If the technology for Apple Airpods existed over a decade ago, why is apple pretending they're new tech? How are they able to get away with charging a premium for their set?
Portable chargers existed 10 years ago. Bluetooth headsets existed 10 years ago.
Why did apple suddenly decide to hype up bluetooth headphones?
Try 20+ years ago
Apple realized that they can just remove the headphone jack and earn a shit ton of money, so they did it. Simple as that.
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Courage (((Chicanery)))
Earbuds never were this flawless in implementation when holding a connection to two physically separate devices, as well as the size of the buds and charging case were never able to be this small before. See other true wireless earbuds from other companies coming out to this day, they are all larger and have the same or worse battery life.
Bluetooth headphones theoretically could have existed twenty years ago but they didn't because there was little or no demand for it + Bluetooth latency sucked ass and audio over Bluetooth was a nightmare. Apple is pushing hard to remove the charging port on phones and go completely wireless because phones need MOAR THINNER and a headphone jack/Lightning port (soon to be USB-C port or else they can't do business in the EU) is immediate bulk added.
Airpods did, tangibly, make wireless earbuds a viable idea. Think of all the wireless headphones you saw before 2016 and all of the wireless headphones you see now.
my airpods gen2 drop the connection sometimes or only one of them pairs up to the phone
better than chinkshit but still
The whole point of buying Apple is that it costs more.
>Why did apple suddenly decide to hype up bluetooth headphones?
Maximum profit while cutting down on resource quantity(no wire) and price. Also when the batteries die you have to buy new ones.
Because the people who worship Apple as a house of God don't buy electronics made by other companies.