Yeah, they were clearly meant to come out last year. AirPower died and the AirPods meant to accompany them back in September were unceremoniously announced via press release in March.
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Skip the second gen airpods just released. Apple reportedly releasing 3rd gen this fall
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Thats the buyers fault. Have to agree with CrankyJay here. It says more about the buyer than it does Apple.
Incredibly fucked up? Haha
The revision that just released can barley even be called 2nd gen. The only major addition was wireless charging and a slightly faster chip. It was a very minor quality of life upgrade for people who didn't want to keep waiting even longer for a real second gen update 3 years after the first gen AirPods.
Gen "3" will prob be realeased closer to the end of the year, or early next year. Pretty close to the industry standard full year for new model releases.
Don't know how that's supposed to be "incredibly fucked up".
They're super comfortable for me. I forget I'm even wearing them sometimes. I've even fallen asleep with them in.
Sorry you're part of the minority whose ears they don't fit :-/
Must suck to go through life caring so much what others think about you that you'll avoid buying something that makes your life easier.
How is this a fiasco when it's just a rumor and also, it won't even be the same product. This will be a premium or pro product. Noise-canceling doesn't come cheap and when I saw people in the past asking for it to be added into the $160 AirPods I chuckled.
There's a reason the price of entry for real noise-canceling is $350 by the two biggest competitors out there.
Some of you are always so bent on trying to make drama out of something that's nothing.
On one side i'm happy with the second gen i just bought since they sound good enough for me, on the other side fuck them, i wasn't in dire need of them and could have easily waited ~6 months for the new ones.
I swear to god if this is true i'll get really upset.
I swear to god if this is true i'll get really upset.
So Apple is at fault because you're a consumer who doesn't do research and bought something he didn't need immediately?
There have been rumors of another version beyond this slight upgrade with the 2nd gen for a while. Different materials, colors and noise-canceling.
People save a lot of money to buy their over priced products. They rightfully have a gripe when Apple releases a half assed product and shortly after releases a complete redesign, after purchasing the half-assed product.
So you clearly don't know what you're talking about and are just pulling shit out of your ass, got it.
AirPods in their price class are above everything else, they're hardly half-assed and hardly overpriced for what they offer compared to the competition in the same tier.
This isn't a product redesign. Adding more audio options for people who want to pay more, I don't see the issue. I'm not here for the privileged cries of people because they're not getting the additional features of a product that is going to probably cost $140 more. If you want something premium or with more features, you pay for that. Griping doesn't make a difference in this instance because it won't even be the same product.
If they're in-ear as rumored, they definitely will look less dumb.
I'm referring to half-assed as releasing a minor upgrade ala the AirPods 2 and the iPad 3. You should calm down a little bit. You'd think I was attacking you.
I am wondering if there will be different colours; surprised they didn't do that for the current new ones.
You do realize obsolescence doesn't mean broken/unusable, it means outdated/obscelete
Still on Gen 1. I'll wait for actually better battery life and for them to come in space grey/black. You Gen 1/2 will work fine, even when gen 3 comes out 🤷🏽‍♂️
I didn't upgrade to AirPods 2 because I'm not wasting money on something that I didn't need, I agree they're too similar to the original AirPods but to call iPad 3 a minor upgrade is laughable. It added a Retina display, I would say that's a pretty big upgrade.
I had the iPad 3. It was my first tablet. I wasn't phased by the fact that the iPad 4 came out 5 months later and had a minor SOC upgrade, but many did. They had a right to be upset.
You do realize planned obscolesence refers to a very specific phenomenon that has nothing to do with the issue at hand.
My Powerbeats 3s died and got the gen 2 AirPods to replace them as a convenient portable option while working out, works for me.
Couldn't even wait for the new Powerbeats Pro but also didn't want to spend $250+ for them lol
Couldn't even wait for the new Powerbeats Pro but also didn't want to spend $250+ for them lol
Gen 1s are still supported and useful. I'm not getting new ones until mine go out.
And frankly, I don't understand this train of thought. Apple supports devices as old as the 5S, and some pretty old MacBooks too. An SE covers the majority of everyday functionality that you'd expect of a phone, and there is absolutely no need to upgrade as a result of that support. Like...what?
How long should they wait to release this Gen 3 then? A year and three months? Two? When will be long enough so that people who got gen two don't feel betrayed?
I say this as someone who just got my Gen 2, I am happy as can be with them and understood that Apple was already looking into the future for a Gen 3 release. I did my research and knew I couldn't wait that long, and was okay with them as is, with wireless charging and Siri compatibility being enough of an incentive (never owned gen 1). And by the looks of it, these Gen 3 pods look to be more expensive, so I wouldn't have been interested in the price class to begin with.
You used the word "fiasco" and "half-assed" earlier and I can't help but roll my eyes. The product I'm using right now as I type is in no way "half-assed". Tech is tech, and I am stunned so many people are offended at the audacity Apple has of upgrading something in their product line; an upgrade people were literally begging for. Could you imagine waiting another year?
Why don't people have these kind of conniptions when Apple refreshes their chipsets in half-year cycles for iMacs/MBP's?
I don't see an issue if they are a redesign to be in-ear. That would be a separate product that many using the current would not want.
They were meant to have launched last fall, but were delayed in order to launch in tandem with the AirPower. In that release schedule, this Gen3 would have come exactly a year later.
Sounds like these are a more premium offering, meaning they're not replacing the 2nd generation models and will likely be sold alongside them.
But of course folks gotta give their bad takes anyway.
But of course folks gotta give their bad takes anyway.
Ditto.
Never found the gen 1 or gen 2 comfortable plus they would fall out. Will definitely purchase an in-ear version. I play a lot of basketball so that would be perfect.
I think they should have waited to release what will be the 3rd generation as the 2nd generation product.
Its a money grab is why. Why fuck over your customers who bought the "Gen 2" airpods and release new ones not even a year later.
Something about AirPods brings out the worst, most pathetic people on this site. Is it resentment? I doubt it's jealousy. But goddamn at some of the awful takes here.
"they're ugly!"
"they don't fit my ears so they should change them for everyone!"
"apple bad! how dare they release new technology when I just bought mine!"
"only tools wear them!"
"bad sound quality! I expect perfect sound for a $150 pair of wireless airbuds!"
"they're ugly!"
"they don't fit my ears so they should change them for everyone!"
"apple bad! how dare they release new technology when I just bought mine!"
"only tools wear them!"
"bad sound quality! I expect perfect sound for a $150 pair of wireless airbuds!"
