Apple AirPods are Apple's first wireless earbuds. Initially, the release was planned for October 2016, but there was a delay of 2 months, the official reason for which is not known. Be that as it may, the headphones have already reached the buyers and there is something to tell about them.
Pros of Apple AirPods
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Battery. For what these headphones can be called a revolution, it is the battery. Simply fantastic autonomy! So much so that it is forgotten when they were put on charge. The fact is that people do not use headphones 24/7, once every 5 hours a break is guaranteed. And during this break, the main thing is to put the headphones in the case, where even 15 minutes of charging will provide a guaranteed 3 hours of subsequent work. If you give an example in numbers, then Apple AirPods can be used for 3-4 days without recharging. I would like to wish the same battery for the iPhone itself, by the way. By the way, when the headphones are discharged, then at around 10% you can hear a characteristic "warning" signal, the same sound is heard when you put the earphone in your ear, which means that the headset is connected to some device.
- Landing. These "kids" sit in the ear better than wired headphones. But rather, because with wired ones, every movement affects the wire that pulls the earphone behind it.
- Auto pause. Two black dots - sensors - on the outer white surface of the earphone allow the headset to know when it is being used and when it is not. I took out the apple wireless headphones for iphone, and the music paused, put it back in my ear - the playback resumed. Works only if one earbud is taken out. If both are removed, then you will have to start the music manually. This option works not only with the playlist, but also with video players.
- Phone in headphones. These devices are great headsets. The sound, of course, is slightly worse than in the wired version. But the plus is that if you talk to someone via Skype, FaceTime via Mac, iPhone, iPad, then you can safely move in space without a phone or computer, but only with headphones. It is very convenient.
- Updates. This is also a big plus of these headphones. By the way, updates on AirPods are installed automatically. You just need to connect them to power, to the iPhone, the rest will happen by itself.
Cons of Apple AirPods
- The volume drops and the sound deteriorates, but this is perhaps an unpleasant moment. Hopefully, since AirPods are upgradeable, this bug will be fixed. So, once every five days, something not entirely clear happens with the headphones. At first, the volume is reduced to a minimum and you can hear something only at the maximum and, at the same time, with degraded sound, as well as with background hiss. Unfortunately, when this problem appears, nothing helps: neither reloading the page, nor reconnecting the headphones, nor changing the output device. The only thing that turned out to be effective in this situation is restarting the computer or phone. Most likely, the problem with the software will be solved in future updates.
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Long reconnection of headphones from one device to another. On average, it takes about 10 seconds, or even more. I wish the headphones next to a Mac or iPhone made faster connections to devices and didn't require manual adjustments.
- Also, before buying, you need to make sure that the device to which the headphones will be connected supports AirPods, for example, they do not connect to the PlayStation 4.
- Glossy body. On the first day, do not take your eyes off the headphone case, but scratches appear during use. But what is even more unpleasant - dirt begins to accumulate. For example, the "reset" button, which serves to cancel the connection to the device, being invisible at first, is gradually clogged with dirt. Perhaps all this would not be very scary if the average price of AirPods was not 14,000 rubles.
So, this headset is quite an expensive thing and, speaking in essence, it has approximately the same number of advantages and disadvantages. It is also possible that it is in your case that these headphones will not hold well and fall out of your ears. However, I would like to note that the technological advantages of this model greatly simplify everyday life, you just have to get used to them.
