reason
in Airplane mode or have no WiFi or data connection. Second, I have also an
Apple Watch and all reports I have heard say the Airpods don't switch well
between iPhone and Apple Watch. For such an advanced and expensive device and
one that has been designed by Apple this to me should be a given. If I listen
to something on my phone and I wake up my watch or a notification comes in on
the watch then the Airpods should switch instantly to the watch pausing
whatever I am listening to and, once the watch is done they should switch back
and resume playing my music or book or whatever. My Plantronics Voyager Edge
does this with a fraction of a second delay and I would expect that from a
device designed by Apple and for Apple devices. A third and myabe slightly less
important feature I would like to see is a small loop moldet into the plastic
on the part that sticks down and comes to a point (it could even be at the end
of that part) where you could attach a thin, but strong line or cable to join
both Airpods together which would make it much less easy to loose them and it
would be much easier to take them out of your ear and have them hanging around
your neck.
I totally expect that Apple will release a second generation of the Airpods
this fall along with their new iPhones and I will definitely wait as it is only
another 6 months until that happens to see what they improve.
Regards,
Sieghard
-----Original Message-----
From: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2017 9:09 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Airpod question.
Mark,
That made interesting reading for me and made me think that, just maybe, I'll take a
demo, if one's available at the shop because they sound as though they were made for
me! <Smiles>
Carol P
On 24/02/2017 21:11, M. Taylor 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-descri
ption-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? A button to turn them off or on?
Thanks.
Jen
Sent from my iPhone
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