Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “AirPods 2 vs AirPods 1 — Do They Sound Different?”.
All right, so it’s that time we got the new air pods air pods. Some people are calling them that everybody else is kind of saying their one point, five one point something else: there’s a reason that the new version is similar to the old version. It’S kind of complicated how Apple released it, though, in the sense that there’s a few different ways that you can actually purchase the new air pods so on the far left here, the new air pods inside of the new wireless charging case. I think this is probably the only product they needed to put out, but for some reason they let you buy the new air pods without the wireless charging case. Now this one is available for a hundred and fifty-nine dollars, which is the same price as the air pods one, but without the wireless charging case, there’s really like no way to tell the difference, but nonetheless they are the upgraded newer model to take it a step. Further they’re also selling the wireless charge case on its own, and this thing is gon na be $ 79, and you can then take your first-generation air pods.
These ones and pop them into the wireless charge case, or you could upgrade the non wireless charge case. Version of the air pods and then pick this up at a later date, although that wouldn’t be a very smart decision, cost wise, because when you combine the prices of these two, you got 159 79, bringing you above the retail price. If you just get them together. Right here I’ve talked about the air pods in the past.
If you want a cheaper wireless charge case, I actually demoed a version of that for this product. Here, it’s like a rubber case from a company called East Brooklyn labs. It’S cheaper than the official wireless charge case and it adds wireless charging to this. That’S a way to go, but the thing to remember here is it’s not just wireless charging there’s a bit of a dispute right now happening online. I watch a few videos if the sound of the new air pods is any better than the old air pods. According to marques Apple said there is no difference, but there are some internal improvements to the air pods.
First up, you can now launch Siri with your voice. It’S also got a new chip inside which is apparently a bit better for battery and is gon na connect to your devices a little bit faster and then the other thing that come along with that new internal chip is the fact that there’s less latency. That’S the only way you’re gon na know if you’re on version 2 as well as this little LED light on the front right there.
Let’S get this out of the box now I do like wireless charging as well, so that functionality is worthwhile to me, especially on a product like this. You already got to charge your phone if you could have a map. Actually speaking of a mat on the wireless charge case, only they showcase the air power mat fresh pair. Oh, I notice another visual difference right away on the backside there. This is glossy reflective. This is a matte finish on version 2, air pod visually identical to the previous version; okay, so for those of you unfamiliar with wireless charging, here’s how that works. This is a basic Qi, compatible wireless charger.
You can find these on Amazon for like a few bucks, and then you drop your headphones on there and boom orange light wirelessly charging. How simple is that for the purpose of this testing in order to get to the bottom of the sound issue, and whether or not there is a discrepancy, I’ve got an iPhone here. Alright, this is the 10 s max.
Let’S go ahead and pair these up. Look at the chip go into action, the ecosystem Apple on Apple. This is what you get connect. It’S all. It takes again another advantage of this chip and this behavior the connection between the two Apple products. You get this really nice battery. Readout, though I found a cool app on the Android side, if you do use air pods on Android air battery, it basically replicates the Apple experience with a giant ugly, add, and look at that. You can pretend you have an iPhone when you pair up your air pods.
It’S actually very useful because it tells you your battery as well hundred percent 100 percent, 25 percent. Of course it’s not official. This is official, and this is very quick on the Apple side. So I’m going to remove these, this is series 2, and now I guess we should boot up some music, maybe they’re a little louder. Should I get another iPhone, so I can quickly a be it his version. One remember to get the Zack same track: same source, same foam, earpods, one air Potts just one year, okay, right year, air pause number one left, ear: air pots, I’m gon na flip yours just to make sure my ears are not the problem here.
I wan na take that out. Do this. Take this out.
Do this now I have air pod wanting left air pod and right. Alright. I’Ve concluded, though, there’s no difference.
I thought for a moment, but that’s the crazy part about this. You really need some strong a/b testing to know for certain couple different songs couple different genres. If there’s any difference, I’m telling you right now, it’s minuscule the old versus the new. I don’t think the reason to get the new ones is sound. Alright, I think I could pretty confidently say that, based on my little test right here, there really is only one major reason to upgrade, which is the wireless charge case. That’S a simple little obvious convenience factor and how big of a deal that is depends really on you and how much you value the opportunity to do that, but unfortunately, the wireless charge case.
If you just want to upgrade your version, one is really expensive. It’S 80 bucks just the case on its own, so I’m not sure that that’s worthwhile either. I would say you’re looking at version two.
If you don’t have a pair yet or if you’re version one aren’t holding a charge, maybe the battery is kind of killed on them. Then you could be looking towards version two. This is a convenience thing.
It’S a form factor thing. These tiny little packages you put in your pocket, you don’t even realize or remember that it’s a dare, which is good. That’S what you want, it’s so small and so convenient that you find yourself reaching for it. Inevitably, that’s why I made that video about the air pod confession! That’S why I’m using these things on an Android phone, it’s a very low friction device and that’s why these are attractive to people and other manufacturers need to take note.
So there his version, you heard the differences, wireless charging slightly better battery life faster connection and lower latency, but they sound like the first generation. Look like the first generation and basically behave like the first generation. If you have a first generation I’d say: stick it out. No need to upgrade not at the moment .
