I have earbuds that don’t need to be charged and use a cable for easy connectivity and sound quality.
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jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
You know what’s easier than a cable? No cable.
I’ll give you sound quality, but the whole reason that wireless earbuds took off is the hassle of wires.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And also no latency. Even expensive Bluetooth headphones and earbuds have crap latency. The systems that don’t are either proprietary and not widely supported (e.g. aptX) or expensive 'phones-and-dongle arrangements that must always travel in a pair and still don’t compete on latency with a pair of dollar store earbuds.
superkret@feddit.org 1 month ago
The reason wireless earbuds took off is that phones with headphone jacks stopped getting made.
Consumers didn’t prefer wireless earbuds. They preferred thinner and more water-resistant phones.spicehoarder@lemm.ee 1 month ago
You really think that’s a dunk? “Wireless” just means you plug it in when not in use. There’s nothing hard about plugging in a 3.5mm audio jack. I’ve never been sufficiently convinced to actually use wireless headphones. They seem like more of a hassle for a worse listing experience.
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Horrid quality and batteries are rarely replaceable. Pointless.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I feel like I’d forget to charge them. Or drop them in a public place and not want to put them in my ears because I’m a germaphobe. I know someone who dropped theirs in a toilet.
hOrni@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I finally went wireless a week ago. I realized their advantage when the cable on my headphones broke for a millionth time.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
You know what’s easier than no cable? Not losing your ear buds
Haven’t been able to use ear buds outside of the house ever since they got rid of the jack
Robbity@lemm.ee 1 month ago
No, what did it was removing headphone jacks and selling only crappy non-repairable headphones.
freddydunningkruger@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I guess if I listened to crappy music I wouldn’t care about the sound quality.
peteyestee@feddit.org 1 month ago
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Blakdragon@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
For me personally, I got wireless earbuds because they removed all the damn phone jacks and I didn’t have a choice.
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The lost technology of the ancients is most glorious.
CafecitoHippo@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Both have their pros and cons. I miss my Westone 1 IEMs that I had back in college. My buddy’s dog chewed them up. They were comfortable and super light, had great sound quality, a cord that wasn’t obnoxious. Not having a cord is great though too especially when I’m working. Multipoint connection is great too. I can be listening to stuff on my phone with it in my pocket, no cable getting in the way, and when I get a call on Teams, my Pixel Buds just switch over to the computer.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
it kills me that urbanears stopped making the Plattan Bluetooth model, it was basically the perfect design for on-ear headphones
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Note the 3.5mm jack, it could do both wireless and wired, and you could even use the jack to output music! like come on how is this not the standard design? i have seen the light and now every time i look at other headphones they just seem obviously subpar
moonburster@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My earbuds are connected to a bt receiver that functions as a (not great, but okay) dac via usb too. Pro is that I can use the receiver with all my headphones, con is that it looks like an iPod shuffle gen 3
PagPag@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s neat
drmoose@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I really dont get cable simping here on Lemmy. It’s awful UX and yall can’t hear the sound difference anyway lmao
And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
Depends on the earphone. But majority wouldn’t care.
TWS is hands down more intuitive.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
TIL “cable simping”
Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
can they even patent that? its already a thing that made it to production on at least one brand that sells in north america and another two or more in china
EndHD@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I think JBL did it and they’re a well established brand
primemagnus@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
It’s fake bro lol
PeterisBacon@lemm.ee 1 month ago
To an extent it is. Apple is or has started the patent for this. The image is just rendered for a visual representation of what they are doing, and for us to see they are reinventing old tech.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 month ago
I was gonna say, pretty sure I’ve seen something like this on Amazon already, except from some weird Chinese company.
tauren@lemm.ee 1 month ago
can they even patent that?
What “that”? They can patent a specific technical solution that is unique to their product, not the idea per se.
excral@feddit.org 1 month ago
I just see another device to run Doom
merari42@lemmy.world 1 month ago
But will it be better than pregnancy test doom or the doom-like game entirely embedded in a QR code ?
tetris11@feddit.uk 1 month ago
I mean the latter is just minified JavaScript, compressed and base64 encoded. The hardware is the browser, which is cheating IMO
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You can on Apple’s lightning to HDMI adapter:
Psiczar@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Just an excuse to charge more for them. Cant think of any useful reason to have a screen on the case when you have your phone with you.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s an excuse to keep your product in the news/review cycle. You can’t just create a useful product and leave it at that. You have to constantly change shit so people are constantly talking about it. Why do you think iPhone keep switching between rounded and square edges? It’s not because one style is better then the other. It’s so reviewers have something to talk about. It’s why commercial OSes keep getting features no one asked for. It’s why car and truck bodies keep changing even though body lines have no effect on driveability.
sunflowercowboy@feddit.org 1 month ago
Highlighting the importance of individualism even in communitarian beliefs.
You must have your taste so that you know what you need and want genuinely. Rather than new emotions being better. This is important to acknowledge as there will always be thoughts of neighbor has it better due to just differences.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
i think it’s a pretty great idea, but not useful for everyone
i would very much like to be able to put my music on a separate device and be able to play it independently of my phone.
desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
if apple managed to create a custom audio transfer standard that supports significantly longer buffering (minutes to hours perhaps) I could see this gimmick being useful, I doubt they would though
riodoro1@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They can’t fix their music app on the iphone. With every version this crap runs worse.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There’s not gonna be any storage on it, though at that point there could be.
papalonian@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I think the purpose of it would be to control the device the headphones are connected to, rather than be the source of the media
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
so its basically an over-engineered version of this thing
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
But… My earpieces already have 2 touch zones and multiple press combinations.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Right, so it’s not really an iPod Nano.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Don’t the headphones already do that?
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I tried a pair of earbuds with the same idea from AliExpress. They had the regular controls, but also worked as e.g. a camera remote. Very cool if it had done anything it was supposed to do consistently, but unfortunately it was not well-implemented. If the AirPods Pro 3 (which I was already strongly considering) have a case with a screen that isn’t much larger than the Pro 2 case, I’ll probably buy that model.
peteyestee@feddit.org 1 month ago
Tbf this might be the most original thing apple has done.
whyalone@lemm.ee 1 month ago
There are tons of chinese brands that offer this type of headphones with display
Snowclone@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yep. I have two pairs already.
nieminen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I would agree, but yet again, this is something I’ve seen 4 other versions of before apple gets to it.
peteyestee@feddit.org 1 month ago
The items on display at the gas station counter don’t count.
CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Look at JBL, i have a pair.
It’s annoying af, as the screen also has controls and somehow they respond to my sweaty back (from cycling) while i locked it before i left.
Hupf@feddit.org 1 month ago
BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Thanks. I hate it.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I did not know there were that many options. I knew they have cases because I’ve seen Erik try to sell some raycon travel case using code BIGMONEYSALVIA.
ITguru@feddit.nl 1 month ago
Waiting for the airpod triple case to show up.
Hupf@feddit.org 1 month ago
For the fancier aftermarket case cases, it really is prudent.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
see i have no problem with thin silicone cases, that just seems like common sense.
but the thick ones i do not understand, how would you end up in a situation where you need that much protection for something as light as an earbud case? Surely the silicon sleeve is just there to prevent scratches?
fidgeting9658@lemmings.world 1 month ago
Absolutely revolutionary creams in pants I have never before witnessed this level of utter genius before in my entire 30 some odd years of existence. I was right in front of us checks notes this entire time and we were blinded by our own hubris.
TastyWheat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If this ever got released, it would probably require constant phoning home and cost $400. Separately.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
just wait for the generic quasi-unbranded (you know, like “denver”) version, which will cost $60 and work better than apple’s version, just with the downside that it’ll look boring and cheap
TastyWheat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Oh, I dont even need to worry. JBL already do these and I haven’t touched an Apple product since the iPhone 4.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 1 month ago
Nano
Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Not counting it as an iPod Nano if that one tunnel Breakout like game isn’t on it.
DeadNinja@lemmy.world 1 month ago
jenny_ball@lemmy.world 1 month ago
people are going to lose and break these and it will cost than so much
Slovene@feddit.nl 1 month ago
That’s why the next generation earphones will be wired.
peteyestee@feddit.org 1 month ago
New air pods can’t be paired to them.
Tilgare@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I mean, this wouldn’t be all that stupid imo. Add some Apple watch functionality like fitness detection and easy syncing between phone and iPod Nano Buds, this would be a solid addition to a runner’s arsenal leaving no need to carry your $1000 phone on a run. Suppose you could use your watch for that and leave the case at home though. But more options aren’t a bad thing, not everyone has or wants a watch.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 month ago
leaving no need to carry your $1000 phone on a run.
my brother in christ it’s called an MP3 player.
Tilgare@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, precisely. That’s what this would be, built into your headphone case. You never have one without the other.
Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 1 month ago
You are right, but I also think you missed the point of the post. This is basically an iPod nano from 2005 with a few extra features.
Manalith@midwest.social 1 month ago
Also a few less features given I’m guessing it can’t store its own music and needs to be paired with the phone.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
what i don’t understand is how that’s supposed to be a bad thing, the only bad part of this is being patented by apple
Katzelle3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Doesn’t the Apple Watch already fulfill the function of an iPod Nano? It works with Bluetooth headphones and has 16 GB of storage you can use for music, which is a lot by iPod Nano standards.
lonesomeCat@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Pretty sure a Nano would last far more with a single charge though
Tramdan@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
lemmus@szmer.info 1 month ago
Um…just yesterday Ive seen JBL tour pro 3 (sth like that).
x3x3@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Everyone paying 299$ for inear buds with a display case
fluffy@feddit.org 1 month ago
I mean, IF they also add internal storage for mp3 files and it would act as an oldschool mp3-player/ipod, that would be actually cool … but I don’t need another display … you already have one on your phone and maybe also on your wrist
mjhelto@lemm.ee 1 month ago
One way, pre-recorded beeper, more like it.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s almost a shame that they decided to go with wide instead of tall.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This is the first apple device I would willingly buy.
Phen@lemmy.eco.br 1 month ago
I’m surprised nobody has done yet as I’ve seen all sorts of features be added to earphone cases. Maybe a decent touchscreen is not yet cheap enough to throw at some case without the profit margin of the apple brand.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Awesome, can’t wait to hear my music softly from inside the box and be able to skip to the next song.
simplejack@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Apple patents all sorts of weird shit. 99% of it never gets made. They just want the money from patent litigation and licensing.
primemagnus@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
It’s fake lol
simplejack@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The rendering is, but the patent isn’t.
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UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There’s already an earphone with a display on the case like jbl, Tru wireless…Now if there was storage for music on them that would be nice.