The Story of the Fake Airpods
By: Faris Jiwad
Tags: Budget, Headphones, Quality, Price, Airpods

You ever wonder what’s inside a box of “Truly Wireless Earbuds” that you find at your local Walmart, Burlington, Ross, or anywhere else? You might be sitting there with your Airpods thinking that you are the best person of all because you were able to pay $159 for earbuds, but it takes true courage to purchase something that isn’t necessarily top of the line.

That is just what I did. A couple of days ago, I was scourging through the aisles of Burlington, picking up whatever bargains I can find. Up to that point, I had bought an Under Armour hoodie, some sweet Nike shoes, and a picture that I planned to hang in the bathroom. I decided to visit the tech section to see if there was anything eye-popping. I saw the usual Sony’s and Bose’s that have become synonymous with bargain hunting. I was about to leave when something caught my eye.

The B-Iconic Truly Wireless Earbuds. I had been searching far and wide in every store possible, from Target to Walmart to Ross to other stores in my area, looking for something that was relatively cheap. I only ever found $50 fake airpods, and that wasn’t necessarily what I was looking for. At first, I was thrilled. I was never going to find earbuds like that with a price tag of $20.

But first, I decided to look on Amazon to see the review. Nothing. Well, okay, that sort of thing happens all the time. Usually Amazon isn’t always on top of it’s game. Let’s see if Walmart has it. Nothing. How about Office Depot? Nothing. Best Buy? Nothing. Ebay? Nothing. I was going insane. It was like these earbuds had just disappeared.

I decided, against my better judgement, to purchase the set of buds. I figured that I wasn’t truly losing anything if I bought them. The minute I payed for it, I drove home as fast as I can. I grabbed my knife, and cut them open. I was glad that there was actually earbuds in the box. Now to test them out.

I opened the case, which had a certain click to it. I pulled out the earbuds and realized that the case charged them using a thin, metal pole in the case, not wirelessly in the case. On the case there was a power button, which was to actually start charging the earbuds in the case. Interesting, but not necessarily a deal-breaker.

Next came the earbuds. I was mildly surprised to find that it was bulkier then regular Airpods, but I wasn’t really expecting much better. I pushed the button of each earbud at the same time to hear a Windows loading screen sound. Interesting. It then made a bunch of noises, and then it just stayed quiet. I figured that the sound meant that the buds connected to each other.

I pulled out my Chromebook and connected the earbuds to them. I opened Spotify and started to listening to music. The audio quality was better than the Airpods, it actually had noise isolation, and they were actually easy to color (which I wanted to).

And to connect only one was just easy. Just take out the earbud that you wanted to use, power it on, and go to the bluetooth setting that connected earbuds. Just click it, and it connected. You could do this with either one of the earbuds, or both.

Now, granted, if you aren’t into bulky earbuds, I understand. That isn’t necessarily for everyone. But for a price point of $20, it did things as good, if not better, then the Airpods. I know you might seem skeptical at first, but what do you have to lose? $20, as compared to $160, is relatively better to spend.

I will link the product in the description (believe me when I say it took forever). If you think you want to test out my assumptions, go ahead. I think that you will be just as surprised as I was.

One more thing. Don’t just assume that the more expensive is better. I’ve been to places where people are ridiculed for not wearing Airpods, or wearing something relatively cheaper. I know for a fact that more expensive is better. I’m not saying to get everything as cheap as possible, I’m just saying that you should explore your options more. If that is the only thing that I have taught you, I have achieved my goal.

Link to B-Iconic Unleash

My Personally Designed Fake Airpods (Don’t judge)