ymmvmia t1_irdhkmt wrote on October 7, 2022 at 5:31 AM

Reply to comment by optimus314159 in Apple’s New AirPods Are Telling Users to Replace the Batteries Already. Too Bad That’s Impossible by speckz

Yup, I have the Sony's and wear them, spent 300 bucks on them. I wish I could return them at this point but it has been WAY past a return window. They are horribly uncomfortable, I get gigantic headaches and earaches. Finally switched to comply foam tips which are awesome and helped both comfort and none of the tips maintaining seal, but the shape of the actual bud and weight of it still cause pretty bad pain after about 30 min to an hour. Plane rides are completely unbearable. The weight of the buds STILL, even with proper fitting comply tips, will cause them to slip out over 15-30 min. Sound quality ain't everything folks. And I say that as an amateur audiophile with expensive speakers and headphones. Comfort, especially for a earbuds which you might want to wear the MOST, needs to be probably the highest priority.

As an android user I WISH I had the option for airpods, as many people rave about their comfort AND everything else features, noise canceling and sound wize. But they are super gimped on android tho I know Linus from linustechtips uses them anyway.

mebizzle t1_iredej4 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 12:50 PM

Unless something major has changed in the last two years Airpods really aren’t that gimped on Android. I used them when I had Android and had no problems, and there are apps in the store that replicate the iOS stuff somewhat.

west0ne t1_irpywj2 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 3:36 AM

AirPods use the AAC codec for Bluetooth and the AAC implementation on Android has always been known to be poor; this is an issue with Android and not the AirPods but still makes AirPods a less attractive proposition for Android users.