Huh? AirPods battery life in every day use is a third of Beats X, and you have to stop listening to even use the charge case, so that one is out the window. Your logic about not charging Beats before leaving home is the same as not charging the AirPods case\combo. You're basically just removing the battery from the headphones and putting it into a portable charger. One can buy a power bank the size of a cigarette lighter and have 6x the capacity of re-charge as the AirPods in the same size.
I get it, the AirPods have their ups. I own both products so I'm not biased by the subliminal psychological need to justify my purchasing of one or the other. I own both (seems you own neither).
What baffles me is the defense from the buyers of AirPods (or in your case the non-buyer who seems to defend a product he doesn't own). The defense is always similar... can't recharge, cord connecting the two, inside ear, not as sleek, etc etc etc). These are HEADPHONES. They're not a fashion accessory, they're not a piece of jewelry, their PRIMARY function is audio quality. Never do people seem to argue the fact that audio quality is 100x better on the Beats X. I guess it's Apple's fault for dumbing people down to complete deafness the past 10 years putting those absolute garbage earbuds into the box, that nobody seems to notice that the audio on the AirPods is completely garbage. I suppose people just aren't intelligent enough to have realized Apple's terrible design is basically the same as the horrid $0.25 earbuds they hand out on an airplane when you forget your pair. You really should branch out and try some real headphones. Beats X certainly are no Sennheiser, Sure, Ultimate Ears, Bose, etc, but compared to Apple EarPods\Airpods, they're like Lobster compared to canned cocktail weiners.. at least in sound quality.
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Sadly you're not going to ever get through to some of these people, it's really sad. Apple has mad a vast majority of their customers into complete audio-deaf idiots. Look at ll the people out there wearing Apple's garbage $0.25 EarPods. Why? Because they came in the box, so they must be good. Like when they used to sell discman and would throw in the cheapest headphones possible. It baffles me that people just blindly accept what's in the box as being decent, when in reality EarPods (AirPods) are about the lowest quality headphones on the market, even if you compare to the <$10 range. I guess Apple did a good job converting a large group of its user base to just accepting dumb, low fidelity sound. I've used Sennheiser earbuds (in-ear) since my first iPhone. Now I've got AirPods and Beats X. The Airpods are great for using to make\receive calls, garbage for music. Beats X when I want wireless, is great for music on planes or when sound is relevant (aka listening to music). I still prefer my wired Sennheisers over all else but hey, Apple doesn't let me charge and listen, and apparently cords are so 2015 (Don't tell Samsung!)
