Apple's last product to sell before the Lunar New Year is the third generation of AirPods (hereinafter referred to as AirPods 3), and if there is a pre-order in late December last year, it will arrive this week. The AirPods 3 adopts the new shape design, and improves the sound quality, provides longer endurance, and adds waterproof and sweatproof features, the price is 5,990 yuan, the price is 1,000 yuan different from the AirPods Pro that has been on the market for two years and has a preferential price on the channel, which is also the choice that consumers will face when purchasing. The following is introduced by the features of AirPods 3, and then compare the differences with AirPods Pro.
Don't worry about getting the AirPods 3 without a layer of plastic sleeves, this is because the shape of the packaging is the same as the iPhone 13 series launched last year, instead of using paper tape packaging, the upper two ends of the back of the outer box, designed with easy to tear off the arrow and dotted line, so that users can unpack according to the instructions.
As can be seen from the outer box of the AirPods 3, the earphone handle of the AirPods 3 is shorter, but there are no earbuds for the AirPods Pro, which is a major focus on the appearance.
The design of AirPods 3 is more inclined to AirPods Pro, whether it is a charging case or headphone shape, it is closer to AirPods Pro. The first is that the charging case adopts a transverse design, which is different from the straight type of the first and second generation AirPods, and then after opening the charging case, the headphones also look different, looking like the same short ear stem design as the AirPods Pro, and for the "pinch" way, the force sensing ear handle can be operated, but there are no earbuds, which is the same as the AirPods.
The charging case of the AirPods 3 is designed for landscape orientation, and you can open the lid of the charging case to find that the headphones are a little different.
The velocity sensor on the handle of the AirPods 3 headset allows you to play, pause, or answer a call by default with one press; you can jump to the next song by pressing twice; you can return to the previous song by pressing three times; and you can call Siri by pressing long.
The AirPods 3 uses specific driver units and high dynamic range hands-free devices to enhance the performance of sound effects, and because there are no earbuds to help isolate external sounds, it is physically open design, allowing bass audio to slip away. In addition, everyone's ear shape is different, and the degree of bass disappearance is not the same, so the "adaptive equalization" function is added to the AirPods 3 to solve this bass problem, and the operation is to receive the audio in the ear through the "introverted microphone", so as to compare the original audio of this music, and then use audio computing technology to instantly fine-tune and make up for the possible loss of mid and low frequencies. In fact, compared with the AirPods 2, the listening experience is thicker in the bass and the treble is relatively clear.
In addition, the embedded microphone can also provide wind noise reduction effect under the cover of the acoustic screen, and through the AAC-ELD high-end voice decoder, the voice can be clearer and improve the overall voice performance.
AirPods 3 features specific driver units and high dynamic range hands-free devices to enhance sound performance.
The AirPods 3 headset adds an "adaptive equalization" function, which will make up for possible loss of mid and low frequencies through audio computing technology depending on the ear shape worn.
In addition, the space audio function that only exists in AirPods Pro and AirPods Max, this time also provides airPods 3, which can be used to feel the cinema-like surround sound, and because the spatial audio also supports dynamic head attention, when the head is rotated, the music surround will also change from time to time, maintaining the 3D sound body surround effect at any time. Dolby Atmos is currently in Apple Music, as well as Apple TV, Disney, Netflix... and so on, can also support the effect of spatial sound effects.
Spatial audio features surround 3D stereo sound, and also flexibly provides fixed and off settings.
In the past, after the loss of AirPods, it may not be found, and can only be reported for loss processing, but in AirPods 3 supports the "find" function, you can directly use the "find" app of the iPhone to pay attention to the lost AirPods 3, which runs in a way similar to the ultra-wideband technology "precisely find" function used by AirTag, and is more directional to find the lost headphones after entering the Bluetooth connection range. It also supports the loss reminder function after the AirPods 3 is disconnected, which also reduces the chance of AirPods 3 being lost.
AirPods 3 supports the "look for" function, provides a disconnection alert, and "finds accurately" through ultra-wideband technology.
In the power endurance part, marked with 6 hours of music playback, 4 hours of call, startup space audio for 5 hours, if paired with the battery box multiple charges, up to 30 hours, longer than the previous AirPods Pro and AirPods 2 24 hours are longer, and charging 5 minutes can listen to 1 hour, is also considered fast charge back, but also support MagSafe wireless charging, and knock on the charging box to display the charging status of the function. In addition, skin sensors are added to the AirPods 3, which will detect whether the user is wearing headphones and decide whether the music continues to play, so that even if you accidentally put the headphones on the table, you don't have to worry too much about continuing to play music and consume power.
The AirPods 3 supports MagSafe wireless charging, as well as tapping the charging case to display the charging status.
When the AirPods 3 was released, because of the lack of noise reduction mode, the price was not much different from the price of the AirPods Pro that had been sold for two years, and I really disagreed with the positioning of the AirPods 3. However, after the actual experience, AirPods 3's specific driver monomer and high dynamic range hands-free device, adaptive and other functions, spatial audio, so that the airPods 3 sound experience, compared to AirPods 2 significantly improved a lot, even if there is no noise reduction mode, but the surrounding effect is like immersion in music, not susceptible to external sounds. For those who wear AirPods Pro noise cancellation mode and have ear pressure imbalance problems, AirPods 3 provides better choices, and long battery life, which is also suitable for people who prefer to wear headphones for a long time.
However, if you do not reject the earbud design, there will be no ear pressure problems with the noise reduction function, and the overall sound quality performance of AirPods Pro is still relatively excellent, perhaps the budget will be increased, you can start. Of course, the market rumors that the new AirPods Pro may be launched this year, but technology products have always been bought early and enjoyed early, and it is more practical to solve the current needs.