Hi everyone.
Aaron here for ZolloTech and these are the AirPods 2 or more like the AirPods
1.5 I've been using them for about a week or so and I think they're pretty good
for the most part, but I'm not sure they're worth upgrading to.
Now the actual design of them as far as the airport itself is absolutely
identical.
So if you didn't really like using them or they didn't fit in your ear, well,
they're not going to fit in your ear well now.
Now I do find them comfortable myself and they're comfortable enough that I
could actually sleep with them in my ears and I don't really have an issue with
them, but they don't really look any different,
so don't expect them to have any more comfort or anything like that.
Now the case itself is a little bit different and you can tell the cases between
this version and the previous one due to the little dot on the outside,
the little charge indicators on the outside as opposed to under the cover.
And that's really the main distinguishing feature. Also on the back,
the little metal piece here.
That metal piece is more of a matte finish on the new ones as opposed to the
more of a shiny or polished stainless steel look on the old ones.
Now you can still charge on the bottom with your lightening cable and this is
actually the wireless version and apple promised Air Power but then canceled it
last week so you can charge us on any CI wireless charge charge capable device,
but you won't have Air Power where you can charge your airpods,
your Apple Watch and your iPhone all on the same pad and not really worry where
you're placing them. It doesn't seem like that worked out so well,
so you can charge us on the Qi compatible charger,
but I would just recommend getting the regular one since it's $199 when you buy
them with the charge case. Now the actual AirPod itself, like I said,
isn't much different.
It still has all the same functionality of the original one where you can tap on
them and get different features,
but it also has Siri and you can say hey in front of that to get all of your
Siri options.
So if you say that you can say that and it's live and listening and we'll
respond and you can ask it. Any of the questions you might ask Siri to do.
Now also you do have a new h one chip set which gives it a little bit longer
battery life. I'm finding about four to five hours, no problem.
And in fact I use these a lot with my apple TV.
I'll just connect them to it and then watch maybe the grand tour or something
like that.
And when the kids are asleep I can use these and I use that most of the time
with this.
I also find that the chip set in the new h one chip set not only helps with
battery but helps with conductivity. Like they said it would.
This works fine with my Mac where the previous generation would just cut out all
the time. I actually couldn't even use them. There was so much interference.
They would cut out constantly when using them with a Mac,
although they wouldn't with an iPad or an iPhone. So that's kind of strange.
But the conductivity is better.
And one of the things I find interesting is apple says on their website that
they have higher quality sound due to that h one chipset and I actually find
them to be a little bit clearer when I went back and forth listening to music
from the first version to this version,
I found them to be a little bit clear and I actually definitely can say there is
a clarity difference between the old and new generation and it's not just
related to earwax and things like that. However,
some people told that there is no difference.
So there is a little bit of a probably a fidelity difference because of the
Bluetooth connection with them. Otherwise there's probably no difference.
And most people aren't buying these for their audio quality anyway or they're
fidelity. So the eye,
they are definitely not audio file airpods but they do sound a little bit better
in my opinion. And according to apple, they should. Now other than that,
that's really all there is to that I enjoy using them,
but whether or not you should buy them really is up to you.
If you have the previous generation and they're not a problem for you,
I actually get very little battery life out of these now.
The old ones after being two years old last me about an hour to two hours if I'm
lucky and the new ones last four to five hours, so I'm definitely worth,
it's definitely worth upgrading to me because they last,
but if yours are lasting,
your original AirPods are lasting and you have no issues with them,
then there's really no reason to upgrade here.
If you want a high quality sounding earphone or headphone,
there are better options out there, especially around the $200 off dollar price.
But the convenience of AirPods,
if you haven't used them where you take one out of your ear,
the video stops or the music stops, put it back in and it works.
That part right there is a really worth using airpods.
I know it sounds goofy and maybe that's not a reason for you to buy them,
but they conveniently connect between your iPhones, iPods, Macs,
or you could use them with an android phone, pair them that way.
They're just very convenient and that's the main reason to use them,
but that's it. Let me know what you think in the comments below.
Did you pick one of these up or are you going to hold off to,
maybe there's another generation also.
What did you think about the AirPower announcement as well?
I'd love to hear what you have to say in the comments below.
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