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Long term review: Apple's AirPods are still the best wireless headphones around
okay, so they are: - expensive but not really expensive when you consider having to replace cheaper ones multiple times - built in sensors are attractive because they're intuitive to how people live their lives while using them - the design brings a "cool" factor - battery life is great and they'll last for even the most hardcore users ....that's all great but what about sound quality? the review covers everything but the sound quality. I've not met a single person who owns this that have said "AirPods are one of the best headphones I've ever owned, the sound is sick" - most have said that it's relatively no better than the standard earbuds that Apple gives you when you buy an iPhone or that it's just okay. I don't understand why anyone would write a review of headphones/earpods that doesn't include anything around sound quality. The whole review could be summed up with "There's no better set of headphones on the market that can deliver mediocre sound while looking so stylish"
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Five years after Steve Jobs: an Apple with the courage to say 'No'
it's little unfair to say it's not the company it was. When Jobs was head of Apple the industry was in a much different place and there was still way more advancements available. At the moment, there's a low period in innovation because the available technology. If any company were to do something truly ground breaking, it would be too expensive to produce and way too expensive for consumer adoption.decondos said:Very successful but not nearly the company it was. Not much has happened since Jobs, not anything real special. I miss the Jobs perfection.
-Once an early adopter, but now reluctant and cautious-
Also, Jobs was charismatic so not matter what Apple was producing, the way he presented it made it a 100x bigger than it actually was. You can bet that if he was pitching the iPhone 7 Plus and the dual camera people would've lost their damn minds at how revolutionary it is.
I'm by far no Apple fanboy but I've got to give credit where it's due and the next evolution of innovation, for consumers, is going to be insane and Apple will probably be right at the top. There's only so much you can do with the limitations that exist today - what more can you really do with a phone today?
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Beats Solo3 test finds Apple W1 audio chip boosts battery life & simplifies pairing
why? because improved battery life and faster pairing means you can listen to subpar audio quality faster and for a longer period of time?polymnia said:Beats acquisition looks better every day.
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Pegatron CEO slams analysts, 'cautiously optimistic' about Apple iPhone 7 sales
2. Then you need to sign up for TWO YEARS on an expensive plan -> not true, my plan on Verizon is staying exactly the same. As a matter of fact, the line access fee for one line is going down from $40 to $20 because that line was still on a 2yr subsidized contract but eligible for an early upgrade (now on device payment plan). My bill will actually be a couple of dollars cheaper because the the two phones combined payment will be less than $20 thanks to the $650 on my trade in. Where as before the trade in, I had the $40 line access fee on one line, that's now reduced to $20 and combined, the device payment for both phones is around $14. The combined line access fee and 2 device payments comes to $34. That gives me an additional savings of $144 over the 24 months. I'm actually SAVING money - if I did the normal $300 trade in, it would be costing me MORE MONEY because while the line access fee would still be reduced to $20, the device payments would be more than doubled and my new bill each month there after would exceed the pre-upgrade bill by around $10 a month.sog35 said:
You miss the point.BxBorn said:
yes, carriers have incentives but I've not seen anything to the likes of $650 on a trade in.sog35 said:
There are carrier incentives every year. Since the very beginning of the iPhone.BxBorn said:Carrier incentives of $650 on an iPhone 6 or 6s is probably driving a lot of 7 sales. I bought 2 because of the incentive. My wife and I each had a 6 so it was a no brainer to get the 7 for $100 each. However, had there been no incentive, we'd be riding the 6 until it fell apart.
The truth is after 2 years any phone is falling apart, especially the battery. This has not changed.
And if you hold you phone for 3 years you are really pushing it, and you will be missing out on a ton of good stuff.
4 years? Forget about it, unless you are the most basic of all users.
I see no reason NOT to upgrade every 2 years or even every year. If you buy an iPhone for $650 and after 2 years get $300 for trade in you are literally only paying 50 cents a day for your phone. Or $15 a month. Tell me what other device do you use EVERY DAY, 12 hours a day, 365 days a year?
Its crazy that people are willing to spend $500 a year on Starbucks coffee and not $200 a year on a smartphone. Makes ZERO sense.
Define "use"? I wouldn't say I "use" my phone 12 hours a day, it's sits on my desk or my table at home most of the day. I make a few calls, text, get mails and every once in a while take pictures. So I don't actually use it anywhere near 12 hours a day. Based on my own personal usage, there's no reason why I wouldn't expect it to be working just fine after 2 years.
It's not loaded up with 200 apps with all types of background activity and I don't watch hours of Netflix on it so why shouldn't I get 2+ years out of it? I think the advancements made on devices are intriguing but, when I think about how much it will actually impact my day to day and if it's worth the cost, it's usually not worth it for me to spend the money.
My own personal choice would be to save the money on the phone and put it towards a new, updated TV. I use my TV a hell of a lot more and appreciate a beautiful big screen on a TV far more than anything offered on a smartphone.
You do use your phone 12 hours a day, because at any moment you may receive an emergency phone call or text. Or a super important email from your employer. So you'd rather save 9 cents a day instead of getting a current phone? Well that's your decision, but IMO that is not a wise move unless your phone usage is like a feature phone user.
As far as incentives, you need to read the fine print:
1. You need to TRADE IN your iPhone6/6+ to get the 'free' iPhone7. Those devices are worth at least $300-$400 each
2. Then you need to sign up for TWO YEARS on an expensive plan
This basically the same thing as what the carriers were doing with the $199 iPhone 2 year subsidy. But instead of charging you $199 they take your phone that is worth MORE than $199 from you.
So the incentives THIS YEAR are actually WORSE than before.
In my case I could get a 'free' iPhone7 from Tmobile. But that would mean signing up to a plan that cost $40 more a month than what I currently have. So no the incentives are not all that great. They are basically giving you $200-$300 more for your trade in than market price, but then they get that $300 back by forcing you to sign up for 2 years on an expensive plan.
I did all of the math and that's why I jumped on the $650 incentive verse waiting for my phone to begin to show signs of failing before I upgraded.
You want to get a new phone every 2 years, knock yourself out but, don't speak to people as if your somehow this genius that knows so much more than everyone else. In my specific situation where I take care of the things that I own so that they do last and last reliably, I'm not going to upgrade and spend the money "just because". I have my cell phone, I have my work cell phone, I have a phone on my desk, I have email and iMessage on my iPad so I'm not concerned about ever being off the grid and unreachable in an emergency.
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Pegatron CEO slams analysts, 'cautiously optimistic' about Apple iPhone 7 sales
yes, carriers have incentives but I've not seen anything to the likes of $650 on a trade in.sog35 said:
There are carrier incentives every year. Since the very beginning of the iPhone.BxBorn said:Carrier incentives of $650 on an iPhone 6 or 6s is probably driving a lot of 7 sales. I bought 2 because of the incentive. My wife and I each had a 6 so it was a no brainer to get the 7 for $100 each. However, had there been no incentive, we'd be riding the 6 until it fell apart.
The truth is after 2 years any phone is falling apart, especially the battery. This has not changed.
And if you hold you phone for 3 years you are really pushing it, and you will be missing out on a ton of good stuff.
4 years? Forget about it, unless you are the most basic of all users.
I see no reason NOT to upgrade every 2 years or even every year. If you buy an iPhone for $650 and after 2 years get $300 for trade in you are literally only paying 50 cents a day for your phone. Or $15 a month. Tell me what other device do you use EVERY DAY, 12 hours a day, 365 days a year?
Its crazy that people are willing to spend $500 a year on Starbucks coffee and not $200 a year on a smartphone. Makes ZERO sense.
Define "use"? I wouldn't say I "use" my phone 12 hours a day, it's sits on my desk or my table at home most of the day. I make a few calls, text, get mails and every once in a while take pictures. So I don't actually use it anywhere near 12 hours a day. Based on my own personal usage, there's no reason why I wouldn't expect it to be working just fine after 2 years.
It's not loaded up with 200 apps with all types of background activity and I don't watch hours of Netflix on it so why shouldn't I get 2+ years out of it? I think the advancements made on devices are intriguing but, when I think about how much it will actually impact my day to day and if it's worth the cost, it's usually not worth it for me to spend the money.
My own personal choice would be to save the money on the phone and put it towards a new, updated TV. I use my TV a hell of a lot more and appreciate a beautiful big screen on a TV far more than anything offered on a smartphone.
