Same here, for me the regular Earpods work great, I can put them in and shake my head and they still don't fall out. I was very tempted to order the Airpods, but given the price I think I may just wait until the fall since I wouldn't be surprised if the next generation of these came out with more controls. For me the fact that all I can do is invoke SIRI is a bit of a deal-breaker. I guess I should say you have a choice, you can tap; them either to invoke SIRI or you can set it to do Play/Pause, but for anything else such as volume up/down, track forward/trewind etc. you need to put out your phone and up North here where in the winter I wear gloves and my phone is often under a couple of layers of clothing having remote controls on my headphones for me is pretty essential. A lot of people seem to think the same thing and technologically I think there is no reason why Apple couldn't incorporate several touch gestures to accomplish various tasks.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Arnold Schmidt Sent: Monday, January 2, 2017 11:03 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I Fell For The AirPods They are very similar to the wired earpods, both in shape and sound. As for the shape, the best I can describe the part that goes into the ear would be to say that is is as if they took a pair of pliers and squeezed it slightly, making it slightly longer and thinner. I always have liked the wired earpods, but for those who don't like them, I definitely would recommend testing these air pods before buying, if possible. Arnold Schmidt Sent from Arnold's iPhone On Jan 2, 2017, at 12:03 PM, Shermeen Khan <shermee...@gmail.com> wrote: I have a question. I have never liked the traditional earbuds that apple released--the hard, round plastic ones--as they enver stayed put in my ears. But most people are saying these staty put. is there something that helps this be the case? Thanks! Shermeen > On 1/2/17, pholdstock <ptrholdst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Actually, I've had mine for a couple of weeks and they're quite durable. > Mine have actually just been through the washing machine by accident > on a 60° wash with detergent and conditioner and they are still working :-). > There are several videos on YouTube showing how they do survive quite > lots of punishment including a fall from 10 feet, going through the > washing machine and dryer and even submerged in water for at least a > foot. The airports themselves also had hardly marked if at all when > dropped. That said, please nobody test this on your own Airpods as > there are never any guarantees. > > Peter > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 2 Jan 2017, at 02:19, Arnold Schmidt <als5...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> As of this writing, I have had them for about 52 hours. I recommend >> them, with a couple caveats. They are not going to be returned. >> >> I was in an Apple store for an unrelated reason, and got to listen to >> a pair of them, and knew almost immediately that I liked them. They >> sound like the wired earpods that came with my iPhone 6, but with >> slightly more bass. They also seem to fit into my ears more securely, >> I even can use them while laying on my side, and the bottom one stays >> in that ear. There is very little, if any delay, when interacting >> with the touch screen. I am using apple braille screen input to write >> this message, while wearing the airPods, with no problem. For >> whatever reason, on my IPhone 6 when using the touch screen keyboard, >> when I lift my finger, it repeats the letter at a louder volume than >> it said it the first time, which is an annoyance more than a problem. >> >> >> The caveat: I don't know how delicate these things really are, but I >> will bet they wouldn't take much abuse at all before they would go >> bad. Also, being that they are virtually the size of the wired >> earpods without the wire attached, unless one is really careful, they >> will be so easy to drop at the wrong time. I have not checked for it >> yet, but allegedly, Amazon already is selling some kind of strap that >> will go behind my neck and will connect them together. If so, I >> definitely will buy it. I wonder why Apple doesn't offer this option? >> If I have to replace one of my airPods through Apple because I lose >> it, it starts rattling because I played it too loud, whatever, it costs 69 >> dollars. >> >> But I do like them, they are not going back. >> >> Arnold Schmidt . >> >> Sent from Arnold's iPhone >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V >> iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, > or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact > the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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