- What's up guys, Saf on SuperSaf TV,
and we've got 'em in the house, the brand new AirPods Max.
There's been a lot of talk about these online,
particularly because of the 550 pounds/ dollars price point.
Are these worth that much?
Well, let's go ahead, get them unboxed
and give them a test.
So the packaging of course,
very clean in traditional Apple fashion.
We've got a picture of the Airpods Max here at the front,
a picture of the AirPods Max smart case
at the back.
Apple logo on the left and the right
and then the AirPods Max logo on the top.
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And here they are.
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So as well as the AirPods Max themselves,
you do get some paper work.
There are no Apple stickers.
And then there is a USB type C to Lightning cable.
Now using this cable on the 18-watt charger,
the new Apple 18-watt charger,
you will be able to get around 1 1/2 hours listening time
with just a five-minute charge
and a full charge is going to take around two hours.
But these do have battery life of up to 20 hours.
Now they do come in this smart case,
which has been called a few things including a purse.
So yeah, let me know if you want me to do a photo shoot
with this as a purse.
I mean, if this video gets a million views,
I'll totally do it.
Anyway, we do have these protective cups
that are for the cushions
and here they are.
They do look really nice in this space gray color.
There are five color versions available.
There's this space gray, which is personally my favorite.
Then we've got the silver, a green,
a sky blue as well as a pink.
So plenty of color options.
Generally, I am a little bit adventurous
when it comes to the color of my phone,
but when it does come to something
that I'm going to be personally wearing,
then as you guys probably can tell,
it's usually darker colors and that this is the closest
that you're going to get to black.
But before we move the smart case out the way,
just to have a quick look at it,
it just snaps close with the magnets.
And I mean, it does look like a purse. Let's be real.
Now when the AirPods Max are within the case,
they are going to go into an ultra low power mode.
So that's going to preserve battery,
but if you decide not to use the case,
then they will eventually go into a low power mode,
but it's going to take much longer.
So, would it be nice to have had a power button
or something but anyway.
Right now let's take a look at these.
They are super, super premium
and they do feel very premium as well.
So we've got a stainless steel frame
and this is covered in soft touch material.
And then we've got this knitted mesh
which is supposed to make things a lot more breathable
and also distribute the weight to reduce on-head pressure.
And then we've got these telescoping arms,
so you can adjust these and there's no clicks,
it's just smooth and they will stay in place.
So that's very Apple,
not having the conventional clicks to readjust,
you can just smoothly put these up and down.
Moving down to the cups,
we have anodized aluminum
and I mean, just plain clean.
I don't know if...
I think maybe an Apple logo would have looked nice here,
a mirror finish Apple logo.
What do you guys think?
I think that would have looked nice just here
on either side,
but then again,
the clean look also looks very, very nice
and there is a mechanism to rotate these independently
to balance the pressure.
And they're also spring loaded to keep the pressure even.
Now taking a look at the cushions,
wow, they do feel very nice.
These are using an acoustic memory foam,
and then we have an embroidered,
I can't say that word.
Basically we have an R and an L
so you know which side is which.
They also have a vent inside
and this is to reduce pressure buildup
and they are magnetically detachable.
So you can just pop them off
and the reason for doing that, I mean,
if you want to pop them off and give them a clean.
But generally, the ear cushions
are what will have the most wear and tear
after a couple of years of use.
So then you can go ahead and buy these separately.
They are available on the Apple website
and if you do want to mix up things
and maybe get a different color, then you can also do that.
I'm not sure which colors would go best,
maybe the space gray and the silver,
but I'm sure a lot of people will be getting those.
Those are coming soon.
Right now, the controls are on the right-hand side.
We have a digital crown,
which is quite a bit bigger compared
to the Apple watch crown
so it's going to be very easy to adjust this.
Rotating is going to put your volume up and down.
Pressing is going to play or pause or answer a phone call.
Pressing twice is going to skip a track,
pressing three times is going to go back a track.
And if you press and hold,
you can activate Siri,
but you can also activate Siri by saying Hey Siri.
These are not plugged in otherwise, yeah.
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There's also another button at the top,
which is for the noise cancellation.
You can switch between the active noise cancellation
as well as transparency mode.
So if you do need to listen to somebody,
if somebody's saying something,
then you can just tap this button.
Under the bottom, we have the lightning port, right?
So that's a detailed overview of the hardware.
Let's connect these to my iPhone and test these out.
And we've got two H1 chips in either cup
and that means a few things.
Firstly, it means that you're going to get
seamless connectivity,
you just have to bring them close to your iPhone
and then you will get a little animation
and then you can just connect.
So I'm going to head on connecting these.
Now, let's actually finally try them on
and see how they sound.
No, not see how they sound,
hear how they sound.
I have very big ears so they do fit around my ears
and they are very, very comfortable.
I currently have the transparency mode on
so I can hear myself clearly,
but if I press that,
then I now sound like I'm very, very far away.
Let's now go ahead and test out some music.
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Okay, I know I'm going to get called a fanboy for this,
but damn, these sound really, really good.
Alright, let's try out a different track.
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So as you guys know, I am not an audiophile.
I don't claim to be an audiophile,
but these sound really, really good.
Crisp highs, deep base and there is no distortion.
Even if I max out the volume,
I can't hear any distortion.
Very, very impressed.
Very impressed with the sound quality. Yeah.
Right, there's a few more things to talk about.
So we do have a 40 millimeter dynamic driver
and we have computational audio.
So there's actually a total of nine mics
on the AirPods Max.
There's three outward facing on both cups,
one inward facing on both cups,
and then there's one for your voice.
Now, these listen to your surroundings
and also what you're listening to
and then they create anti-noise
to cancel all of that out.
This actually happens 200 times a second.
So let's test out the active noise cancellation.
So right now I have active noise cancellation on
and I can barely hear myself.
But then if I do press the button,
and now we've got transparency mode.
And even though the music is on,
I can very clearly hear myself.
Now, if you've tested out the AirPods Pro, you'll know
that they have excellent active noise cancellation.
So this is just now being brought over to the Airpods Max
and I would say potentially you going to get better
noise cancellation because you get more
of a seal around your ears.
It's also listening to what you're listening to
because obviously some people wear glasses,
ear shapes are different.
So the H1 chips are going to be adjusting the frequencies
of the sound to give you
the best audio listening experience.
We also have on-head detection
so the Airpods Max know when they are on your head.
So if I do put them on,
then the music that was playing does continue to play
and then when I take them off,
then that music is paused automatically.
However, you can also just lift up one ear cup.
So the music is playing right now,
if I lift it up, it's paused,
and then if I put it back on,
then the music continues to play.
And we also have spatial audio
so if you have a compatible device
and you're viewing compatible content,
then it's going to give you an immersive
three dimensional audio experience.
So we've got a bit of a demo here that we can try out.
So now I can hear a few things coming
from sort of this direction, a few from the front,
left, right, behind.
Pretty cool.
And because these are Apple AirPods,
they do have all of the features
that you have on the regular AirPods.
So you do have automatic device switching.
If you pair once with one device,
then it's going to automatically sync across all
of your other devices and you also have audio sharing.
And there we have it guys, the AirPods Max unboxing
and first impressions.
And I got to say my first impressions,
very, very impressed,
especially with the audio quality.
These sound very, very good.
Do they sound 550 pounds or dollars good?
Well, to be honest,
I'm not hugely experienced in the audio department.
I've not really tested any 550 pound headphones before,
but I mean, this sound really, really good.
If you're somebody who really appreciates high quality audio
and you are within the Apple ecosystem,
then I think you are going to really, really like these.
But if you're somebody in the comments
who's complaining about how and why these are for $550,
then clearly these are probably not going to be for you.
What do you guys think of the AirPods Max?
Do drop me a comment below and let me know
and also let me know if there's any of the further coverage
that you'd like me to do with the AirPods Max.
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