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Apple unveils two new AirPods 4 models with an H2 chip and USB-C; AirPods 4 for $129 and AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation for $179, coming September 20

here's what's missing Damilola Makinde / TechCabal : Apple's new 2024 AirPods lineup features, pictures and prices Tsveta Ermenkova / PhoneArena : Apple's AirPods 4 with ANC is tiptoeing around AirPods Pro 2 territory Nicole Nguyen / Livemint : AirPods 4, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max...? A guide to the confusing new lineup Rudie Obias / Variety : Apple's New AirPods 4 Are Now Available for Pre-Order Online Nicole Nguyen / Wall Street Journal : AirPods 4, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, AirPod...Hearing Aids? A Guide to the Confusing New Lineup Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac : Apple announces AirPods 4 in two new models with H2 chip, USB-C, improved audio, more Daniel Sims / TechSpot : Apple AirPods 4 arrive with Pro-level features at a more affordable price Sagar Naresh Bhavsar / Neowin : You will need to buy a USB-C cable separately to charge the Apple AirPods 4 Sophia Feona Cantiller / GreenBot : Everything You Missed from Apple's Event: iPhone 16, AirPods 4, and Apple Watch 10 Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage : Apple debuts AirPods 4 wireless earbuds, cites new features between the two product tiers Threads: Quinn Nelson / @snazzyq : Adding USB-C to AirPods Max and doing literally nothing else is a war crime.  H2 is in the $130 AirPods 4 but not in the newly refreshed $550 flagship headphones.  So many things make AirPods Max unsuitable for purchase in 2024 and they fixed literally ONE of them.  Abomination. X: Chris Bakke / @chrisjbakke : The CEO of Sony learning that Airpods have once again outsold the new and improved Sony WH-1000XM5-WHCH720N-WF1000XM5- CH520's for the 15th consecutive quarter [image] Greg Joswiak / @gregjoz : With Active Noise Cancellation and a new design, AirPods 4 are the most advanced and comfortable headphones we've created with an open-ear design. Add five new colors for AirPods Max and a clinical-grade Hearing Aid feature for AirPods Pro, and it's an exciting day for your ears! [video] Quinn Nelson / @snazzylabs : If you told me Apple was going to update the AirPods Max with USB-C and then do literally nothing else, I wouldn't have believed you for a second. @om : The Indian head shake is going to confuse the heck out of Siri on AirPods. Imagine accidentally saying yes to mom call during middle of the day!!! Himanshu Rajawat / @himanshurajawt : @MKBHD Loving the improved noise cancellation and that new sleek design 🔥 M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler : I'm as big of an AirPods fan as you'll find — and have been since day one. This is... a lot of AirPods options? #AppleEvent Ray Wong / @raywongy : “AirPods 4 Active Noise Cancellation” is the actual name [image] Aaron Zollo / @zollotech : AirPods 4 - H2 chip - Better audio quality - Personalized Spatial Audio - Nod yes or no to answer or decline - Voice isolation - USB-C - Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency - Adaptive Audio -Wireless Charging - Speaker for Find My [image] Gene Munster / @munster_gene : New AirPods 4 with head gestures to answer and decline calls and better noise cancelation and adding transparency mode. Same $179 price as was the previous AirPods 3. Bottom line. AirPods is still a replacement cycle business. Ben Bajarin / @benbajarin : Watch Series 10 and AirPods 4 are much more likely to drive a giant upgrade cycle. All data points I've seen confirm a big portion of those installed bases on quite old hardware. LinkedIn: Liz Williams : The inclusion of a clinically validated hearing test in the new Apple AirPods Pro and possible approval as an OTC hearing aid is an exciting addition to the hearing aid market. …

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  • @snazzyq Quinn Nelson on threads
    Adding USB-C to AirPods Max and doing literally nothing else is a war crime.  H2 is in the $130 AirPods 4 but not in the newly refreshed $550 flagship headphones.  So many things make AirPods Max unsuitable for purchase in 2024 and they fixed literally ONE of them.  Abomination.
  • @chrisjbakke Chris Bakke on x
    The CEO of Sony learning that Airpods have once again outsold the new and improved Sony WH-1000XM5-WHCH720N-WF1000XM5- CH520's for the 15th consecutive quarter [image]
  • @gregjoz Greg Joswiak on x
    With Active Noise Cancellation and a new design, AirPods 4 are the most advanced and comfortable headphones we've created with an open-ear design. Add five new colors for AirPods Max and a clinical-grade Hearing Aid feature for AirPods Pro, and it's an exciting day for your ears!…
  • @snazzylabs Quinn Nelson on x
    If you told me Apple was going to update the AirPods Max with USB-C and then do literally nothing else, I wouldn't have believed you for a second.
  • @om @om on x
    The Indian head shake is going to confuse the heck out of Siri on AirPods. Imagine accidentally saying yes to mom call during middle of the day!!!
  • @himanshurajawt Himanshu Rajawat on x
    @MKBHD Loving the improved noise cancellation and that new sleek design 🔥
  • @mgsiegler M.G. Siegler on x
    I'm as big of an AirPods fan as you'll find — and have been since day one. This is... a lot of AirPods options? #AppleEvent
  • @raywongy Ray Wong on x
    “AirPods 4 Active Noise Cancellation” is the actual name [image]
  • @zollotech Aaron Zollo on x
    AirPods 4 - H2 chip - Better audio quality - Personalized Spatial Audio - Nod yes or no to answer or decline - Voice isolation - USB-C - Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency - Adaptive Audio -Wireless Charging - Speaker for Find My [image]
  • @munster_gene Gene Munster on x
    New AirPods 4 with head gestures to answer and decline calls and better noise cancelation and adding transparency mode. Same $179 price as was the previous AirPods 3. Bottom line. AirPods is still a replacement cycle business.
  • @benbajarin Ben Bajarin on x
    Watch Series 10 and AirPods 4 are much more likely to drive a giant upgrade cycle. All data points I've seen confirm a big portion of those installed bases on quite old hardware.