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How did Airpods go from being weird looking to major fashion/status symbol?
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They're still ugly as sin. But everyone thinks my current wireless earbud is a hearing aid so yea.
The beautiful irony are comments like these who say they don't give a shit what people think of them for what they wear, yet judge and think less of people wearing airpods. just lol
Airpods are the best product Apple has introduced since the iPad, so that obviously helps a lot. If the thing you are selling has incredibly functional and pragmatic appeal, then people really won't care about how silly it looks.
It's also to Airpods' benefit that they are just a wireless version of EarPods, which everyone is already used to seeing. If you put them in your ears you look just like the guy that has wired headphones, but there's no wires -- so you're really not that bizarre or different.
And of course, wireless headpieces have simply been normalized. We have seen people using them for nearly a decade, and while they look weird and silly at first they're almost passe now.
"What's the deal with those hands free headsets that everyone is wearing in their ears? **chokes back vomit** It's like, 'Everybody look at me, I'm one part robot and three parts asshole'" **wretches into the microphone**"
The whole point of this scene is how making fun of wireless headsets is lame, cliche hack material for comedians. I think you could almost argue that this was the moment everyone was ready to accept bluetooth ear buds. The people who were too-cool-for-school are just made to look tired and petty.
It's also to Airpods' benefit that they are just a wireless version of EarPods, which everyone is already used to seeing. If you put them in your ears you look just like the guy that has wired headphones, but there's no wires -- so you're really not that bizarre or different.
And of course, wireless headpieces have simply been normalized. We have seen people using them for nearly a decade, and while they look weird and silly at first they're almost passe now.
"What's the deal with those hands free headsets that everyone is wearing in their ears? **chokes back vomit** It's like, 'Everybody look at me, I'm one part robot and three parts asshole'" **wretches into the microphone**"
The whole point of this scene is how making fun of wireless headsets is lame, cliche hack material for comedians. I think you could almost argue that this was the moment everyone was ready to accept bluetooth ear buds. The people who were too-cool-for-school are just made to look tired and petty.
I never said it wasn't hypocritical, but it's truth. I've tried them and different similar products and the lack of sound isolation/sound leakage as good as my wired buds is what kills it.
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I dont think they are fashion symbols though, at least not on the same level as beats once were. And price isnt the issue, the $200+ beats were everywhere.
Because they also happen to be Apple's best new product in like five years. They're legit life changing
They're expensive, very convenient, and also stick out of your ears a little bit to show that you were able to afford them.
It's silly. I have a couple of different "truly" wireless earbuds that work incredibly well and only cost like $35. And they don't have a little white dongle hanging from my ear.
These were the ones I got, but they seem to not be for sale anymore:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0784T682Z/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It's silly. I have a couple of different "truly" wireless earbuds that work incredibly well and only cost like $35. And they don't have a little white dongle hanging from my ear.
These were the ones I got, but they seem to not be for sale anymore:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0784T682Z/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Lol I just asked my friend this the other day, like is it a $ flex or...? They aren't that expensive or anything vs. top tier gear
Unfortunately Apple product popularity does not seem to work like that. Samsung buds are right around the corner but I don't see that really stopping people from fawning over AirPods
Love mine. All the wealthy folks I know, a lot of management at my work and even on the metro, I see them way more than any other headphones/earbuds!
A major fashion symbol according to who? Apple fans? No one gives a shit what earbuds you have on
Blame the competition? Like they either release a pos or make super premium devices.
I love sony but they can take their "here is our $1k alternative!!" up their ass.
I love sony but they can take their "here is our $1k alternative!!" up their ass.
I'd love to buy a pair, but Apples insistence on solid plastic ear buds make them impossible for me to use. Such an absolutely stupid design choice. Embarrassingly bad, yet unwaveringly popular.
Humans are stupid.
Humans are stupid.
Excellent well made product takes off and sells like hot cakes.
This thread: "but why?"
Also, they aren't weird looking. They're Apple head phones without the wires. It's the least weird looking product to take off I've seen in years.
This thread: "but why?"
Also, they aren't weird looking. They're Apple head phones without the wires. It's the least weird looking product to take off I've seen in years.
It's just like the original iPhone. Once the form factor and convenience of AirPods has been imitated by a half dozen other products, they will lose their mystique.
Slick marketing. Plus it helps that it's actually a pretty great product, especially considering they're completely wireless, sync up perfectly with each other and the phone at the same time.
Apple spent a decade normalizing the look of their earbuds, so I'm not sure why it's that confusing that wireless Apple earbuds would look normal and unsurprising.
This sums up a lot of apple products pretty much since their inception. They're not terrible products, but they've always been overpriced ripoffs that try to sell themselves way too hard at being unique and weird at the cost of extra functionality. It sort of made sense when Microsoft owned everything. Now that Apple is mainstream, it just feels ironically sad to me.
They're a great way to show off how rich you are
and a great way to show how easy of a robbery mark you are
and a great way to show how easy of a robbery mark you are
OP do you live in some podunk town (no offense)? No one even bats an eyelid round here. They're headphones.
I'm so glad I don't think about stuff like this.
That being said I dont airpods look weird at all. I am well behind the curve or whatever I guess though. I am just now debating if I want to get bluetooth headphones...I'm actually leaning towards bone conduction oddly enough.
That being said I dont airpods look weird at all. I am well behind the curve or whatever I guess though. I am just now debating if I want to get bluetooth headphones...I'm actually leaning towards bone conduction oddly enough.
That's the, "lol yep - those things still look fucking stupid" look.
Sounds like he is an owner of Apple products alright.
I ain't buying headphones to make a fashion statement, I'm trying to listen to music.
I mean, opinions are opinions, but there's no way those look less stupid in your ears than Airpods lolThey're expensive, very convenient, and also stick out of your ears a little bit to show that you were able to afford them.
It's silly. I have a couple of different "truly" wireless earbuds that work incredibly well and only cost like $35. And they don't have a little white dongle hanging from my ear.
These were the ones I got, but they seem to not be for sale anymore:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0784T682Z/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
They still look weird, and they're basically a way to say "Hey look how wealthy I am."
I've been eyeballing a $80 pair f Anker wireless headphones but I hate that they're basically earplugs and block out all outside sound. The lone reason I like Apple's EarPods is because they don't operate that way.
I've been eyeballing a $80 pair f Anker wireless headphones but I hate that they're basically earplugs and block out all outside sound. The lone reason I like Apple's EarPods is because they don't operate that way.
If they became cool I must have missed that. It's fine if you own them, but in general they do look pretty awful, they sound meh, and you will lose them.
Personally, I always thought they looked cool from the moment they got announced. I was skeptical they would stay in my ears, but they work like a charm for me.
