2y ago

Apple now sells the AirPods Pro USB-C case by itself — for $99

www.theverge.com

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Charges just fine on my watch charger, which I have to bring along with me when I travel anyways.
- Interestingly, if you have a big AirPods case (like I do) then the iPhone MagSafe will charge it just fine!
- This is how I’ve been charging mine too, works well!
- Hold up. You can charge your airpods with watch charger?!
  
  Yeah, my series 8 charger will charge my airpods pro 2nd gen.
- Sounds like malicious compliance and knowing their ultra zealous base will buy it.
  
  The ultra zealous already upgraded to a whole new pair
- When you buy AirPods now, it comes with the USB-C case. This is for people who bought them before they switched.
Yeah, I’ll stick with the lightning one…
$159 here is Australia. That’s definitely some challenging pricing. I don’t know how I’m justifying Apple next time I’m replacing things with all their pricing increases here.
I can sell you two for $10.
Next year: Apple now sells videos of them giving you the middle finger and laughing at you for $699.99
Stock is currently sold out.
Oh this will be confusing. The USB-C AirPods Pro do have some additional features in preparation for the Vision Pro iirc. Surely the old Lightning AirPods Pro 2 won't magically get them just because they have a new case?
- I don't believe the earphone part is different. When USB-C APP2 premiered they advertised a lot of new features (adaptative mode, speech triggered transparency etc) but all of them were immediately available on old ones too via firmware update.
  
  See here for example: https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/12/23870723/apple-airpods-pro-usb-c-lossless-audio-vision
  Update September 22nd, 1PM ET: In an episode of the Apple Blitz XL podcast, Apple’s Ron Huang explained that the USB-C AirPods can communicate at 5GHz, unlike the earlier models, enabling the lossless audio link to Vision Pro.

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