slprescott

This is definitely a problem.

While I love my AirPods overall (in terms of convenience), they + iPhone 6s + Apple Watch + WiFi (sometimes) show 3 problems for me:

1. AirPods disconnect from phone calls.
2. AirPods disconnect from playing the Music or Podcasts app (and thus pause the playback)
3. AirPods have frequently gaps/skips/blips in music playback

One workaround to the phone-disconnect problems seems to be using only ONE AirPod during a phone call.  This decreases the  disconnects.

I'm not badmouthing AirPods; I love the vision and the convenience.  But we also need to be honest and transparent about the shortcomings of v1 so that Apple engineers can continue improving them.

Could Apple's in-house expansion in chip-design eventually include designing and building their own modem circuits, eliminating both Intel and Qualcomm as suppliers in this category?

Generally I appreciate these video tutorials, but in this case you can answer in 3 words:
  > "Lift the lid."

There are enough new-tech components in this (predicted) design that the inevitable rumors of "limited launch capacity due to component yield problems" are inevitable in August.

Speaking as someone who works in the Enterprise Applications industry:
  1. I was excited when Apple and IBM first announced their MobileFirst partnership...
  2. ... but I have seen zero evidence of it among my customers.

Nonetheless, I'm glad to have the commitment to iOS and Swift by such a major force as IBM.