How do people manage with Ear Pods ?

[pauldmps]

I have both Airpods and AirPods Pro.

To answer the questions:
1. No they don't fall off. I never had a single event of even the basic Airpods fall off during exercise, running or other forms of physical activity.
2. You pick up the call on the EarPods itself. I use the Airpods at home and the Pro outdoors, commute, gym etc. It has a long press to change from noise cancellation to transparency so its just easy to go from complete isolation to engaging in conversation without having to take it out and putting it in the case.

 

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Airpods pro. How good are they ? indoors. Pretty good. So good you can do an entire review using just them. Indoors that is.

Outdoors is a different story because Apple has not devoted much effort in this area. compared to others.

He says he got them to make calls since they were top of the line but discovered the phone is doing better noise cancellation and modulates his voice less.

How to fix this situation.

Could it be as simple as wearing one of these ?

The sound processing won't have to work as hard now, isn't it

In a pinch you could just use your hands to cup your ears but that's breaking the rules for hands free.

I second this. My office headset has amazing noise cancellation and proper mic. Wind noise is fully suppressed. Some of my colleagues had to buy new headset as their current headset died after few years. I can hear when they turn on fan. It is so noisy that we ask them to stay on mute when they are not speaking.

A good mix with good noise cancellation makes massive difference.

I think there might be an easy fix for wind noise cancellation with neck bands that don't have adequate noise cancelling.

Tell them to tuck the neckband under their shirt and see if that makes a difference. Most would wear it ON the shirt. This will only work if the mic is on the tip of the band. If its dangling above then it won't work. Am starting to now recognise the drawback of a dangling mic which my set has.

I'm watching him test a neckband that retails around Rs.1k . yeah that cheap !!! and it seems to be doing quite well in noisy enivronments. It came out couple years back so might not be available these days.

The trick is the neck band is short enough to tuck in under a shirt. I don't understand how that would be enough or whether this itfit has something extra but the results are extraordinary for such a cheap neck band !!

 

[desiibond]

These are not neck band style headsets. Most of them are buying pseudo TWS from boat noise etc.

 

[kiran6680]

it was reported that a pair of Airpods only cost around $59-69 to make, when it was selling for $159: https://fortune.com/2019/08/06/apple-airpods-business/
That's a 270% markup on an Apple

If you choose to ignore 4 things :

1. My post that you are replying to,

2. Also ignore economics 101

3. Also ignore basic difference between fixed costs and incremental costs,

4. And also ignore the fact that Apple has high margins on most products

Then and only then , the "cost" of manufacturing a product can be represented in a single numeric dollar value, and then commented upon to be high.

 

[AINDRASIS_GUPTA]

If you choose to ignore 4 things :

1. My post that you are replying to,

2. Also ignore economics 101

3. Also ignore basic difference between fixed costs and incremental costs,

4. And also ignore the fact that Apple has high margins on most products

Then and only then , the "cost" of manufacturing a product can be represented in a single numeric dollar value, and then commented upon to be high.

That quoted double digit "numeric dollar value" was from an analyst working at a very reputable firm handling assets in billions of dollars. So, yeah, I'd trust his word any day.

And if you've been in the tech industry for last ten years at least, you'd know that the concept that "Apple has the highest margins" is pretty much a myth these days. With the chip shortage & retail inflation, they've kept their product prices consistent while others are constantly increasing.

 

[kiran6680]

you'd know that the concept that "Apple has the highest margins" is pretty much a myth these days

High margins. Highest margins. Not the same.

 

[solo_wing]

This is very interesting thread.

Some of the comments saved me from spending too much on this.

I don't know if I need one really I just need them for workout and travelling to avoid wires .

Otherwise I like to use speakers mostly .

Btw Just to add a something to it ...
Not a good idea to have these things right close to your ears for a long time. No matter how good and comfortable they are.

This is coming from someone who had started having hearing issues very young in my life after those call centre / tech support job and ofcourse loud music and at one time it got so serious that doctors adviced me surgery or I will loose my hearing.
But thankfully medication worked .
by god's grace came out of it and much better now.

Trust me guys It can be one of the Worst feeling to see your hearing going and not being able to do anything.


just sharing in hope that some of you can still draw a line with these headphones/buds usage while you can and start taking care of your ears if ignoring till now.

 

[dexterz]

just sharing in hope that some of you can still draw a line with these headphones/buds usage while you can and start taking care of your ears if ignoring till now.

too much of anything and all that. Just have to hope people have the sense to use things in moderation. I usually used my galaxy buds pro while commuting to work by train. An hour on either side at most.

 

[blr_p]

These are not neck band style headsets. Most of them are buying pseudo TWS from boat noise etc.

Those aren't very good. Ear defenders on top won't work because they have no internal mic. They will sound muffled.

What they need to do is fix a dead cat on it somehow. Mic is on the right side i think.

Otherwise a bike helmet will keep the fan sound out.

too much of anything and all that. Just have to hope people have the sense to use things in moderation. I usually used my buds pro while commuting to work by train. An hour on either side at most.

Which buds pro ?

 

[dexterz]

Which buds pro ?

Galaxy. I keep forgetting the usb c - 3.5mm convertor so got this. Could've bought a type c wired but I wanted to see what the novelty about earbuds was

 

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Galaxy

I have my eye on those. The noise cancelling i think is the best with them outdoors.

How is the fit and comfort. Too many people complaining about that aspect.

I entered this thread against TWS and its made me want to try them out now

 

[solo_wing]

too much of anything and all that. Just have to hope people have the sense to use things in moderation. I usually used my galaxy buds pro while commuting to work by train. An hour on either side at most.

true but Ears are something people take it for granted easily unless too late ...just like I did once.

Anyways enough OT.

Which galaxy version are you using?
Live, pro+ ?

 

[dexterz]

I have my eye on those. The noise cancelling i think is the best with them outdoors.

How is the fit and comfort. Too many people complaining about that aspect.

I entered this thread against TWS and its made me want to try them out now

If its just listening to music I can wear it for few hours. If its for calls, short calls is fine, felt some discomfort during long calls. I haven't tried the different tips yet. The ANC is great. It blocked the noise during train travel and blocked out engine noise in flight. I'm very happy with it.

true but Ears are something people take it for granted easily unless too late ...just like I did once.

Anyways enough OT.

Which galaxy version are you using?
Live, pro+ ?

Galaxy has Buds Live and Buds Pro. No Pro+ AFAIK. I use the Galaxy buds pro

 

[solo_wing]

If its just listening to music I can wear it for few hours. If its for calls, short calls is fine, felt some discomfort during long calls. I haven't tried the different tips yet. The ANC is great. It blocked the noise during train travel and blocked out engine noise in flight. I'm very happy with it.

Galaxy has Buds Live and Buds Pro. No Pro+ AFAIK. I use the Galaxy buds pro

Okay.
I saw sale on buds live ...wonder if it is better than pro?

 

[dexterz]

Okay.
I saw sale on buds live ...wonder if it is better than pro?

Buds Live has better ergo but I think Pro is better overall. I got the Pro when it was on sale. Else the plan was to go with Live or Sony/Jabra

 

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Okay.
I saw sale on buds live ...wonder if it is better than pro?

Noise cancelling is great but they are not in ear and if your ear isn't big enough it will be painful.

 

[dexterz]

Okay.
I saw sale on buds live ...wonder if it is better than pro?

Forgot to mention that I was able to demo the Live and Pro, offline, prior to purchase, then decided based on the fit and got the Pro when it was on sale.

 

[blr_p]

If its just listening to music I can wear it for few hours. If its for calls, short calls is fine, felt some discomfort during long calls. I haven't tried the different tips yet. The ANC is great. It blocked the noise during train travel and blocked out engine noise in flight. I'm very happy with it.

The ANC was fixed with a fimrware update last Aug. Any videos of it before then showed the ANC was non-existent with it working its pretty good.

People complain about pain wearing these. It means their ear canals are too small. I will have the opposite problem. They wil fall out.

And the only way to fix that is foam tips.

I will try them out in a shop if they let me.

 

[dexterz]

The ANC was fixed with a fimrware update last Aug. Any videos of it before then showed the ANC was non-existent with it working its pretty good.

People complain about pain wearing these. It means their ear canals are too small. I will have the opposite problem. They wil fall out.

And the only way to fix that is foam tips.

I will try them out in a shop if they let me.

You can book a demo at samsung plaza showrooms. I tried it out from random strangers on train

 

[blr_p]

If its just listening to music I can wear it for few hours. If its for calls, short calls is fine, felt some discomfort during long calls.

I wonder why its a problem for calls and not music ? Not a sizing problem in your case.

The way galaxy buds pro are designed depends on the shape of your ear to keep them in place rather than in ear tried and tested familiar designs of Airpods pro or Oneplus buds Pro.

Don't want to knock Sammy for trying different ideas but whether these designs work is up for debate.