Apple's AirPods are either genius or a complete disaster

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple's new AirPods are either genius or a disaster. After trying them out at the iPhone 7 launch, I think they might be both.
Each AirPod looks almost exactly like a regular Apple EarPod, just with the cables cut off. The bottoms of each are silver and contain the microphones. They're equipped with sensors that detect whether or not they're in your ears — take one of them out and the music pauses; put them back in and it resumes.
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