We’ve talked here several times about how AirPods they are selling like water in the desert and on the way to becoming elements of pop culture. But every positive side has its not-so-good counterpart – and the phenomenal popularity of Apple’s wireless headphones is having side effects … let’s say, unexpected.
THE Mashable published an article noting the worrying frequency with which AirPod users are dropping their headphones on the subway tracks. The report is focused on BART, the San Francisco (California) public rail system, but the effect can be seen anywhere – which is understandable, considering that AirPods are not exactly stuck in the user’s ear.
In the specific case of BART, in 2019 alone, 52 records of AirPods were lost in the system’s tracks – a number that will soon surpass the 80 occurrences recorded throughout 2018. In fact, the cases are so frequent that subway employees have already they are becoming real experts in “fishing” AirPods lost on the tracks with a special tool.
The manager of the BART communication department, Alicia Trost, shared some tips for passengers to avoid losing their AirPods on public transport – which, in Brazil, represents a loss of R $ 480 for each lost phone:
Leave AirPods in your pocket when on escalators or on the platform and while boarding the train. In addition to falling on the tracks, they can easily escape through the gap between the train and the platform when boarding. Once on the train, I knew that if the phone goes down, you will have to look for it on the floor in a probably crowded environment that is moving at up to 130km / h.
Alicia Trost with BART tool to catch lost AirPods on the tracksObviously, you can use other solutions to make using AirPods safer, such as the strap that joins the two headphones and prevents them from escaping your ears. At this point it may be more practical to simply use wired headphones, but … well, who am I to judge, isn’t it?
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Cash price: from R $ 1,214.10Installed price: up to 12x R $ 112,42Feature: wireless headphonesLaunch: March 2019
via Cult of Mac
