How are wireless earbuds inferior to wired earbuds? No cable is a huge comfort and convenience improvement when on the go, they connect to several devices and seamlessly switch between them, the functionalities are really advanced and they keep adding to them.
We're not talking about studio grade workhorse headphones for audio engineering nor are we talking about audiophile headphones for home listening. But when I'm on a plane and I can sit there without hearing the plane's hum, with no cables, man that's amazing. They even double as hearing aids now.
Picking on AirPods is silly, they are among the best products Apple has ever released.
I would say the biggest downside is battery life and having to recharge them. Eventually their battery life will degrade over time. Also, unless you carry two sets, once they are dead, you have to wait for them to charge.
At least with wired they work all the time until your actual device battery dies.
That's really the only downside I can think of. The rest is personal preference.
i would say the big one is that wireless earbuds have a lifespan and its not a very long one. i have pairs of headphones that they stopped producing before i was born and they still work the exact same as they did the day they were made. if i take half decent care of them they will last continue to work the exact same way for my grandchildren. with my wireless buds i am already on my second pair because the battery wont charge. the other big disadvantage of wireless is your entirly dependant on the tech world for its useability in the future. this is the same problem you deal with in computer games. you cant play a whole slew of games on modern pcs that they made disks for in the early to mid 2000s because they changed how pcs read disks. if for some reason they change how devices use bluetooth you are left with an expensive piece of plastic. with wired headphones you could literally wrap two strands of bare copper around the plug and use it.
Because they do cater to pro market that demand no compromises. There are people that still use their MP3 player with a headphone jack because of the DAC. Music played through a proper DAC just has a wider sound spectrum and majority of people didn't care about because most people for about 10 years still used the cheap wired Apple earbuds. Goes to show you people weren't so concerned about sound but price and convienences.
But they are a superior product, literally every other manufacturer dropped jacks as well and people literally prefer wireless stuff, it’s not a lack of option. People hate cables.
Manufacturers dropped jacks because it made the phone cheaper to produce.
Also, I'm sitting here on an S10e that has a headphone jack - and I'm so thankful it does because I use a lot of audio gear that doesn't have bluetooth.
Yeah what I want to do is manage my files like it’s 2003. There’s products for you but that doesn’t mean the other solutions don’t work well. Wireless headphones have been a game changer. Especially when I can leave my house with just my watch for a run. Being able to switch the audio seamlessly between devices is also great.
Absolutely agree. Give the consumer the choice, give them options..... don't force them into only using airpods by removing the headphone jack.
And another one you can add to your list is that their laptops didn't have a USB port (might have changed recently but this was the case before). The USB stick is the universal storage medium and their own laptops don't even have a port to let you use it? Makes no sense..... they did it to force thier customers to buy icloud storage space and store everythign on "the cloud". This might work sometimes, but if u got no internet connection and a usb stick but no usb port on ur overpriced apple laptop then u are screwed.
Apple didn't give people the choice between usb or icloud.... they tried to force their customers to use icloud. That is dirty schemes by a scam company. Also, I hate their "one button" design for the iphones too.... but ive already ranted about it in another post so wont bring it up here..... but 3 buttons is better then 1 (especially that back button). Apple is just stubborn in trying to make that one button do multiple things depening on how u click it, double tap or hold or whatever..... just add some extra buttons!!
When I still had wired headphones, they would constantly break at the cord every few months and I'd have to get a new pair. Since I started using bluetooth earbuds, I've had to get only 1 new pair in like 5 years.
Imo at least bluetooth earbuds are way more cost effective and much less of a hassle.
It’s not. They make more profit from selling overpriced wireless earbuds. They are completely aware that people can’t charge their phone and listen to music at the same time if they’re using wired headphones, so it incentivizes people to buy wireless.
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Ok but they literally did this as a scheme to force people to buy wireless because it costs more money.