It was one of the important moments of yesterday's keynote. Presented in the Wireless section of the iPhone 7, Phil Schiller made official the arrival of the AirPods, One new headphones They are called headphones that work in the air, that is, without cables. What we saw at first, an almost exact design to that of the EarPods, did not let us imagine all the innovation inside of these headphones.
Among what I find most curious and interesting about the new Apple headphones is its box. The EarPods already arrived in a box that allowed us to store the headphones without the problem of knots in the cables. The AirPods box cannot have the purpose that the cables do not get tangled, since they do not have, but it is used for other things and the most obvious thing is to be able to transport them without losing them. But this transport box does much more.
AirPods charge in their own carrying case
The box also has your own battery which can in turn charge the AirPods. Apple ensures that we can leave the headphones in their box for 15 minutes to enjoy 3 hours of music. Not bad, right? On the other hand, once configured and as you can see in the previous image, as soon as we open the lid of the AirPods box, our connected device will detect it and we can start listening to music.
"We believe in a wireless future", Jony Ive
We believe in a wireless future. A future where all your devices connect intuitively. This belief drove the design of the new wireless AirPods.
The new AirPods are made possible by the new W1 chip. According to Jony Ive, it is the «first of its kind to produce intelligence and high-efficiency playback, while delivering a consistent and reliable connection«. The W1 also makes it possible for the infrared sensors to detect when we put on each AirPod and that they only turn on when we have them on, thus achieving a small extra energy saving.
The W1 also allows AirPods to be able to recognize which device we are using to stop reproducing one to reproduce the other. We cannot deny that this is very good. If you have tried other Bluetooth accessories, you will know that this is usually done manually, which is sometimes anything but comfortable.
Voice accelerometers
On the other hand, motion accelerometers also respond to our touches, allowing us to access Siri with a double tap. When we are talking, other accelerometers that have been called voice accelerometers are capable of detecting the vibration and sound of our voice. At that time, special microphones also reduce external sound, which will allow our contact to understand us without too much trouble.
5h of battery for each AirPod, but with extra time
Each AirPod has a autonomy of only 5 hours. It's not much, the way things are, but we've already mentioned that the box has its own battery and you can extend that autonomy up to 24 hours. On the other hand, it is not the most recommended, but it serves to talk about another point: if we use them separately, we will have 10 hours of battery life. The interesting thing about this is not the autonomy, but rather that the AirPods will be able to know if we have put one or both of them. If we have put one on, the sound will be reproduced in mono; if we put on both of us, logically we will hear the music in stereo.
AAC sound
It is not the only reason they decided to remove the jack port, but it is one of them. The jack connector is over 100 years old. The last innovation was about 50 years ago and it was… they made it smaller. Apple wanted to be among the first to take the step so that we can enjoy the digital sound, something that a centennial connector that only offered analog sound did not allow us. It is a controversial move, but I think time will prove them right.
Available from October
If you are considering buying the AirPods, you will have to be patient because will arrive at the end of october. The price was announced, but for the United States. The 159$ It seems that they will be even more when the conversion is made to Euros and it seems that the person responsible for this year's price increase has a name: Brexit. Despite everything, will you buy the AirPods?
Although they tempt me, I do not plan to buy them because it does not compensate me for the use that I give the headphones with what they cost (€ 179). They seem like a good product to me, I expected worse and I am sure that they will be a success in sales especially at Christmas.
"We can enjoy digital sound, something that a century-old connector that only offered analog sound did not allow us."
The sound that is actually heard is and will be analog, the difference with the new iPhone is that the digital to analog converter will not be integrated. Which saves you space to use it for other things.
And those of us who used the Earpods with minijack to listen to music on the Macbook? So far nothing has been said about an adapter to connect the new Earpods with Lightning to the macbook: S
Of course, it has been said, it has been said a thousand times ... there is an adapter (on sale for $ 9) to go from minijack to lightning and to be able to continue using headphones "of a lifetime" ...
Regards!
Please read the questions carefully before answering with things like: "It has been said a thousand times." The user Mauritius asks how to connect the earpods with lighting in a macbook, NOT how to connect normal headphones in the lighting of the iphone ...
Being Buetooth, I understand that they can be used in an iPhone6 to give an example without a problem, right?
Or are they only compatible with iPhone7?
Although they tempt me, I do not plan to buy them because it does not compensate me for the use that I give the headphones with what they cost (€ 179). They seem like a good product to me, I expected worse and I am sure that they will be a success in sales especially at Christmas.
"We can enjoy digital sound, something that a century-old connector that only offered analog sound did not allow us."
The sound that is actually heard is and will be analog, the difference with the new iPhone is that the digital to analog converter will not be integrated. Which saves you space to use it for other things.
And those of us who used the Earpods with minijack to listen to music on the Macbook? So far nothing has been said about an adapter to connect the new Earpods with Lightning to the macbook: S
Of course, it has been said, it has been said a thousand times ... there is an adapter (on sale for $ 9) to go from minijack to lightning and to be able to continue using headphones "of a lifetime" ...
Regards!
Please read the questions carefully before answering with things like: "It has been said a thousand times." The user Mauritius asks how to connect the earpods with lighting in a macbook, NOT how to connect normal headphones in the lighting of the iphone ...
Being Buetooth, I understand that they can be used in an iPhone6 to give an example without a problem, right?
Or are they only compatible with iPhone7?