Please, do not apologize. It's exciting to see someone who it has worked out perfect for - it ticks every box for me except for potential fit issues and comparisons in ANC to the QC2's.I do apologise for my enthusiasm.
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I got mine from Minidisc who told me they had a 21 day change of mind policy (15% restock fee tho).
My patience is a bit stronger as without MEMs or another compelling technology I can't justify a purchase of any existing brands.
Hold strong!
Minidisc though! Thanks dude, I think I've found myself lining up a potential buy. I hold you accountable!
Feel you on the front of the patience though - releases seem to incremental and tend to have caveats of some sort when comparing to another option. That for me is enough to hold off until there's finally something that ticks all the boxes. The MW09's look really interesting but already, a review has given some insight on them.
But then again, that's one review of more to come. I'm sure someone in here will at least give them a go (hinting @erockg or @clerkpalmer )
I'm just going to hope their support follows their introductory features and unlocks more for it in time (much like the MTW3's were vastly improved after a late update.)
I don't think we'll even get a Snapdragon sound dongle. Qualcomm does have a dongle but it's purely an LE low latency play for gamers. I have no idea about chip architecture but maybe there's a hardware limitation for breaking it out.
I remember when Snapdragon sound first became a thing. I think I had a Google Nexus phone then. It's funny because back then Apple sounded much better. Now Qualcomm kept at it and won the battle, but maybe they lost the war?
Edit: what the heck am I saying? I was using wired back then .
M&D just announced a TWS with the latest and greatest from Qualcomm, and they are a tiny player compared to every company that you listed...Sony, Apple and Samsung will continue using their own proprietary solutions no matter what.
Samsung even refused to add Aptx HD to their phones after it was added to the AOSP. Just like how they refuses to add Dolby Vision even to their most expensive TVs.
I would love it if Qualcomm went open source...But just like Samsung, Apple and Google their share holders want to see a return on their investments.
At least with Qualcomm you are getting the very best...whilst Google and Samsung keeps charging top dollars for phones with a vastly inferior SoC (Tensor/Exynos).
I just dont see how Qualcomm are the bad guys compared to Apple, Google and Samsung.
Do you think that Samsung/Google/Apple will do away with any proprietary tech any time soon?
Could Qualcomm be more consumer friendly? Ofc...but so could the other major companies.
Also if the benchmarks holds true it will pretty much be a no brainer for anyone remotely tech-savy to buy a Snapdragon X Elite PC. As long as Microsoft/developers sorts out the compability with the new architecture.
With Qualcomm pushing their own envelope by expanding into other areas such as the PC market, coupled with the marketing they're bringing along with it, I wouldn't be surprised if they do have a poke at other markets in the coming years, and it would all likely be proprietary too.
The praise they have received over the last few years for their achievements could be seen as a perfect opening for them to release their own properiety tech line.