it has to be said airpods are
not good headphones
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and i know by now what you're thinking
you'll say that this guy is an apple
hater which is
quite far from the truth i edit all
these videos on a macbook pro
and my primary computer will be a
macbook pro for the time being mainly
because of how much i love final cut pro
i prefer an iphone when it comes to
social media because of its convenience
i swear by this ipad pro up to the point
where this is what i use for scripting
and work
in addition to the apple pencil and if i
had to recommend an apple watch
i would blindly recommend apple watch
series 4.
actually if you saw the list of products
that i've bought from apple over the
last couple of years
you'd even say that i'm a fanboy so why
is it that if i would
classify as such i didn't try airpods
one
and i was reluctant to try airpods too
and now
i am convinced that i don't like them
it probably is because i've tried better
options but that's
not necessarily your case so you know
what i decided to not
rush into a review to not just jump into
giving you a video
i decided to take my time and it's been
nearly two months since i tried airpods
too
and i'm hammering out with pocket now
this is my experience
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airpods can be found everywhere i'm
really impressed with the level of
success that these have
and one of the main reasons why i
decided to take the jump is because
everybody that i know
claims them to be magical i don't
necessarily agree with that but there
are some things that these headphones do
get right
and it actually starts with design but
not for the reasons that you think
i still find them ugly i still don't
like how they
look in your ear but this design serves
a purpose one of the things that most
wireless headphones get
wrong is phone calls these odd sticks
along with some neat
beamforming technology makes these ideal
for calls
even in noisy environments it doesn't
matter where i am people say that i
sound just as clear as if i had my phone
in my ear
and then another convenience that this
company gets right is honestly
the case seriously if you're going to
give me true
wireless earbuds the whole idea is that
they shouldn't be intrusive whether i'm
wearing them or in my pocket
and nothing comes even close to the case
for airpods
you can fit it in the coin pocket of
your jeans and forget that they're there
and even more shocking is that this
small little case gives you 24 hours of
charge
and can give you up to 3 hours of use in
just 15 minutes in each case
thing about it is aside from the certain
conveniences after i started using them
the magic started getting
mixed at least for me definitely the
pairing process
is cool the first time you open the case
the phone detects them automatically and
then it spreads your pairing connection
to all your apple products through
icloud
and apple's new h1 chip brings
improvements to speed the process
and also have them connect quicker so
sure you will
save at least a few minutes in pairing
these with every other product that you
have
that's awesome and i also do love the
fact that you can use find my iphone
to find these at least in theory my
biggest problem is that
i don't consider it magic that let's
just say if i forget my macbook pro at
home
or i'm not using it today and i'm using
my ipad
if the last product that i connected to
was the macbook pro
if i put my airpods on and it sees that
the ipad's there
it won't connect automatically i have to
go through the process of going into
settings going into bluetooth
connecting my airpods which pretty much
means that they
behave just like every other bluetooth
earbuds
that is exactly the same process so
aside from pairing
where is the magic and then another
thing that i've mixed about is the
controls
again if you're in the apple ecosystem
you're fine you can use your apple watch
to control your music
so the fact that the controls are
limited to different double taps on each
ear won't really bother you
but if you don't have an apple watch
then it's really bad either you use your
phone or you'll have to pick
one control or another and don't even
try to raise or lower the volume without
being
frustrated and true there is hey siri
to be able to call on your assistant but
even that is more of a phone
functionality if you look into it
but then we shift things into what i
don't like about airpods and it really
is
the fit and i know your mileage may vary
i have big ears and so they fall off
from one year
and not necessarily from the other uh
but seriously i even gave silicone buds
a try to see if that would help the fit
and while they did initially the
moisture in your ear makes them a bigger
problem after a few days of use
and then if you get the ones with the
wings it's hard to put them on and then
align the ports
and they don't fit in the case so you'll
have to take them off every single time
every other company addresses this by
providing different
tips because not everybody has the same
ears
sadly not apple but in apple's defense
there is
one single benefit to the bad fit that
these airpods have
and it's really the fact that if you
think about it once you use those
silicone tips on other headphones
there comes a point after a few hours
where they do become uncomfortable
that's one thing that i do like about
airpods you forget that they're there
and hopefully that doesn't mean that
they fell off but that's just
i guess a benefit but you know it also
includes a downside as
it seems that apple's solution for the
bad fit is overcranking the audio
go below 100 and they're too tinny go to
100
and there comes a point where i feel ear
pain and that's something you don't want
to play with you know damage to your ear
is irreversible
and then there are the limitations of
bluetooth sure the h1 chip brings
connectivity benefits
but at some point i did think that my
macbook pro was lagging when video
editing and then i noticed that that
wasn't the problem the problem is that
apple's solution
to not show you that there is lag and
bluetooth connection with your airpods
is to slow the playback of video
to align with the airpods so don't use
airpods and you'll notice that your mac
performs
so much better while you're doing
anything that's graphic intensive
and then match that with the fact that
there is zero and i mean zero noise
cancellation here
and that's when i really scratch my head
when i see people using these
in the subway i mean how can people go
by listening to their music
if the experience in noisy environments
is so bad
and then in apple's defense i will tell
you i've tried lots of
other true wireless earbuds these are
the only ones that remain
fully connected all the time it doesn't
matter if i put my phone in the pocket
or whatever
these remain connected whereas that's
not necessarily my experience with
other competitors overall after my
extensive use i sadly cannot recommend
airpods too as they are
once the pairing process is done there's
really not much magic
left here to consider that you're
getting a better product for the same
200
that you can pay for other brands at a
time when the galaxy buds offer the same
pairing experience
and when alternatives from jabra and
earring offer far better fit and audio
quality
it's really hard to recommend these and
for those of you that own airpods 1
keep them this is not the upgrade you're
looking for and
you can buy this wireless charging case
for a little money extra
let us know what you think about airpods
2 in the comments down below we're
actually considering making a video
of all the alternatives that i've tried
just to give you an idea of the better
options that are out there
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