This. Let’s be honest here most are on average, average. Convenient connectivity beats a few decibal of sounds when you can’t care to tell the difference. It just fits so well into the Apple ecosystem and adds to the seamlessness of using multiple devices. Quality of life > over quality of product.

Yes. But if you lose it, anyone can register it. Best advice, if it’s yours.. keep it in your iCloud.

Same as what others have said. Novelty wears off incredibly quick. Doesn't offer a substantial enough change and I def kinda regret wasting money switching from a 12+. Maybe I should sell....

Great camera though.

Hey man, did you get a chance to talk to somebody in apple store? Curious what they said. My wife's iphone 14 pro is doing the same thing.... Very annoying

Yeah that person is full of it. I came from the LG phones which were audio focused and I was sorely disappointed by AirPods and the wired earbuds that are available. I think they sound awful. If I’m at home I always opt to play music over the phone speaker or my sound bar through Bluetooth because the audio quality just isn’t there.

I'm at 95% coming up on a year.

He probably knows how his wife looks

You won’t miss what you’ve never had.

That said, I use the island all the time with Spotify in the background. Same goes for background phone calls on speaker. Less intrusive system notifications are also nice but not a big deal.

If you have the extra money I would get a pro model. The display alone is worth it. But again, if you’ve never had a 120hz OLED display you won’t miss that either.

Just don’t update any firmware of the airpod pros. With each iteration, the noise cancelling gets significantly worst each time without failure

I can't think of a single thing Dynamic Island does that I'd miss, perhaps other than switching to music from maps or whatever. It seems like it has the potential to be cool in the future, but it certainly wouldn't bother me if I didn't have it.

AirPods because of the seamless connection with Apple devices (laptop, tablet, phone and watch).

I used a cheap Xiaomi pair briefly after I lost my first AirPods and they were a pain in terms of pairing (left and right not in sync etc). After a month of trying to live with them I decided to get another pair of AirPods. AirPods are decent for day to day abuse.

I didn’t fork out for the pro cos for noise cancellation I still have my old QC2 headphones.

I was in middle school and got scammed into buying a water damaged iPhone 4(?) at the time online from eBay. Didn’t know why it wouldn’t charge or turn on, but brought it to an Apple Store and they gave me a refurbished one on the house. The employee even helped me identify all the signs that it was water damaged. Granted I think the next phone just came out, but the associate was definitely very nice for what he did in my opinion.

Dynamic island is not that big of a Deal. But it doesn’t matter. So many other things about the 14 plus make that phone a bad deal (to put it simply ) if you want a more in depth explanation you’ll find many on YouTube. The TLDR is don’t get the 14 plus

They’re definitely not the best in terms of audio quality, but they work very well in the Apple ecosystem and the Pros are pretty dang decent for an audio ear bud aimed at the mass market. Plus noise canceling is very convenient. If you’re looking for something more hi-if, I’d go on YouTube and research the best bud options from companies like klipsch, sennheiser, beyerdynamic, etc.

The ease of us with iPhone is really nice with phone calls. However, sometimes they disappoint me when it comes to calls. I feel like the microphone doesn’t pick up my voice as well as my iPhone does if I’m in a noisy environment. Mostly if I’m out in the city and it’s loud. Shouldn’t be an issue if you’re at home or in a reasonably normal environment.

I believe this is more-so an issue with how Bluetooth technology handles sending and receiving audio signals simultaneously (sending your voice audio and receiving the voice audio of whoever you’re speaking to) then it being an issue that is specific to AirPods. Hopefully we’ll develop a new standard or version of Bluetooth that isn’t as constrained by this.

Will say I definitely recommend the pros over regular AirPods for sound quality and comfort (and probably better mic quality too). There’s tons of YouTubers who have videos breaking down the difference between different AirPods models and competitors. I’d recommend watching a few of those videos if you’re torn over what to buy. Cheers.

When I was 13 I dropped my iPhone 7 at the gym and these colored bars came onto my screen. My mom and I went to apple and said it suddenly started acting like that in the morning, and they fixed it under the warranty.

Fast forward to 2020, my mom takes her 6S in for a battery replacement, they break it, and give her a brand new phone.

I remember they replaced my battery too when I sent my 7 in for that repair.

Just had this today. My iPhone 12 pro max had condensation under the camera lenses. Went there and they said "$980 to swap for a new one". I came back the next day to do it, and the guy who served me said "this should be free due to Australian Consumer Law" and changed it to $0

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Watch some comparisons on YouTube like this one from Max Tech:

14 Plus vs 14 Pro Max

Dynamic Island is fine, kinda neat at first, but the novelty wears off. I barely notice it anymore besides the bumping equalizer when I have Apple Music running in the background (which admittedly is still kinda cool). But I don't think I'd miss it all that much. Now if I had Air Pods, there are some helpful notifications there I think I would miss.

So in a nutshell, Dynamic Island isn't enough to justify spending $200 more, but there are other differences worth considering like the butter-smooth 120Hz display that adjusts to a perfect 24 FPS when watching movies (and can even go all the way down to 1 Hz for Always On display). GPU-intensive gaming will also have a big leg up on the 14 Pro. Finally, there's a stark difference in camera performance with the 14 Pro over the Plus.

Dynamic island has very little use. I forgot about it after day 1.

You’ll be fine without it, not a reason to upgrade on its own

This is the answer.

They’re good, above average even? But they work well unless you get a dud (get it replaced if you do!)

There are however better sounding options.

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After researching online I settled on Jabra Elite Active 75t and I love them. You can find refurbished models on Walmart.com for half the price. I even bought my wife a pair.