Gadgetory

we all know what Apple's air pods are and if you haven't tried them yourself you've at least seen a lot of people walking around wearing them in fact you might think they're the only completely Wire free earbuds out there but over the past couple years other companies have been getting in the game - like Bose which is obviously a leader in high-end audio gear and Samsung which makes really really nice phones which is why you should buy their headphones you have something hanging out of your ear these are the Samsung gear icon X wireless headphones it's the second generation of icon X right because the first generation had crummy battery life as I was going to say these costs one hundred and sixty dollars these are the Bose sound sport free they cost two hundred dollars so they're a little bit more expensive but sometimes you have to pay for good sound quality sure here's the thing about buying headphones these days it used to be that all you had to think about when you were buying a new pair of headphones was how good they sounded it and how well they fit now there are all kinds of options you have to look at whether they're in here or around the ear or whether they're a wired or wireless or totally and completely Wire free and whether they work a voice assistance and what else am I forgetting your budget alright and price I still think that true audio snobs are going to respect these more a lot more considering all I know about these I think these are the better pair let's talk about fit first now this is gonna be a subjective thing but personally the icon access fit my ears really well I'm impressed with how comfortable they are I mean this fit my ears really well too it's just just kidding the problem I have with these is that they're huge and I've tried all the tips that come in the box and I just I just can't get a great fit and that's too bad I was able to go running with these no problems the right bud does fit my ear a little bit better than the left but okay no two ears are the same I mean I'm sure these fit some people well and they're really light despite their size yeah I'm gonna call this a win for the icon X's but let's talk about sound quality once you can get these things to stay in your ears music sounds nice and balanced it's not too bassy it's not too tinny and there's a nice depth to it I mean I'd even go as far as saying that Bose has set a new bar for what truly wire-free audio should sound like the sound on these is pretty good to me if slightly over and I guess if I'm being honest phone calls can sound a little bit hollow but one thing that I have with these that you don't is the ability to really jam them in my ears when I want more isolated audio as well as an ambient sound mode when I want to let in more noise that's true the Bose do have more of an open air design but I'd still say that these are the clear winners on sound another thing to consider with truly wireless earbuds is how you interact with them since you no longer have a wire with a little remote on it and I think that for both of these headphones there are some downsides to that I think the icon X's are slightly easier to control not surprisingly although there is a bit of a learning curve because there are a bunch of different ways that you can swipe and tap through them to control your music and phone calls and everything else she hung up on me twice while she was wearing those he was just trying to adjust my left ear bud but I thought they fit so well at least they're not unnecessarily difficult to control it's true the Bose sound sport free have these tiny buttons at the top here that require kind of a firm press to change anything but hey at least I never accidentally hung up on someone or skipped a song track when I didn't mean to I think we're even on this one and then there's battery life with the Bose sound sport free you should be able to get up to 5 hours of playback time per charge same with these except my charging case is nicer because it's smaller because mine are smaller ok well I think my Bluetooth connection is better these almost never drop out now if you're still on the fence there are other features to think about too like the fact that these have four gigabytes of on-board storage so you can play music locally and not have to stream it and these Auto track your runs for you to which you can look at afterwards and the Samsung health apps Oh apps why do bluetooth headphones need so many apps you have a Bose app yeah but with yours it's like download the Samsung gear manager app and then download the Samsung health app is act you don't have to download any apps and they'll pair with your phone just like any bluetooth headphones there are just more features and controls in the apps if you want them also these work with voice assistance ok so do these that's not really a stand out feature anymore look if you want the best sound quality you can get in a pair of wire free earbuds and you can't go wrong with the bose sound support if you can afford them and if you if they happen to fit your ears which they don't fit mine and if you don't think they look ridiculous that's a lot of oops I still think overall that the Samsung gear icon acts are the better choice they're smaller they're more comfortable or less expensive they have good battery life and they have pretty good sound quality I win really intrigued by how good this smells