mrboba1

tommy0guns said:

Attack of the Apple fanboyz. Since when is exploding phones something to celebrate. It's the equivalent of Russia cheering every time a NASA astronaut dies. It's not cool, it's tragic. The competition AND cooperation with Samsung has kept innovation running and also carved the rules for doing business internationally. It makes both companies step up their game at a higher level while also keeping each other in check on a corporate level. This is good.

When a tragic flaw takes shape, all it does is hurt this spirit. Samsung tried to get a jump using new technology and fell on their face. This is not good for anybody. It gives Apple a small boost on their ESP for a minute, but the impact to progress takes a hit. Instead of spending 2 billion on new technology, Samsung now has to spend money on putting out this fire. (intended)

Someone also mentioned Tesla. This is another company trying to shape the future. Again, we should celebrate their accomplishments and not demonized their failures. It seems like as soon as anyone becomes a challenger to Apple, they immediately get tossed into the bad guy category. And Apple can do no wrong.

Who died here? No - Samsung is a shit company and is the one that deserves to die. They shouldn't be the one to bring real competition to the market. All they do is throw shit on the wall and push out features (not just talking about phones here) that people don't want or won't work as advertised.

I hope Google's phone is a hit. I hope Microsoft can push out some good, solid products. I hope the HP laptops sell well. Those companies are at least trying to push the boundaries. Samsung is the worst type of company (see sog35 above) and the conglomerate should collapse in on itself.

canukstorm said:

mrboba1 said:

Eric_WVGG said:

I don't understand this bifurcation of iPads into regulars and Pros at all. The better screen will trickle down to regular iPads someday, that's inevitable. Are they really going to restrict Pencil functionality to "Pro" models? Is an artistically inclined 8-year-old a professional?

Regardless, I can't wait to get my paws on a Mini + Pencil.

The screen's not the difference, it's the processor. (and the cameras, I suppose)

Having a Pro and non-Pro iPad line is redundant. Eventually all iPads will become Pros. So your decision will be:

1. small, medium, large
2. Cellular / Wi-Fi only
3. Storage size
4. Pencil or no Pencil

Yeah - semantics I guess. Current pro vs non is effectively the same as iPhone 7 vs 6s.

macxpress said:

If I were Apple I'd drop the mini and lower the price of the 9.7" iPad to the price of the mini. Then lower the price of the iPad Pro models down to the price of the 9.7" iPad. Just in time for the holidays too. Apple's doesn't need an iPad mini Pro model. There are way too many models of iPads as it is between the different screen sizes, old models, new models, Wifi models, LTE models, Pro models, capacity models, etc. Its just too much IMO. 

There aren't many models of iPads, there are many SKUs, which consumers don't care about.

Like others have said, the decision is easy (easier than laptop decision right now even):
People already know if they need LTE or not.
So questions are easy - how big, pro or not, how much storage?
The Pro question will be the hardest one to decide.
Here's your price. Then, you as consumer decide whether or not you can afford that and adjust from there.

It's incredibly simply for the consumer, no matter how the company has to decide which SKU meets their needs.

Soli said:

Onkyo :: "up to 12 hours for music, 15 hours for talktime"

• http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/135159-onkyo-w800bt-hands-on-true-wireless-earbuds-at-last

Altec Lansing ::"have a six-hour battery life"

• http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/4/10710050/altec-lansing-wireless-earbuds-gps-ces-2016

AXGIO :: "8 hours talk or music playing time"

• https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IHM2YJW/

Kanoa :: "lasting up to six hours"

• https://www.cnet.com/news/11-alternative-wireless-earbud-headphones-that-arent-the-apple-airpods/

Holy fuck, you're full of shit. Just admit you made a ridiculous claim and only pulled the weakest competition for your examples. You've now changed the parameters of your original argument 3(?) times, made an unsubstantiated claim that the company is lying despite having no evidence, and then said another pair "doesn't count" because it's not yet on the market even thought AirPods are also not on the market.

If you're going to be a myopic fanboy who is incapable of being objective about technology, go right ahead, but at least keep your ignorant, inane rants to yourself.

Maybe he has gone overboard, but can you tell me why I might choose one of these others over the AirPods or the PowerBeats 3 in-ear with the W1?

Axgio: $59.99
Long battery life
Delivers up to 8 hours of playing time (at 50% of full volume)
No charging case
Is that normal? BT battery depends on volume? I've never seen that anywhere else.
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Onkyo: $299.99
Up to 3 hours music/talk time
Up to 40 hours standby time
With charging case which allows for 5 recharges:
- additional 15 hours music/talk time
So kinda the same for an extra $100-140
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Altec Lansing: 149.99 (are these available yet? I can't find them, even their own site)
They are quite big.
Average Battery Life: UP TO 6 HOURS + 3 HOURS WITH CHARGING CASE
They have a 2 minute video about pairing. It's like normal BT pairing but with another extra step for the right earphone, which may take another 45 seconds all by itself (per the video)
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Kanoa: preorder for Spring 2017 $199 for now, $300 list price
Earphones hold about 4 hours of playtime
Case holds 4 extra charges per earphone
Fully charged headphones in 1.5 hours
Charge earphones to 80% in 40 minutes (so that's 3 hrs for 40 min)
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Apple: $159
5 hrs playtime
3 more hrs on 15 min charge
~4 extra full charges from case (24 hrs total)
Automatic pairing setup
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Beats $199
12 hrs playtime
1 more hr on 5 min charge
no case
Auto pairing

For me, Kanoa and Onkyo are out from price, Lansing can't be bought (nor can Kanoa, actually), so Axgio is the only possible choice if I want something before Christmas which was my goal (or even Spring) besides the Apple/Beats ones. On the C/Net 11 other, only 1 matches the Apple price point, the Bragi ones ($140), which get 6 hrs and have no charging case.

I'm not quite sure how anyone has a competitive advantage over Apple, unless one of these has such a better sound quality that the average listener would notice. Can you point out where one of these may excel? I'm being quite genuine, I hope it cam across that way.

macxpress said:

What does this have to do with Apple? Just because its Samsung it doesn't mean it should be posted on an Apple site. I couldn't care less about Samsung washing machines. If I did, I certainly wouldn't come here to read about them. I wish this site would stick to Apple stuff and less about other companies, including Samsung. We might as well call this site TechInsider because its not always about Apple. 

Don't be obtuse. 39 stories on the front page, 33 are directly Apple or product for Apple focused. 5 deal with Apple competitors primarily, and this one has only a tangential relationship to Apple.

You must be one of those "stick to sports" when a sports talk show talks about their own life for 5 minutes of a 4 hour show.