[Device Reviews and Information] Shai Krish:
Wireless is the future. And its true that wireless headphones are making it main stream. But it is a drastic step that Apple took with its all new AirPods? These are definitely not the first wireless earbuds in the market, but Apple made it look worse by removing the traditional headphone socket. Is it worth the change, lets find out!

Before we get onto the review! Lets talk about the science behind it! Apple is planning to revolutionize the wireless technology with its W1 chip!... Like the A-series chips that powers your iPhone or the iPads, the w1 custom apple designed silicon holds a standard Bluetooth 4.1 streaming technology, that tends to have a sophisticated syncing between the two earpiece, the dock and the audio source. Its effeciency is no questionable. And the best part is that the AirPods can pair with any android device. But you wouldn't be able to use the infrared functionality.

Talking about the design, that's where apple went wrong. One of the biggest critics that the device was encountered with, was that how easy is to loose any one of the pair. This issue was faced with most of the airpods users. I wasn't able to get them stay in my ears for a long period of time. This isn't something new, I had the same issue with its predecessors too. The problem is that, Apple just forgot that not all the ears are of same size. The only difference I found in the design aspect between your traditional wired earphones and the new airpods is that the traditional ones are a bit more round, whereas the airpods have been polished down a bit. Which leads to a very small amount of comfort difference.

And trying not to be harsh, but it really looks like a toothbrush in your ears. Apple tends to justify this design with the technology aspect, it seems that the lengthy end for recieving the audio is for better quality. But rather i would prefer a decent reciever and a earbud not being that long. I truly believe a good wireless earbud should be well known for its grip to stay in the ears and definitely shouldnt look ugly.

That being said, ignoring the design part. There is a lot that I like about the airpods. Being the first fact...is that the airpods do sound great. And there is a significant difference between the normal Ear-pods and the AirPods. The bass is noticeable and the streaming is quite perfection. Such that audio distortion doesn't happen even at the highest volume. And secondly you also get full access to all of the cool sensors and features on iOS. For instance, when listening to music, on taking one earbud out will pause and when you place it back it will resume. You can also double tap the outside of the earbud in order to access Siri.

Round the device you can see few dots. Among them The most innovative aspect of the device is that, while playing music.. popping one airpod out of the ear will pause. And you can either resume or restart using the music app.

This is a tremendous mark by Apple. by making its first step towards a truly wireless future. Connecting to an iOS device is as simple as tapping a card that pops up on your device. And the best part is that when you connect to one device it also connects to every other device on your iCloud account. The one hectic thing about using siri, is that most headphones let you change volume or songs with gestures and buttons. With the AirPods, you have to either dig your phone out or double-tap on the bud, wait for Siri then, say “Next song,” and again wait for Siri to confirm.

Which is definitely not the easiest way to skip to another track. The solution could be a simple software update. That can fix this issue.

While audio quality isn’t one of the AirPods' best attributes, but the battery life certainly is. Apple claims five hours worth of life per charge, though it tends to drop out a bit on heavy usage. Five hours might not seem that impressive, but you also have to take the charging dock into account, that can fully charge the airpods about five times. Which gives a further of 24 hours Life span.

Lets be honest, nobody is gonna get the airpod hoping for some good sound quality. If that's the case. You can opt for a wired ear-pod. Which definetly will sound the same. Considering the small form factor of the earphones, the amount of tech inside is incredible. When looking at other wireless earphones on the market, it's clear to see that Apple has succeeded where others have failed and that's resistance over connectivity. I never had my airpods get disconnected. This definitely a clever piece of tech with some considerably bad design. If you are up for some amazing sound quality, then this is not what you are looking for, because there is still room for lots of improvement.

Either way thanks for reading.

Yours truly,

Droid Sector.

Ours Truly,

this life.