Strongly disagree with this! Used and loved the AirPods 2 for years, was excited to upgrade to the 3...and they promptly fell out of my ears with normal, every day use. Had to switch back to the 2.
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AirPods: 2023 Buyer's Guide
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Strongly disagree with this! Used and loved the AirPods 2 for years, was excited to upgrade to the 3...and they promptly fell out of my ears with normal, every day use. Had to switch back to the 2.
I just can’t get on with the in-ear stuff, it gets uncomfortable after a fairly short period. Plus I couldn’t get a good seal with any of the AirPod Pro 1’s silicone tips. The app that tells you if the seal is good would show a good seal for a few seconds but even talking would cause them to move and break the seal. So I sent them back after just a few days.
I’m mostly very pleased with the AirPods 3. I went through three pairs of AirPods 2 because the microphones kept dying but so far I’m still on my original launch day AirPods 3 without anything going wrong with them and the battery life is still as good as when they were new.
The improvement in sound quality is great too, my only gripe would be the lack of tap gestures. When you’re on exercise equipment being able to slap your ear a couple of times to skip a track is much quicker than trying to locate and squeeze a tiny stem. I’m hoping Apple eventually get the message and bring tapping back. They can keep the squeeze gestures too, I just want the quick way of controlling playback brought back.
I’m mostly very pleased with the AirPods 3. I went through three pairs of AirPods 2 because the microphones kept dying but so far I’m still on my original launch day AirPods 3 without anything going wrong with them and the battery life is still as good as when they were new.
The improvement in sound quality is great too, my only gripe would be the lack of tap gestures. When you’re on exercise equipment being able to slap your ear a couple of times to skip a track is much quicker than trying to locate and squeeze a tiny stem. I’m hoping Apple eventually get the message and bring tapping back. They can keep the squeeze gestures too, I just want the quick way of controlling playback brought back.
Why Apple still uses dynamic drivers on the airpod? Those days you can find in-ear planar drivers for less than $120 on the market, those drivers use less energy to work and creates a faster transient response (ELI5: the time required the drive to change the frequencies it's playing, like imagine the time required to make the driver go from 100hz to 1khz, in most dynamic drivers it's not that fast and can be imperfect), giving more clear audio in all frequencies, it's snap quick. Those drivers make my old Pro's sound like a bommy wasp nest.
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I had a similar problem with my APP 1.
When someone calls I press the bud for answering. Then I say my name or something.
Nothing happens, the person can't hear me.
So I have to say it again, with maybe 5 seconds delay. Then the person hears me and start to talk.
Most of the time anyway, sometimes they hang up, like you described it.
So it's a delay of about 5 seconds.
This happens EVERY time.
I also checked my iphone when I've get incoming calls, if my AirPods are connected to the iphone, and yes they are.
This is not the same problem like you have, but it's very annoying.
I also have a ton of other bugs, but that's a story for a rainy day😊
You’ve got a bum pair. Install the Apple Support app and chat with them about setting up a repair or replacement.