Microsoft Surface earbuds look like Princess Leia hair buns or cow tags
Can you ear me now? Twitter users have fun mocking the new cordless headphones.
Move over, Apple AirPods . On Wednesday, Microsoft revealed its own take on cord-free headphones, the Microsoft Surface Earbuds. They're disc-shaped, feature integration with Microsoft Office apps, and will be available this holiday season for $249 (about £202, AU$371). They reportedly include tap-and-swipe controls that allow Android users to access Spotify playlists without touching your phone, and on-the-fly translation capabilities, with support for 60 languages.
But just like when AirPods came out, social media reaction was less about the price or the technology and more about the look.
Seems that some think they resemble those sticky round Avery labels.
Just ordered a pack of the new @Microsoft Surface Earbuds #MicrosoftEvent #SurfaceEvent pic.twitter.com/Sv22vNLlew
— ᴺᴼᵀ Jony Ive (@JonyIveParody) October 2, 2019
Or ear gauges.
Introducing, the new Surface Earbuds #MicrosoftEvent pic.twitter.com/518spVTRyY
— Joe Morales (@astroXP) October 2, 2019
Or maybe the neck bolts on Frankenstein.
These are the new Surface EarBuds #MicrosoftEvent pic.twitter.com/4gZWpWyu5f
— David Paquette (@Dave_Paquette) October 2, 2019
Or cattle tags.
So Apple earbuds look like cigarettes hanging out of your ears while Surface earbuds look like you've been tagged as a part of an animal migration experiment.#MicrosoftEvent #microsoft pic.twitter.com/s56p9wtsZQ
— Kevin Giszewski (@KevinGiszewski) October 2, 2019
Or clothing anti-shoplifting devices.
looks like those anti-theft tags on clothes 😂 https://t.co/MmUmqS0qsv
— rahul 🎃 (@iRahulRana) October 2, 2019
QUICK! SOMEBODY STOP HER BEFORE SHE SETS OFF THE ALARM! (H/T @iRahulRana) #MicrosoftEvent #SurfaceEvent pic.twitter.com/rubtTXeNlm
— ᴺᴼᵀ Jony Ive (@JonyIveParody) October 2, 2019
Or Princess Leia's hair.
New Staw Wars buds. pic.twitter.com/KgXC1Rjdgm
— Michael Marrero-Burgos (@mmarrerow69) October 2, 2019
Or Guinan's hat from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
microsoft earbuds drawing inspo from Guinan #MicrosoftEvent pic.twitter.com/aKwdKpOlO2
— cait petrakovitz 💃🏽💩 (@misscp) October 2, 2019
Comparisons aside, some people want them once they're available. Others have issues.
"They look like they're competing with EarPods in terms of being shaped specifically so they fall out constantly," wrote one Twitter user. Said another, "I wear hearing aids and let me be the first to say that those ear buds are never going to stay in."
I like them but damn that $250 price tag
— Sean (@TempestTantrums) October 2, 2019
They look like they’re competing with EarPods in terms of being shaped specifically so they fall out constantly.
— Tortured Screams (@AROAH) October 2, 2019
I wear hearing aids and let me be the first to say that those ear buds are never going to stay in.
— Cameron Talley (@Cameron_Talley) October 2, 2019
I'll stick with the 2 bread sticks coming down from my ear over this
— It (@MySpaceJD) October 2, 2019
Look more futuristic and fashionable to me than AirPods. (And I own AirPod 2’s)
— Sean Robertson Pro Max (@Sean1robertson) October 2, 2019
And the cost is shocking some.
Unless they do something remarkable like crazy good battery life they are DOA at that price
— Tom Paladino (@paladintom) October 2, 2019
they're $249 *choked
— Zildjian Danu (@zildjiandanu) October 2, 2019
$249 to look like Rolie Polie Olie... haha nooooo pic.twitter.com/CcOcSfL9pq
— Amanda (@selaromamanda) October 2, 2019
$49 isn’t bad... oh wait $249. Nope pass
— Majid Almas (@MajidAlmas1) October 2, 2019
If you've got $249 and want to try them out, the Microsoft Surface Earbuds will be available later this year.
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