4.5/5 (half-stars would be helpful!)
4/5
4.5/5
A very cost-effective alternative to the AirPod Pros - without all the bells and whistles.
You can tell that Apple now control Beats because of the seamless way these earphones pair and work immediately with your iPhone - straight out of the box, and automatically added to the control centre.
Sound quality is great and the noise cancellation is comparable to the AirPod Pros. The look is sleek and unique (I have a white pair, so the likelihood of them being conflated with other brands is high) because of the B on the side.
As far as drawbacks, there are a couple, but nothing that made me particularly upset. The buttons are integrated into the whole flat part (shiny bit with the B) of the earpiece, so if you’re not careful you will hit the button and it will pause/skip/start Siri or whatever you have set up as that particular command. The ear pieces supplied with the pods are good, but I’ve found them uncomfortable to wear for >1.5hrs (annoying when I’ve bought them for noise cancellation on long-haul flights) so if you have tender/sensitive ears then your ears might not thank you for sleeping in them. To tie in with this - the last piece missing is the fit-test that the AirPod pros can do. It would be helpful if they could do this so you had an idea how they fit and got feedback, but that’s a bit of wishful thinking at this price point.
Anthony C
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Anthony C
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