jcs2305

mike54 said:

With all that fancy circuitry in there, I guess there is no room for just a simple on/off switch.

I'm hoping for a much cheaper version, that sounds decent, with the same level of ANC, H1 chip, but without the spacial computational audio stuff, no gyro's  and I don't even need a sensor in each ear cup to pause sound.

Apple already makes what you are looking for.. they are called Beats Solo Pro....  and they are on sale right now.

genovelle said:

jcs2305 said:

osmartormenajr said:

I remember well the heyday of Cydia. A lot of close friends with a shit eating grin on their face over some $1.99 apps they had stolen.

Cydia was a legitimate app store in the same sense as the Rolex sales representative you used to find at every street corner.

Stealing apps wasn't really what Cydia and Jailbreaking was about. I jailbroke my phones for years and so did close friends for the tweaks and added functionality not stolen apps. CCcontrols before control center existed.CCtweak for the long press function in control center before there was 3d touch and now haptic touch. Barrel for a cool animated unlock screen. NoSlowanimations for a super fast open and close of apps and the phone by being able to control the animation speed.

I had no problem paying the developers that gave their free time to make these things possible.. I never trusted some off shoot store that sold pirated apps.Considering the price of apps then and now that is actually a pretty shitty thing to do.

Most did use it for just that. People would brag about how they didn’t have to pay for apps. And the tech guy at work would teach them how to do it b

melgross said:

jcs2305 said:

osmartormenajr said:

I remember well the heyday of Cydia. A lot of close friends with a shit eating grin on their face over some $1.99 apps they had stolen.

Cydia was a legitimate app store in the same sense as the Rolex sales representative you used to find at every street corner.

Stealing apps wasn't really what Cydia and Jailbreaking was about. I jailbroke my phones for years and so did close friends for the tweaks and added functionality not stolen apps. CCcontrols before control center existed.CCtweak for the long press function in control center before there was 3d touch and now haptic touch. Barrel for a cool animated unlock screen. NoSlowanimations for a super fast open and close of apps and the phone by being able to control the animation speed.

I had no problem paying the developers that gave their free time to make these things possible.. I never trusted some off shoot store that sold pirated apps.Considering the price of apps then and now that is actually a pretty shitty thing to do.

Yes, the PURPOSE as stated by Cydia wasn’t to steal apps. But a very large percentage of apps on Cydia were pirated. Cydia did nothing, or at most, very little to take those apps down, because while pirating apps wasn’t the purpose, it was a major way in which the platform was used. Malware was abundant there as well. Particularly as jailbroken phones lost most of the protections Apple had built in, and so Cydia was the perfect place to insert them into what people often thought were pirated apps.

there was little positive about Cydia, even if a few people did gain some small benefit. Most of those benefits weren’t of great benefit, just minor convenience. 

I am fully aware of the cheap asses that used Repos to steal apps.. whatever happened to their device is on them..

osmartormenajr said:

I remember well the heyday of Cydia. A lot of close friends with a shit eating grin on their face over some $1.99 apps they had stolen.

Cydia was a legitimate app store in the same sense as the Rolex sales representative you used to find at every street corner.

I had no problem paying the developers that gave their free time to make these things possible.. I never trusted some off shoot store that sold pirated apps.Considering the price of apps then and now that is actually a pretty shitty thing to do.

sevenfeet said:

SpamSandwich said:

Looking over the description page at Apple.com, I looked closer at the volume knob and must wonder out loud what in the world were they thinking when they decided to put that closer to the BACK than the FRONT on top of the headphones? 

The volume knob will be THE MOST USED function of these headphones. And if a person is lying down on a pillow, as shown in their video/ad, the odds that the volume knob will be accidentally moved or triggered have increased hugely. And the physically awkward placement will also make it more difficult to reach in those cases when something very loud suddenly blasts over the headphones.

This is one of those slap yourself on the forehead moments. Form should never override function on something like headphones. 

Here's another head-slapping problem with these, outside of the price as the competition (Bose, Sony) are $200 cheaper.....NO HEADPHONE JACK.

Now I know that Apple has moved away from headphone jacks in most of their products. But one of the key applications for this device is going to be airplanes (when we can all fly again safely). While you may have your iPhone, iPad or Mac with you for entertainment, most airlines have infotainment system screens in the seat back and how do you interface with all of them? A headphone jack.

This had to have been discussed with the design team. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why this was deleted and would be an instant deal killer to get me to abandon my Bose QuietComfort headphones, regardless of whatever cool tech Apple has included with this, or how well they might sound. Also, audiophiles would want a headphone jack to connect to sound systems and bypass the limitations of Bluetooth for an analog experience.