Curiosity finally got the better of me and I decided to bite the bullet and buy myself a pair of AirPods, despite my reservations I was too interested in the 'newness' of the them and the technology involved. My reservations that held me back from buying on release were:
- Audio Quality, everywhere seemed to say they are no better than the EarPods, for the price I felt like better audio should be expected.
- Type of earphone, I've always preferred the full in-ear canal style ear phones that create a full seal, better bass and blocking out of surrounding noise.
I have to say the AirPods have really surprised me. The sheer convenience and 'cool' factor of them really has to be experienced to fully appreciate, the instant pairing and switching of devices is major plus for me. I used to have to fiddle about for ages de-pairing my old bluetooth earphones from my iPhone and switching them over to my apple watch whenever I went to the gym or went running, the AirPods work seamlessly and flawlessly every time with no hassle or any interaction needed, just put them in and off I go.
I am really loving being truly wireless, all the bluetooth earphones I've had before have all had a cable joining the two ears which still got in a way and was an annoyance when running and in the gym. The AirPods are so comfortable that I sometimes worry they might have fallen out without me noticing!
The charging case is something I never really considered when thinking about whether to get them but what a great addition it is, I don't think i'll ever find myself arriving at the gym or heading out for a run and finding that my earphones have no charge (a regular occurrence with all my previous bluetooth earphones).
I also love that by leaving one earphone in the case you can get the full sound range coming through the one earphone, I do this a lot at work as I have to keep one ear free to notice when my work phone is ringing. This is something I didn't realise I was missing until I had it available to me.
All the little things are great, the auto on/off, the auto pausing when you remove one earphone, the tapping to skip/pause etc works really well, saves me having to interact with my watch, they also work great for handsfree calls,
The audio quality is taking some getting used to compared to what I have been using before but to be honest they are such a joy to use that I'm happy to accept the audio quality for what it is, a week and a bit in and I am getting more used to it. My only other mild annoyance is the inability to change volume without using siri. Fortunately having an Apple Watch its easy to do so on that when listening to music, if I had to reach for my phone every time I had to adjust the volume I would find that a really big irritation.
This thread has been a bit of a long old ramble but I thought other Apple users hesitant to invest in the AirPods may be interested to hear bout my experience.
- Audio Quality, everywhere seemed to say they are no better than the EarPods, for the price I felt like better audio should be expected.
- Type of earphone, I've always preferred the full in-ear canal style ear phones that create a full seal, better bass and blocking out of surrounding noise.
I have to say the AirPods have really surprised me. The sheer convenience and 'cool' factor of them really has to be experienced to fully appreciate, the instant pairing and switching of devices is major plus for me. I used to have to fiddle about for ages de-pairing my old bluetooth earphones from my iPhone and switching them over to my apple watch whenever I went to the gym or went running, the AirPods work seamlessly and flawlessly every time with no hassle or any interaction needed, just put them in and off I go.
I am really loving being truly wireless, all the bluetooth earphones I've had before have all had a cable joining the two ears which still got in a way and was an annoyance when running and in the gym. The AirPods are so comfortable that I sometimes worry they might have fallen out without me noticing!
The charging case is something I never really considered when thinking about whether to get them but what a great addition it is, I don't think i'll ever find myself arriving at the gym or heading out for a run and finding that my earphones have no charge (a regular occurrence with all my previous bluetooth earphones).
I also love that by leaving one earphone in the case you can get the full sound range coming through the one earphone, I do this a lot at work as I have to keep one ear free to notice when my work phone is ringing. This is something I didn't realise I was missing until I had it available to me.
All the little things are great, the auto on/off, the auto pausing when you remove one earphone, the tapping to skip/pause etc works really well, saves me having to interact with my watch, they also work great for handsfree calls,
The audio quality is taking some getting used to compared to what I have been using before but to be honest they are such a joy to use that I'm happy to accept the audio quality for what it is, a week and a bit in and I am getting more used to it. My only other mild annoyance is the inability to change volume without using siri. Fortunately having an Apple Watch its easy to do so on that when listening to music, if I had to reach for my phone every time I had to adjust the volume I would find that a really big irritation.
This thread has been a bit of a long old ramble but I thought other Apple users hesitant to invest in the AirPods may be interested to hear bout my experience.
