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this is the beats solo three Wireless on your headphone which cost three hundred dollars and looks nearly identical to the beats solo2 wireless the big difference is on the inside as a solo three uses Apple's new w1 custom Bluetooth chip which improves battery life drastically and makes pairing the headphone with Apple devices dead simple headphone works just fine with Android and other Bluetooth enabled devices and the battery life rating is the same for iOS and Android it's a whopping 40 hours that's a huge jump over the 12 hours that the beats solo2 wireless is rated at and this has the best battery life of any bluetooth headphone I've tested so far it also features beats fast fuel feature which gives you one hour battery life from a five minute charge however unlike the new beats X which uses a lightning cable for charging his model sticks with a microUSB charging cable my wireless connection using the headphone was rock-solid and the W one chip makes it easy to switch between Apple devices you've paired the headphones with overall the headphone performs very well I've always liked its compact size and how it folds up to fit into a relatively small carrying case for better wear speeds hasn't upgraded to sound this sounds very good for on-ear bluetooth headphone will appear two bass lovers who prefer sound profile accentuates the bass but manages to avoid being too gloomy / it doesn't sound quite as clean as beats more balanced studio wireless / ear model which has come down in price and is better sounding and arguably more comfortable ultimately beats value proposition is that it's taken the same headphone that so many people know and love and improved its battery life dramatically it made it really easy for Apple users to connect to their phones and other Apple devices that's fine but it would have been nice it beats it brought down the price at the same time considering the headphones design and sound hasn't been upgraded I'm David Carney for cnet.com thanks watching