• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I could see Apple buying it. The form factor makes sense, it’s the fact that it relies on AI and has its own cell connection are the main issues. If I could tap it and have Siri take dictation or take a picture of something to get more information it would be pretty neat.

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      5 months ago

      Why on earth would apple buy this shitty android device? And feature wise, they can just make the airpods into an AI device paired with your phone or watch.

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      5 months ago

      I don’t need any hardware that does something my phone already does.

      I don’t understand this reverse consolidation these companies think people want.

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      5 months ago

      Does it though? Having it pull down your shirt, having to rely on projecting a GUI on your hand, and being unable to hear it in loud environments all seem like pretty strong limitations of the form factor

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        5 months ago

        I’d drop the projector interface, as cool as it is, since you have a phone for that. Maybe make it a pendant as well as a pin.

        Apple’s got a lot of experience with using tiny speakers in loud places, so I bet they could figure out something maybe using directional microphones. Plus, again, you’ve got the phone so you can use the headphones.

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          5 months ago

          If you drop the projector, then airpods already do it better when paired with the watch. There’s no point in such a device at all, then.

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            5 months ago

            Airpods don’t have a camera though. 90% of my photos are of things I need to remember, like a shopping list or a specific product I need to get Having to dig out (or find) my phone to do that is a pain.

            And I don’t have Airpods because I’d lose them, one by one, and the replacements are twice the price as another pair of perfectly workable Bluetooth headphones.

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              5 months ago

              If they wanted to companies could put a camera in a smart watch easily. Samsung was doing it ages ago.

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                5 months ago

                The time before I lose a pair of glasses is inversely proportional to how much I pay for them. If I spent $400 on glasses they would likely disappear off my face before I left the store

                • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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                  5 months ago

                  Sunglasses are very easy to lose.

                  I’m considering a prescription pair because those are less likely to be lost.

                  I just wish they weren’t meta linked.