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what's up prize fighters I'm Brian Tong and wireless earbuds are now the thing so we're throwing to bad boys in the ring it's a prize fly put out between the Apple earpods and the beats next let's get it on round one and design Apple's design is hit or miss depending on your taste they aren't that bad but then some of you just look like this now let's just say they won't win any best design awards anytime soon but the biggest miss the air pods are really only one size they either fits you or they don't now the beats X are the first beats that Apple engineers and designers worked on it brings a looping wireless design that still has a wire but rests on the back of your neck plus you'll get five additional sizing tips to find the best fit for you you'll have the remote two thicker parts near the neck or for powering up the beats X and the other is to charge them we're used to seeing wires connected to headphones but there might be a little too much wire here for you especially compared to the air pods now the beats fit so many different ear sizes but you got to get those earbuds deep where the air pods just rest on yours it's a different feel that will also sway you one way or the other this round is really personal and it's honestly too close to call so we're calling this a tie round two is Bluetooth nation the beats X have the same w1 chip inside of them as the air pod so syncing is a snap turn them on the panel pops up and they sing now with the air pods you don't even need to press a button just open up the case and you can pair them I'll back up Apple when they say it's like magic and we've never seen better Blu COO syncing from anyone ever now doing it completely wireless without pressing a single button is special and the air pods take round to next round is feature after $169 air pods giveth and oh yeah they take it away with the most stripped-down headphones you'll find controls are severely limited you have the option to either tap one of your air pods to prompt Siri or pause and play music in the settings it's one or the other but you can't have both functions at the same time everything else you do will have to be done on your phone from adjusting the volume to changing tracks you'll get used to this because you have to but it's just not convenient to have to go to your phone all the time now auto pause just works when you take out the headphones the music stops pop them back in and music plays there's also times where the air pods were loosely in front of my pocket outside of their case and it would think they were in my ears and music would play from my pants so there would literally be a party in my pants the beats X bring every controller used - since the iPhone 3GS from 2009 with its remote can change the volume from the headphones change tracks back and forth and it can prompt your voice assistant all without ever touching your phone there is no auto pause when you take out the earbuds but this one's a no-brainer beats X for the round 3 win next up is battery life air pods get you five hours on their own but the charging case gives you a full 24 hours of juice for you when it's with you there's a quick charge of 15 minutes for three hours of juice but you'll need to carry the charging case around with you at all times to get more than five now beats X gets you eight hours of life on a single charge and a quick charge of five minutes that gives you two hours of juice when they're low there is no charging case needed at all now the beats X design makes it so much harder to lose and you can just throw them anywhere while the air pods make you a little anal retentive about always putting them back in their case or having their case around otherwise you might lose them or have no backup charge really the fact that you need something additional that forces you to change your behavior to get decent battery life or prevent you from losing them is more of a hassle round four goes to the beats X the final round is sound falling what really matters with headphones the sound and this one's no contest the beats X have a fuller more powerful punch with a little extra bass and bump without being overbearing compared to the air paws now the air pods sound good and are well balanced they're easily the best completely wireless earbuds I've heard so far but the beats X are still just that much better round 5 goes to beats X so let's break this down we tie the first round and then the gup-x went on a run taking three of the next four rounds oh sure you could say the beat X takes this battle four rounds of two and is your prize fight winner but earbuds like this with a different design functionality and feel make it a unique one the air pods can look silly to some but they're good they're really good the beats X have more functionality better sound and a better price and on paper that's a no-brainer but guess what this always comes down to you I'm Brian Tong thanks for watching and we'll catch you guys next time for another prize fight