{"id":6080,"date":"2017-05-30T11:58:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T01:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=6080"},"modified":"2017-10-01T16:18:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T06:18:13","slug":"review-apple-airpods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/reviews\/review-apple-airpods\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Apple AirPods"},"content":{"rendered":"
Apple has a grand history of making great-bad products. From the iconically troublesome G4 Cube to the more recent dead-in-the-water Mac Pro trashcan, they have an uncanny ability to create bad products that people must<\/em> have.<\/p>\n Well, fear not Apple fans, they\u2019ve managed to do it again! Amongst all their success from the iMac, iPhone and iPods, Apple have managed to engineer what may be their very best great-bad<\/strong> product to date; the Apple AirPods.<\/p>\n https:\/\/youtu.be\/E2d-MSH_INc<\/p>\n Released late last year (and still frustratingly out of stock today) AirPods are Apple\u2019s answer to their self proclaimed \u201cbold<\/em>\u201d move in removing the headphone jack from their phones. A spruced up version of the 2012 introduced EarPod the new AirPod earbuds do\u00a0little more than cut the cord – largely maintaining the same design and features of its tethered predecessor.<\/p>\n Unfortunately in keeping things much the same\u00a0it means you have the same\u00a0issues with them fitting people\u2019s ears along with their vented design, which supposedly produces better bass but\u00a0really doesn\u2019t and just\u00a0annoys everyone around you that then listens to what you\u2019re listening to. There’s also zero certification for waterproofing or even sweat resistance – although they are proverbially said to be so.<\/p>\n …the AirPods have consistently stayed in my ears better than any in-ear headphone I\u2019ve worn<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The biggest issue of those, for me, is fit.\u00a0Apple\u2019s EarPods, and now the AirPods, just don’t sit as I\u00a0want\u00a0them to in my ears. They don\u2019t fall out of my ears either though, which is the crazy thing. In fact the AirPods have consistently stayed in my ears better than any in-ear headphone I\u2019ve worn! Be it at the gym, running 5km outdoors or just riding the train to work they stay in there despite constantly feeling like they\u2019re about to fall out at any moment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n