Goodbye, AirPods
I bought the Beats Flex about five months ago. Since then, I don’t think I’ve used my AirPods Pro 3 more than twice.
That says it all really.
Five months with them
On a cord, end to end
Because they’re joined by a cord, you’re not worrying about one falling down the toilet when you go, or losing one.
I never leave home without them. They’re always round my neck, ready to go.
You can sleep in them
They’re easy to sleep with. I lie with my ear on the pillow and my ear doesn’t hurt.
That’s not something the AirPods Pro 3 manage at all.
The sound
The sound is a little dialled down, but it sits at a comfortable level. For podcasts I’d say they sound better than the AirPods.
The bass is dialled down too. But why do you need to hear bass while someone is talking?
The Bluetooth isn’t in your ear
The electronics sit in the cord, not right inside your ear. Being honest, I don’t know what to believe about having Bluetooth that close to your head.
But I do feel better with the Beats on than I do with the AirPods.
Day to day
There’s an Apple chip inside, and they pair very easily with iPhones, and with Android too.
The battery lasts a good while. I just charge them when I remember, and they’ve never run out on me.
Call quality is good. I can hear people, and they can hear me.
The volume buttons on the cord work, but they can be a bit fiddly, so I usually change the volume on my phone.
When you’ve finished with a call or music, you take them out of your ears and the earbuds snap together with the magnets inside. That stops the music.