I had no idea what LeEco was and not interested in Moto stuff. Apple is getting more flak because there are way more people with iPhones that would love to keep using their headphones without the need for another cable, which is ironic when you think about it.
Just pointing out that this is now becoming a trend and you'll start seeing even more, especially for vendors just making for the high end market and with just a couple of models.
Running the risk of being completely wrong, a watershed moment has happened or will happen within the next year or two with more and more vendors doing the same thing.
People with iPhones can still use their current iPhone, if they want the new one they either continue following Apple's vision (jump onto the bandwagon) or accept the hassle of carrying another cable.
By now people should know that when Apple pulls these moves, it won't go back (it's not done on a whim and I imagine they are pretty sure people will just adapt), and it's banking on more and more people buying bluetooth headsets as their main ones (personally I've seen that trend around me in the last few years, which sure, it's purely circumstantial and not a general representation of society).
Personally I have only bought a bluetooth peripheral because I had to (hardware "requisite" - iPad keyboard), as I dislike running out of battery (use wired keyboard, wired mouse, wired headphones, etc), but the experience has made me less worried with battery life. This is where I think Apple will have to improve and make charging stuff pretty seamless.
And yes, there will be that time when you really want to use your headphones and they will be out of battery... And will have to wait a few minutes to get some juice.
Not sure, but taking into account the latest move in the Macbooks, I would say they probably have it pretty much integrated into the design and didn't cater for that. Do others cater for that? From what I've seen, most don't and a good part of them have less battery life. I would assume switching batteries would make them bulkier and introduce more complexity to their hardware design.
From their tech specs, 15 minutes in their battery case will give you 3 hours of usage (50% volume). This is if the battery is drained when you start charging them. I assume the more battery charge they have, the slower it is to charge them further.
Would be interesting to know the predicted lifetime of both the phones/charging case's battery. Haven't found information on that and personally if, with daily usage, it's less than a handful of years, it would make me less likely to buy them. At the moment I have no plans to do so, will wait for the market response to that price point, since similar ones are mostly more expensive.
