Samsung Wireless Earbuds VS Apple Airpods – Nexter.org Compares Pros and Cons To Help You Decide

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Samsung has announced a raft of new smartphone and wearable products, including the first generation of its wireless earbuds under the Galaxy name. Nexter.org prepared for you detailed pros and cons list so you could make your choice easier.

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Shape and look

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The wireless earbuds look set to replace the Gear IconX range as Samsung’s de facto earbuds.

They have a similar look that will likely please familiar Samsung customers and are designed to be comfortable during general use and workouts with an ergonomic shape that stays in your ear.

Samsung says the Galaxy Buds are 30 percent smaller overall than the Gear Icon X earbuds.

Color choice

Source :Samsung

Black, white or yellow. Samsung doesn’t have any rose or gold but the yellow ones do seem pretty striking. At least there’s a choice in color.

You can use just one earbud

Like an AirPods you can use only one earbud if necessary.

Microphone

They have an adaptive dual microphone system that uses one inner microphone and one outer microphone in each earbud which enables them to deliver your voice clearly in both loud and quiet environments when making phone calls, the company says.

Tap controls

The outside of the Buds have control functions. By tapping and holding the earbud it will pause your audio and let you listen to the outside world.

Price

$130.

Apple’s AirPods, on the other hand, are a bit more expensive. Just one pair will cost you a whopping $159 on Apple’s website.

Wireless charging, through the phone

Another one cool feature that Apple doesn’t have (or doesn’t presented yet) is that their contactless charge-enabled case works with Samsung’s new Wireless PowerShare charging on the back of the Galaxy S10 phones. Drop them on your phone, and they’ll charge up, at the equivalent of 5W (a rough estimate of a fully dead case to fully charged would be an hour).

The case can also charge via USB-C.

The only way to charge your Apple AirPods, according to the Apple website, is by storing them inside of their case for a significant period of time.

Battery life

Source: Mashable

Samsung estimates these will last for 5 hours of talk time, or 6 hours of music. That beats AirPods, which get about 2 hours of talk time and 5 hours of music. The case should contain the equivalent of another full charge plus an hour or so.

Bluetooth 5

These earphones should have greater range thanks to Bluetooth 5, which isn’t in AirPods yet. Samsung also promises a new between-device connection feature called Connection Shift, which will swap between a watch and phone faster. According to Samsung, this will even work on non-Samsung wearables.

CONS

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Even taking into account Samsung is touting the fact that the sound of the Galaxy Buds has been tuned by AKG, there are almost no reviews from people who tried them out.

Also, Samsung seems to have cloned Apple’s incredibly easy pairing process for its wireless earbuds as well, just lift the lid and pair:

Samsung

Source: The Verge

Apple

Source: Jason Cipriani/CNET

As well as the case for charging and tap-control.

By the way, seems that both brands worked on the wireless charging as Kuo Ming-Chi from 9to5Mac states Apple will present a feature for charging AirPods in extreme situation.

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