tuisginideach wrote: » As always I preface my question with an admission that I am a complete non-techie. Son hoping to get a 2nd hand iphone at Christmas but we may not have it for Christmas Day. Can Apple Earbuds be used in every type of device, not just Apple? Many thanks from a demented Mrs Santa.
Suckit wrote: » They are a nice earbud, i bought them to try out and they are surprisingly well fitting (when you use the correct ear-cup), no chance of them falling out. The box is the charger so the whole unit is quite handy to have. When they arrived i could not charge them and found that there is a small bit of tape protecting the contacts. Needs to be removed first . But after that with a small bit of fiddling to get them into the correct positions, they charged no problem. The charger LED on the box turns white when they are fully charged, but will not change white it the contacts are not sitting properly in the box (another thing that took me a little while to figure out). You also have to remove the right one first from the charger otherwise they will misconnect. If you remove the left earpiece first, it can take up to a minute to reseat them properly and then remove them in the correct order. The sound from them is very clear, there is no background noise, and not a great deal of bass. They are very decent for the price. Neither amazing nor bad, and are comfortable. I tried them in headset mode once very briefly. When a call comes in, the voice (female) calls out the phone number that is ringing you can tap the button to stop it. There are other button commands (redial etc) but i never planned to use them as a headset, so did not. I had to charge them with normal use after roughly 4-5 hours, even though it says in the packaging that it is 12 hours. As soon as you place them in the charger, they disconnect, and reconnect as soon a you take them out. Also, if you place them in the box to charge, and the box is nearly out of charge, instead of disconnecting or charging, they will connect and drain themselves, so you must be careful that the box is fully charged. They were up above $50 at one stage, which is the main reason i bought them at the $35 price. I have since given them away to a younger relative (by coercion, not choice ) Cheaper here €19.40 https://www.joybuy.com/3298199.html The last thing i bought from these, took less than 2 weeks if i remember correctly.
corks finest wrote: » They look the business, tnx.
trev44 wrote: » corks finest wrote: » They look the business, tnx. just ordered.. thanks
Evil_g wrote: » Interesting. I'm holding out until someone makes an android version of the airpods. Like the Pixel Buds....except not crap.
corks finest wrote: » God didn't read it properly, thought they worked for Android aswell
listermint wrote: » Why they sound and look crap. Jaybirds ruin them in sound appearance and battery life.
corkie wrote: » For actual official Apple Airpods someone mentioned an app that make them work on android! If i can find the post/app, i will link it. Found it: - Headset Button ControllerTrial, thanks to this post.
opus wrote: » Was looking for a reasonable pair of headphones to listen to podcasts while jogging & have finally found a pair that work well for me. For once they just connect to my phone without having to go through the pain of unpair/repair as a few cheaper pairs always made me do. The over ear ones suit me better vs the ones with the little wings as I was forever having to push them back into my obviously elephant like ears https://www.tomtop.com/p-da104.html
....... wrote: » I use buds shaped like this now and all good.
Evil_g wrote: » I don't really care about sound. I only listen to audiobooks and podcasts....but I listen to a lot of those. And I'd disagree that they look crap. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fully signed up Apple hater. I'll never enter their ecosystem....but damnit it looks like they got the airpods pretty much perfect first time. The big sellers for me would be: 1. Assistant integration. Can anyone match the Airpods feature that detects vibrations when you speek? Yeah Google assistant is streets ahead of Siri, and the real time translation feature they debuted with the Pixel Buds sounded interesting (even if it didn't work), so whilst nobody's close to Apple yet, when Google catch up it should be pretty cool. (I quite liked the dystopian future imagined in the movie Her) 2. Hardware and design. Like I said, I don't think the airpods are ugly. I think they look far more discreete and comfortable than some of the big black lumps that stick out horizontally. And the case looks just right. (Even though I presume I'd need one of those Apple chargers...so no. Just no.) 3. Features. Apple can integrate their products in a way that more generic manufacturers probably never can, but I'm very jealous of the pairing feature that activates as soon as you open the case. Has any non-apple manufacturer anything similar to the feature that detects when they're in your ear? Seriously. I hate the fact that I like the airpods. Hope the Pixel Buds 2 are a big step up.
mjp wrote: » Looking for a pair of Bluetooth over ear headphones. Can anyone recommend a good pair for 30euro or less
Guffy wrote: » Can anyone reccomend a Bluetooth set with good range? How far can i realistically expect to go before earphones begin to crackle?im sure i had a pair before that i got a good 40 feet from, while any set I've tried since struggle at 15 feet. I generally only use them for podcasts too.
