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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room testing truly wireless earphones last year they're slowly getting better in my opinion I think they're starting to get in traction as well I've been seeing more people wearing them at airports and while I'm traveling and such let me know in the comment section below if you're seeing truly wireless earphones more often a personal one engage and see if there's a demand for these in 2018 now with that being said I personally bought these these are the Samsung Ikon X 2018 edition these are refreshed and updated come in with a price tag of 199 dollars as always I'll place my affiliate links down in that video description below click on those links and they'll give you the most updated prices in real time you never know when these things might go on sale again I'm Jimmy with jims review room and I'm here to help you make that purchase decision welcome everyone to another review both of the physical features the new icon XR hard plastic with three sized ear wings and ear tips now although they're in your earphones very lightweight and very comfortable the one of the biggest features that I'm relieved what excited to show they have a low profile unlike many of the other competitors on the market now because they go inside the ear canal the icon axis offers passive noise isolation letting these earphones black out outside environmental noises for reference the Apple earpods sit more on the outside of your ear canal and you can generally hear your surroundings it's just a matter of preference and which one you would prefer now attachment based on how well these stay in the ear fins don't feel to provide too much stability but of course everyone's ears are a little bit different and the positive notes while testing running jogging literally standing and shaking my head if right in front of you guys right here they'd never bail out the ear tips themselves does a great job of staying in and no question these are stable now the icon X 2018 edition didn't promote that there is water resistance on their website or even their spec sheet at the time this video according to Samsung and the rep did confirm his internal documents it did state that the icon X's are indeed resistance against light water and sweat exposure now they're personally dressed these and this is clearly overkill I don't recommend doing this but after pouring water on these the icons are still working perfectly fine now a few other competitors offers a better water protection against heavier water exposure Samsung only offers very light water protection it's good enough for most people but I would have preferred better or increase the peace of mind here now the icon X provides a sensitive and intuitive controls that are responsive much easier than physical buttons compared to the competition a gentle swipe on either earphones can adjust volume tapping allows for skipping going back on music and all the menu features I'll have on the screen for you and one of the features that is worth mentioning the icon acts like many other trailers wireless earphones have ambient sound press and hold a touchpad and the microphones activates and it pumps in your environmental surroundings right into your ears now as I mentioned earlier the icon X does have passive noise isolation pretty good though but for runners cyclists even wearing them during their morning commute the ambient sound feature is available for safety too that you're not running it's traffic or you can hear if someone is trying to sneak up behind you and when the biggest reason why you would consider buying the icon axis store music right onto the earphones it does come before gigs that's what Samsung exclaiming I did double check for you guys it comes with three point four gigs that were actually available per Samsung will be claiming we can store up to a thousand songs but this means you don't need to lug around your phone when you go on a run or you can leave your phone back in the locker room then go into the gym caring much less you can say you can transfer your music with the supplied USB cyr one plugged into your PC it's very easy and simple to do you can also go wireless and again this does work with non Samsung phones as well now another positive to supplement this feature if you're exclusively using onboard mp3 files the better leaf on the 2018 icon X's are up to seven hours now if you're using this exclusively with Bluetooth and having the earphones stream from your phone Samsung is claiming up to five hours of better life which is on the upper end of average virtually wireless earphones and with my test that 50% Vonn from a full battery to dead I was able to achieve five hours and three minutes to be exact using this V of Bluetooth now for those who are new to truly wireless earphones I know that might not sound like much up to five hours if you think about it five hours is more than most people's commutes or workouts when you get into the office or back into the car you can stow them away in this carrying case the case itself works like a power bank recharging your icons for the next time you use them ten minutes in the carrying case will give you an hour of audio if you're ever in a crutch but the only downside though with other competitors you get multiple recharges with the case with Samsung you're only getting one charge one full charge out of this not a big deal it's not going to prevent me from buying this but something that I want you guys to be aware of if you guys do value battery life now a touching base I'm blue to the range in performance the icons are using bluetooth 4.0 it's Adly no Bluetooth 5 considering their Samsung phones has the latest technology but Bluetooth 4 points you still performs exceptionally well now doesn't this there's several walls my samsung s a plus I was able to achieve 72 linear feet that's about 21 meters with two walls in between before the signals - crackle now right before I talk about the audio test in my experience here the last standout feature for the icon axes are the health benefits despite last year's model not being accurate after I tested it and confirmed it the built-in heart rate monitor I was hoping for Samsung to bring it back at least but improve on it unfortunately with the 2018 version without we're testing here Samsung decided to get rid of it altogether and what makes it return though our audio prompts that you can set up to give your give you information on your run or workout now for runners who don't want to whip out their phone to check their distance or speed and stay focused on their workout itself you can set the icon X's at certain intervals to tell you audibly and automatically your duration distance calories calories burned that is and speed but that does sound great and I appreciate the feature but keeping guys informed Strava RunKeeper and similar running apps will offer audio prompts to any existing audio device this is nothing special other than that with no HR monitoring I don't see too much offered in the health department here sorry folks to the audio test the icon X 2008 Edition offers neutral and balanced bass when compared to the competition basis there with enough authority for most mainstream pop and rock music and the positive side it's surely enough for most people and you'll never hear them distort or become muddy and lose quality but on the opposite end of the spectrum and wasn't experiencing a bass boosted sound signature like the j-bird runs or the dimension and depth of bass that you can get with the Bose sound sport freeze now if your bass focused or enjoy a somewhat bassy sound signature I can't access all that needs to be tuned with an equalizer or you just got to look somewhere else on the mid-range frequencies in audio where you can hear most vocals and instruments it's mostly heard or identified by the human ear and this frequency arrange the icons do a good job with offering again I'm very much a neutral audio signature it's not recessed and that muffled yet they're not bright or for now what you will experience is a clean signature but it doesn't sound as alive as I would have liked recently the B note II eighths to Bose and again jaybird sounded more detail and exciting as though there was more color in the competition versus these icons here it's not bad guys do sound good but I have to acknowledge them competitors and the block offers a bit more edge basically now as for the high frequencies it's a very similar neutral experience as some some felt as though they played it safe nothing ear ringing or ear tinging and with Samsung easy to listen to with minimal listening fatigue as for soundstage this might be where it's actually lacking I do achieve left and right audio separation and some for front and off to the side direction of audio but I wish the offered more depth and a dimension again I do admit the two that does better are more expensive again the abhi no eights and the bose sound support free specifically but for samson at the $200 price range the soundstage performed i would say within reason so it's tough for me to say as I really like Samsung products and they usually provide stellar performance the icon X 2018 Edition they're not bad at all and if you're set on Samsung or the icon X's in general it's a good purchase especially with the onboard storage the low profile comfortable earphones and very intuitive touch controls a lot of the competitors either fail or don't even offer that at all but I would say if your top priority is the audio experience the competitors offers a more vibrant alive and expansive audio performance so folks that's it for this review if you watch this far be sure to show your support by following my social media handles again I'm Jimmy with gyms review and I'm here to help you make that purchase decision you guys take care I'll see you guys on the next one bye you