fully wireless earbuds are quickly becoming the new standard for listening
to music or basically anything else now that we're getting into 2021 and
beyond
so in this video we're gonna compare the three
best pairs of fully wireless earbuds to see which ones are the best for each use
case we've got apple's incredibly popular airpods pro for 250
or actually on sale right now on amazon for 197
we've got sony's brand new wf wf-1000xm4s that are known for having
the best noise cancellation which are priced at a pretty high 278
dollars and we've got samsung's new galaxy buds
pro for 200 or currently on sale for only
170 on amazon less expensive than the other two so
without further ado let's get right into comparing these earbuds in a bunch of
different categories starting with the size and the
portability of the cases the case on the galaxy buds pro is
actually the smallest in terms of the footprint
but it's a lot thicker than the airpods pro and surprisingly
the sony's are not only the largest but also the
thickest as well but it is a huge improvement
over last year's xm3s in terms of the weight of the cases themselves
the airpods case is actually the heaviest
compared to the surprisingly light sony case now for design
and build quality because the sony's are so lightweight
the case feels a little bit cheap because of the matte plastic feel
that doesn't seem as solid now the galaxy buds are a small step
up and the airpods pro case does seem to have the best build quality
and design now in terms of the quality of the hinges the airpods pro case has a
very solid metal hinge that feels very nice to
flick open with a pretty strong magnet holding the
case closed and unfortunately the sony's have the
weakest magnet and therefore have the highest chance
of opening if it falls on top of that both the galaxy buds pro and the sonys
have plastic hinges that don't feel as nice and cause the top of the cases
to wiggle especially on the sony's now in terms of how much battery life is
packed into the cases themselves excluding the earbuds the airpods pro
case holds enough power to give you 19 more hours of listening time with
noise cancellation on while the sony's give you 16 more hours
and the galaxy buttons pro give you an extra 13 hours
and what's great this year is that all of these earbuds support wireless
charging whereas in last year's comparison only
the airpods pro had it however the airpods pro case uses
lightning to charge which is a bit disappointing
compared to usbc on the other two now opening up the cases both
the airpods pro and the sony's feel very satisfying when you're taking them out
and putting them back into the case with a very strong magnetic feel
but on the galaxy but pro the magnetic connection is
very weak so it takes very little effort to take them out
and that causes them to fall out very easily
compared to the other two that fit very snugly now before we get into comparing
the audio quality between these wireless earbuds
let's compare some of the fine details of the earbuds themselves
the airpods pro have a very sleek low profile shape
with a short stem sticking out for better microphone quality
and because of the stem the airpods look quite a bit smaller than the other two
especially the very large and bulbous sonys now in terms of the weight of the
earbuds themselves
the airpods pro are by far the lightest with the sony's being the heaviest
as expected due to the size and that's probably why they also get the best
battery life by far eight hours per bud with anc on
compared to just 4.5 hours on the airpods pro
and five hours with the galaxy butts pro in terms of the design
they honestly look really nice and clean but i don't really like the
chrome-like reflective finish on the galaxy but pro
which can gather fingerprints or smudges the airpods pro look very classy and
simple with the glossy white plastic design but
the sony's i would say look by far the most premium
or professional with a nice matte finish and clean
design elements now in terms of comfort in the ears the
airpods pro are by far the most comfortable out of the three
and there's two very good reasons for it while both the sony's and galaxy buds
pro have a hard plastic tube that enters your ear canal with the
sony's tube being quite a bit longer the earpods pro
actually have a completely flush speaker grill
so the only thing that goes into your ear canal is the very soft
silicone ear tip and the sony's actually come with foam ear tips
that you have to squish like earplugs each
and every time you want to put them in your ears which i've got to say is
extremely annoying because i found myself
taking them out multiple times to squish them down even further
compared to the other earbuds that simply pop right in
on top of that all of these earbuds create a seal inside of your ears for
better bass sound quality and noise cancellation but
the earpods pro actually have a vent that releases the
air pressure within your ear and while the galaxy buds pro say
they have a vent and they do it doesn't really seem to do that much
and the sony's don't really offer anything like that at all
so your ears end up feeling the most plugged now on top of that because of
the very large size of the sony xm4s it kind of puts
pressure on your ears combined with the expanding foam
that also puts a bit of pressure on the inside of your ear canals
so overall the airpods pro feel absolutely the most comfortable thanks
to the softer ear tip design the venting feature
and the lighter weight now getting into sound quality
the galaxy buds pro are the only ones that actually come with two speakers in
each earbud a woofer and a tweeter and because of
that they have a ton of bass while also having very bright highs due
to the tweeters but unfortunately they are really
lacking in the mids which leads to vocals not really
sounding natural at all and overall not as well balanced sound
now for the airpods pro they do very well in terms of the mids
with vocal sounding super clean full and natural the bass definitely
isn't as heavy as the buds pro but it's very tight and accurate and
overall the airpods pro are actually louder
than the butts pro which makes them even more impressive and now
for the sonys they absolutely killed it in my opinion
now the volume definitely isn't as loud as the earpods pro
especially in the high notes which i do miss
but the overall sound quality is incredible vocals sound perfect
being natural just like on the airpods pro but with the sonys
there seems to be the most separation between sound frequencies
so it sounds very clean whereas with the airpods pro
some of the frequencies kind of clash together just a little bit
and i've got to say that the sound stage feels the widest on the sony's as well
and out of all of these earbuds the sonys give you bass
that's very deep loud punchy and accurate
all at the same time so overall they're very well balanced compared to the
airpods pro that seem to be heavy on the high notes
and the galaxy buds pro that are greatly lacking
in terms of the mids so yeah the sony's definitely have the best sound quality
now in terms of noise cancellation the galaxy butts pro are by far the
worst with the airpods pro being a nice step
up and the sony's completely destroying the other two
getting rid of more noise but in terms of the ambient or transparency modes
the airpods pro absolutely kill it here with everything like vocals and noises
sounding almost exactly like it does without having anything at all in your
ears which is extremely impressive now with
the galaxy buds and the sonys the ambient modes don't work nearly as
well making your voice sound a bit muted and other people's voices don't
sound very natural at all like they do with the airpods pro now
before we get into which buds we recommend
i want to go through a couple of the feature and software differences
the galaxy buds pro have ipx 7 water resistance
much better than ipx4 on the other two and out of all of them
the airpods pro were also the most reliable
basically always staying connected to my iphone while the other two would
occasionally disconnect out of nowhere for a split second the sony's actually
require you to download their headphone connect app
to use the earbuds but it crashed on me a few times
and the initial software update took forever
over 30 minutes which was very annoying but the beauty about the airpods pro is
that they don't require anything at all no apps no software updates they just
connect instantly if you have an iphone so you
don't even have to go into the bluetooth menu
and on top of that they automatically sync to the rest of your apple devices
that are logged into your apple id which is super convenient for apple
users and on top of that i prefer these stem controls much better
than the touch controls on the others because touch can be kind of unreliable
at times and when you for example double tap on them to skip tracks they
kind of push the earbuds further into your ears
which can get very annoying especially since the sony's kind of hurt your ears
after a while compared to the airpods where you simply
squeeze the stem and now finally let's get into which
earbuds we recommend for each use case the galaxy butts pro are definitely the
least expensive sitting at 170 on sale right now or 200
retail but they just don't sound nearly as good
as either the airpod pros or the sony's and on top of that the noise
cancellation and ambient noise features were by far
the worst out of the bunch but due to the compact design of the earbuds
and the ipx7 water resistance they could be great for someone who likes to work
out or maybe
even swim the sony's definitely have the best sound quality
and the best noise cancellation but you're gonna be paying 278 dollars for
them and they also aren't nearly as
comfortable as the airpods pro yes the earbuds themselves do have the
best battery life but your ears honestly start hurting after a while
because of the very large size that sort of squeezes into your ear
and the foam tips that expand putting pressure on your ear canals
but with the airpods pro the tubeless soft
ear tip design is incredible for comfort along with the venting feature
that gets rid of pressure in your ears and the lightweight design
that lets you listen to them for hours and the airpods pro
are by far the most reliable because they basically never glitch out or
disconnect like the other sometimes do they don't
require any setup or software updates or downloads
and they fit perfectly into the apple ecosystem
for iphone users they just work right out of the box
and they work very well but if you're all about having the absolute
best sound quality or the best active noise cancellation
then i would say that spending the extra cash on the sony's
is definitely worth the price especially if you're an android user
but if you're okay with sacrificing some of the sound quality and anc
performance to get absolutely incredible comfort
convenience reliability better transparency mode and a much lower 200
price tag on amazon right now then i would honestly just go for the airpods
pro and as long as the airpods pro are on sale
i honestly wouldn't recommend the galaxy but pro
because you have to compromise in so many different areas
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