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hotly-anticipated now of course they use
the word pro with these these are the
air pods Pro it certainly is more pro
than the other version nonetheless here
they are they're sitting in front of us
they come with the pro price tag this is
two hundred and forty nine dollars two
hundred fifty dollars you skip the one
dollar makes it look like less what are
the differences well obviously with the
pro name you're expecting to have
improved sound quality here by nature of
the design that should be a given you
have interchangeable ear tips so maybe
the one is pre-installed is not perfect
for you you swap it out in fact
apparently right within the pairing
process through apples proprietary chip
and software there's even a fit
component to the setup process of course
active noise-cancelling in here you get
none of that action with the regular air
pods and you have the transparency mode
which lets you use the external
microphones typically used for noise
canceling to hear your surroundings I'm
a big fan of that well are you benefit
so they wanted to make it clear on the
retail packaging the pro also capable of
wireless charging you're not giving that
up
look at this frustration-free packaging
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wow it's a two-handed I wonder if that's
intentional you come with the next hand
so it can't slap on the table and the
things go flying
I'll pull these knobs there you would
wouldn't you if you were Apple that's
incredible there they are that's it look
how simple the unboxing experience is
they're protected they have plastic on
there we put them down for a moment oh
look oh holy so there's the little
indicator hey your tips are in here and
you lift and it's just wow it matters
because it's your initial impression of
the product how much you like it much
like another relationship in your life
depends on this initial impression you
see there's the handshake that you make
with the product the product is as cool
as in boxing it's not the other way
around as well hmmmm you can see the
large ear tips and the small ear tips
that of course means that the medium ear
tips are pre-installed on the headphones
we have a lightning to USB type-c cable
batteries last
for a while here 4.5 hours of listening
time on one charge and 24 hours if
you're using the wireless charge case of
course a lot of that has to do with how
much you utilize the active
noise-cancelling that's a battery hog
alright sweet okay we have a comparison
when you hold them up like this you can
see it's just ever so slightly taller
and almost the same width so it's not a
huge commitment extra commitment to
carry around compared to standard air
pods this feels like a finished product
it feels like something you want to put
in your pocket you just want to slide it
in your pocket we'll what I think
convenience is a major feature with
these style of earbuds more so than say
a high fidelity over ear style headphone
convenience is a major contributing
factor to how you select this and an
Apple is really a step ahead in my
opinion in that particular department so
and we pop this one open and it's a much
bigger ear but it's a different look the
stem portion is a bit shorter as you can
see there the ear bud portion is larger
on the Pearl model alright so here's the
magic part the h1 chip at work you flip
it open it should see it right away look
at that oh and it spins around oh I love
the fact that I just spent 249 yeah no
I'm not angry at all spent 249 it's
spinning somebody made it spin all that
anger just washes away look at it's all
happening and they look the way they
jump around and about they're so happy
noise control press and hold on either
air pod to switch between noise
cancellation and transparency mode no
secondary app necessary well have Siri
read out messages without having to
unlock your phone that could be
convenience ok we pull them out we're
done pull them out oh ok cool so I
wanted to show this part off as well the
ear tip fit test there is an ear tip fit
test so I'm gonna try it out alright I
would say it's a good fit this medium I
would say is an instant it's already a
good fit and also the noise canceling
he's active immediately and it's a huge
difference when compared to standard air
pot oh all right it's happy that's it I
was right medium works you can control
your noise control from here also noise
cancellation whoo now I'm gonna try
transparency mode okay now
oh this speeds audio from the
microphones inside of the the earbuds
typically used for noise cancellation it
feeds it through to you so it's almost
like an amplification of your
surroundings and your own voice so you
speak to me right now well so you get
high definition yeah I got you right now
this is a killer feature some tunes here
okay Oh louder way louder ah
apples good apples gonna make a lot of
people happy this is the approachable
improvement in sound it's the type with
its familiar its integrated you already
have the iPhone so many people have it
to begin with you walk through the store
they say here's the pro model give it a
shot it sounds great you take it home
you have that experience you never
previously would have been in the market
for that product because the
pre-existing version of it is
intimidating to some buyers not to me
not to everybody who's watching you guys
know what Sony's up to you've seen the
other products you saw the Galaxy buds
and so forth but that's not the mass
market that's not the retail store
window shopper this is gonna suck some
of the purchases from the current air
pods and ultimately sound wise this is a
whole different story
I'm not saying they're the best thing I
ever heard in my life but the
combination yeah I guess you could
complain about the price you could say
look it's not for me it's too much money
for sure you could but you put the
transparency over here you put the
package over here like this I understand
the power beats bro they got good
batteries in there but you look at this
package deal you pop this in the pocket
you flip it open it's all part of the
experience well look
this is gonna bring way more people into
the noise-canceling realm in the first
place but I also hear your argument if
you're saying I can do better for 249
yeah maybe yeah probably but I think
where this whole package comes together
is when you look at all the elements
when you look at the case you look at
the h1 chick you look at how your iPhone
interacts with the product all the
little icons and animations all the
little thing it adds up to the overall
package Apple's gonna sell a boatload of
them and you might buy them