How Apple's AirPods Became an Unexpected Hit

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1:23 Jony Ive interview for GQ www.gq.com/story/apple-airpods-everywhere

All Comments (21)
  • @Newsthink
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  • I hate them and I haven't even bought them, I have meetings and my coworkers are all the time making a hand gesture for me to wait so they can charge the airpods because they have lost charge, they are just terrible. So if they can't make them with a battery to last at least 16 hours without needing to be put in the case then they are useless to me. Wired headphones are so much more useful in a desktop than the wireless pods of any kind.
  • @dalewilson990
    I was one of the people making fun of the airpods when they were first announced, but they grew on me. The AirPods Pro are amazing and my favorite headphones on the market.
  • @jrrrm3
    Yet they still dont stay inside my ears
  • @_123Ackerman
    Suprise? When they remove the headphone jack ? It s hard to beleive when you know everytime a tech is release they was working on it for 2 , 3 year or more ( i m talking about both )
  • Your videos are always great. I never save them to watch later list whenever i received the notification on youtube. I really love theme they are always top notch quality content videos.
  • @motorbikeray
    (0:59) Cindy, I'm curious about the make and model of your piano in the background.
  • @JS-jh4cy
    What about older people with bad hearing, you may have to charge them pods up every frigging 6 minutes
  • Please make a video on Dr. Satyendra Nath Bose, as he was father of Quantum Statistics.
  • @MaxKito2
    I miss the live apple events. 🤓
  • @rdyer8764
    Again, short and sweet. You're great at eliminating fluff in your videos. I know when I click on one, it won't be full of redundant info - saying the same things over and over. One criticism... Not sure the image of a burning forest is a good one in this sad time of the impacts of climate change.
  • @idfvalx
    i’ve always liked the airpods , cool product
  • @JS-jh4cy
    Apple good but when they make a weak product that's shit, it time for apple sauce
  • @mn3438
    Luv my Airpods Pro 2 ✌🏻 🎧
  • @boos_2
    People are too obsessed with Apple... people your loyalty is bringing money to the business not u
  • @erselo2477
    Exactly how they convinced people to pay thousands of dollars for a phone: marketing.