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beowulfschmidt said:

Have they un-nerfed the ANC in the AirPods Pro?  I haven't been paying attention since they did that, but if they've fixed it, I might consider them again.

Firmware update 2C54 affected the ANC and was quickly pulled by Apple. It got on to some users Airpods back on 12/16 before being pulled and replaced with the previous 2B588 firmware. I received mine on Christmas day and was on 2B588 out of the box. In between that time I exchanged the original pair I had for another issue I was having and the new set is still on firmware 2B588. I don't believe ANC performance is an issue on this firmware..

hodar said:

I have a HomePod for the downstairs TV.  I am less than impressed.  For the price, I have seen similarly priced Visio Sound bars that outperform the HomePod as used as an external TV speaker.  In my use case, the HomePod was purchased to link with the AppleTV, to provide a better sound for watching TV.

As a single unit, the HomePod sounds pretty good, playing music - but does not do as well reproducing dialog as a primary speaker for TV/movies.  The sound is muddled, and the vocals unclear - the build-in sound from my 2003 Panasonic Plasma TV does vocal and dialog sound from the shows better.  This is disappointing.

Most Home Theater units, including every iPhone, iPod and iPad have a built-in equalizer, to set the levels for different types of music (i.e.. jazz, classical, rock, etc.) and a home theater will also include EQ settings for movies, sports, etc.  The HomePod has no such setting at all.  Why?

boxcatcher said:

ITGUYINSD said:

Well that just saved me $70000+ (that I don't have in the first place)!  I could not buy a car that doesn't have CarPlay.

LOL — exactly what I’d expect from someone who’s never driven a Tesla.

CarPlay became necessary b/c most car companies treated the info system as an afterthought and/or don’t have nearly the software talent that Apple could muster, resulting in years of absolutely poop in-car info/mapping systems. 

This simply does not apply to Tesla.

Will driving a Tesla make the OP be able to afford a Tesla? 

Fatman said:

Hopefully this puts a fire under Apple - but Im not going to hold my breath. Apple Maps needs a better feedback system for corrections to their data, enhanced business info, gas pricing, and a Waze-like crowd sourcing for hazards/traffic/police sightings. Maybe 5 years from now we'll see those features added?

viclauyyc said:

Given FBI has so many tools they had used in the past. Not to mention they can get help from NSA. I highly doubt they can’t access the phone. It is more like they makeup an excuse to make apple to build a back foot in the iOS. 

Also, if I am going to commit such horrible crime, I will surely wipe my phone before doing it.