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Eric_WVGG said:

We found that a pair of original AirPods bought in late 2016 now holds a charge for around two hours of continuous playing compared to the five or more they originally had.

I'm a little unclear if this is the playback capacity of the buds (I think?) or how much juice the case carries. 

I'd appreciate a future article that tries to “benchmark” a two-year-old set. I know it couldn't be terribly scientific, but at least it would be a good basis of comparison.

Personally, I think I'm just gonna go with the $49/bud replacement when these get decrepit, and wait for Airpods 3 before taking another plunge.

6502 said:

Soli said:

sirlance99 said:

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sirlance99 said:

Standard isn’t always best when many cards have better rewards than 2%. Also, my standard purchases are extremely low compared to other categories. There’s practically nowhere that I purchase things that I can’t get at least 3% back and up to 5% on most things. 

Depends on how one defines "best", doesn't it? The Amazon Prime Store Card, for example, gives you 5% back... with a 28.24% annual APR.

Apple committed to a low (albeit unspecified) APR, with no fees, no late charges, and no penalties. Not to mention the not-so-minor fact that you get your rewards back daily as Apple Cash. Not at the end of the month, not when you redeem them. Daily.

Then there's the secure unique randomized card number per transaction. No number or signature to steal on the physical card. No tracking of purchases. No sales of transaction data.

I don't know about you, but there's a ton of value in privacy and security.

Fees and APRs don’t matter if you pay your balance in full. 

You realize that being able to pay off your cards every month isn’t the norm, right?

It is very normal for those of us who are mature with our money and only buy what we can afford. Look up Dave Ramsey. If being in debt is normal, I'm very happy being abnormal.

elfig2012 said:

https://www.google.be/amp/s/qz.com/1572885/the-truth-behind-claims-airpods-cause-cancer/amp/


what is Apple saying about this?

No, scientists didn’t sign anything about the dangers of Airpods

The scientist declaration referenced in all the news posts is actually from 2015, and was an appeal to governments to take seriously the potential health threats of the type of non-ionizing radiofrequency radiation emitted by cell phones and other wireless devices. Yes, those include Bluetooth devices, like Airpods. 

rysmithaz said:

My speeds on 5g e never hit more than 30mbps. LTE speeds though 15 miles away are consistently 120mbps or more.

Apple should not get sucked into AT&T’s scam.

shev said:

Anything more than $79 and I won’t be buying it me no thinks 

$79.00 - 99.00 would be a price I could deal with.  I feel like $129.00 is going to be the price though when it is actually released.. Just a feeling I have..