Yup. I remember the original iPhone/iPad announcements where many features were fairly innovative. Now applauded feature announcements are for features already out on Android phones.
Show me an Android phone that will provide the hassle-free experience Apple promises with those AirPods. That's the most innovative part of this event for me.
So I just bought some backbeat fit headphones, which use bluetooth. To get them working with my Android phone I:
- pressed the on button on the headphones
- pressed the pair button on my phone
I mean, bar special hooks Apple can have because they don't give a fuck about standards, I really don't see how that is hard.
Same experience with my 6P and my el cheapo Bluetooth gym headphones. Turned headphones on, hit pair, good to go. Apple has done "hassle-free" very well historically, but that doesn't mean that other vendors are incapable of it.
