A consumer wouldn’t know the difference between a bluetooth or a toothbrush.:) The fact is most consumers know what bluetooth does roughly and they know they might use it but they have no idea the differences in the protocols. There are exceptions of course but the vast majority walk in to best buy and buy the cheapest model or the one they claim to be the best model but it’s all based on product placement and advertising, not real facts.
There are consumers who will drill down and learn more they just aren’t the majority. > On Jan 20, 2016, at 2:38 PM, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote: > > I am wondering two things then. > First, what makes this a scam exactly? Is Apple planning to deceive people > with this effort? > Second, based on the below, who are "most consumers," exactly? if people do > not have much choice with the bluetooth quality, then how does that mean > better quality might be a waste? A consumer may be feeling powerless to get > anything better, which does not mean they might not want something better. > Just my thoughts, > Kare > > > On Wed, 20 Jan 2016, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> True, >> >> but for the majority of consumers, bluetooth is good enough. High end audio >> is just wasted on many people. >> >> JMo. >>> On Jan 20, 2016, at 12:58 PM, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se> wrote: >>> >>> Hi! >>> Possibly. >>> But bluetooth is not as good quality as airplay if you’re not using the >>> atpx protocol which apple doesn’t do. >>> /A >>>> 19 jan. 2016 kl. 00:45 skrev Christopher-Mark Gilland >>>> <clgillan...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>> I'm wonderring if that may be because there are so many bluetooth model >>>> devices out there, that maybe Apple just didn't see the point. >>>> >>>> Chris. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anders Holmberg" >>>> <and...@pipkrokodil.se> >>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 5:12 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Apple's headphone scam >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi! >>>> One thing i am concerned about is why there’s not any airplay headphones >>>> around yet? >>>> /A >>>>> On 18 Jan 2016, at 15:37, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I’m afraid I just can’t quite bring myself to be sufficiently moved. I >>>>> don’t like planned obsolescence or proprietary standards either, but I’m >>>>> also in the market for a new pair of travel headphones, and I actually >>>>> would love a digital path between my iPhone and my headset. I was not >>>>> among those poor souls hurt by the 30-pin to Lightning transition, >>>>> because I was not quite so silly as to buy expensive equipment with that >>>>> connector. And, yes, electronic waste is a terrible, terrible thing, but >>>>> I doubt Apple will fail to provide a transition for users of the 3.5-mm >>>>> plug. 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