A Chinese company has manufactured a helmet model very similar aesthetically to AirPods on the outside. So similar that it makes us think that this patent published by Apple. Apple was already going to use a touchscreen in the case, to provide interactive access to iPhone applications such as Phone – to answer or hang up calls -, Mail, Messages, Camera, Calendar, Music, Maps and others. An imitator passed them on the right.
These days, knowing if your AirPods are fake is a real headache. It is not in vain that to detect falsifications of originals, tools such as telemetry and X-ray testing are used. However, with the improvements presented, These supposed “AirPods” clones theoretically improve and surpass the original AirPods 3
Some Airpods with OLED screen
We started the week with a real bomb: Apple will produce between 20 and 25 million units of AirPods in 2024, according to information disclosed by Mark Gurman. While there isn’t an avalanche of new AirPods coming, we do know that there are AirPods 3 Pro on the way and that AirPods Max require a much deeper change than opting for a simple port of USB-C charging.
And while we wait, rivals advance at full speed. If we take a look at the newspaper archives, we will come across something very revealing: in September 2021, the company sent the United States Patent and Trademark Office an idea to approve a series of devices, GUI methods and interactions with a headset. case. This case contained the same formula and usage types that were discovered in these fake AirPods:
Under the argument of improving the usefulness (and usability) of a headphone case, here is what the patent in question says:
There is a need for a headphone enclosure capable of controlling operations traditionally associated with headphones (e.g., playback controls, switching audio sources, switching audio output modes, etc.). There is further a need for a headset case that can also transmit information to a user, via touch and/or display devices. Such methods and interfaces possibly complement conventional methods of controlling wireless headphones. Such methods and interfaces reduce the number, extent and/or nature of a user’s input and produce a more efficient human-machine interface.
The case of imitation responds to this maxim. You can see a menu, in strict Chinese, which shows different functions within the Apple Music app
So, without a decision from Apple, this is the closest thing currently to an interactive case for AirPods. Honestly, I’m one of those who leaves the case a few feet away and focuses on using the AirPods with gestures and, eventually, the iPhone to handle noise cancellation and other functions.
That is to say that I would not have any real use for this case, which also would lose its autonomy when the battery drains thanks to its interactive functions. In all cases, OLED panels are particularly efficient in terms of electrical management: they consume very little and offer very natural contrast and color temperature. And of course, it is a great option to consider to take a step forward and extract the maximum power. of the future H2 chip.
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