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I JUST COPIED THIS FROM u/facingcondor and u/italianboi69104. HE MADE ALL THE RESEARCH AND WROTE THIS ENTIRE THING. I JUST POSTED IT BECAUSE I THINK IT CAN BE USEFUL TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. ORIGINAL COMMENT: https://www.reddit.com/r/airpods/comments/yfc5xw
It appears that Apple is quietly replacing or removing the noise cancellation tech in all of their products to protect themselves in an ongoing patent lawsuit.
Timeline:
• 2002-5: Jawbone, maker of phone headsets, gets US DARPA funding to develop noise cancellation tech
• 2011-9: iPhone 4S released, introducing microphone noise cancellation using multiple built-in microphones
• 2017-7: Jawbone dies and sells its corpse to a patent troll under the name "Jawbone Innovations“
• 2019-10: AirPods Pro 1 released, Apple's first headphones with active noise cancellation (ANC)
• 2020-10: iPhone 12 released, Apple's last phone to support microphone noise cancellation
• 2020-12: AirPods Max 1 released, also featuring ANC
• 2021-9: iPhone 13 released, removing support for microphone noise cancellation
• 2021-10: AirPods Pro 1 firmware update 4A400 changes its ANC algorithm, reducing its effectiveness - confirmed by Rtings measurements (patent workarounds?)
• 2022-5: AirPods Max 1 firmware update 4E71 changes its ANC algorithm, reducing its effectiveness - confirmed by Rtings measurements (patent workarounds?)
• 2022-9: AirPods Pro 2 released, with revised hardware and dramatic "up to 2x" improvements to ANC (much better patent workarounds in hardware?)
As of 2022-10, Jawbone Innovations vs Apple continues in court.
This happens all the time in software. You don't hear about it because nobody can talk about it. Everyone loses. Blame the patent trolls.
Thanks u/facingcondor for writing all this. It helped me clarify why Apple reduced the noise cancellation effectiveness and I hope this will help a lot of other people. Also if you want me to remove the post for whatever reason just dm me.
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Links:
Landing page: iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus | iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max | AirPods Pro 2nd Gen
Buying page: iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro | iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max | AirPods Pro 2nd Gen
Now to the good stuff:
Colors: Starlight, Midnight, Blue, Purple, Product(RED)
Super Retina XDR displays; 6.1" (Regular), 6.7" (Plus); 800 nits max bightness typical, 1200 nits max HDR
Rear Cameras: Dual 12MP cameras (wide and ultra wide) with sensor-shift OIS, and cinematic mode (up to at 30FPS)
Front Camera: 12MP TrueDepth camera
A15 Bionic with 5-core GPU (For context: the non-Pro iPhone 13 only had 4-cores, while the Pro had 5 GPU cores)
5G. Of course. How can we forget.
Dual eSIM support; US models do not get a physical SIM slot
Starts at $799 (Regular; 128GB), and $899 (Reg.; 128GB)
iPhone 14 will be available on September 16th, while the 14 Plus will be available October 7th
Colors: Silver, Space Black, Gold, Deep Purple
Dynamic Island 🏝, "a new way to interact with iPhone"
Super Retina XDR displays with ProMotion; 6.1" (Pro), 6.7" (Pro Max); 1000 nits max bightness typical, 1600 nits max HDR and 2000 nits max in the outdoors
A16 Bionic with 5-core GPU
Rear Cameras: Pro Camera system with a 48MP main camera (ƒ/1.78 aperture), 12MP Telephoto (ƒ/2.2), and 12MP Ultra Wide (ƒ/2.8)
Front Camera: 12MP TrueDepth camera (ƒ/1.9 aperture)
5G. 5G. 5G.
Dual eSIM support; US models do not get a physical SIM slot
Price (starting): $999 (Pro; 128GB), and $1099 (Pro Max, 128GB)
Both models will be available on September 16th
Price: $250
Case is compatible with MagSafe, Qi-compatible wireless chargers and the Apple Watch charger
H2 chip enabling up to 2x more Active Noise Cancellation (ANC)
Up to 6 hours of listening time with ANC enabled
Charging case has the U1 chip enabling Find My capabilities
AAC-ELD speech codec that allows HD FaceTime audio quality
Force sensor for playback control, now with touch control that lets you swipe up or down to adjust volume
IPX4 - water and sweat resistant
Available on September 23rd
