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all right so it's that time we got the new air pods air pods - some people are calling them that everybody else is kind of saying their one point five one point something else there's a reason that the new version is similar to the old version it's kind of complicated how Apple released it though in the sense that there's a few different ways that you can actually purchase the new air pods so on the far left here the new air pods inside of the new wireless charging case I think this is probably the only product they needed to put out but for some reason they let you buy the new air pods - without the wireless charging case now this one is available for a hundred and fifty-nine dollars which is the same price as the air pods one but without the wireless charging case there's really like no way to tell the difference but nonetheless they are the upgraded newer model to take it a step further they're also selling the wireless charge case on its own and this thing is gonna be $79 and you can then take your first-generation air pods these ones and pop them into the wireless charge case or you could upgrade the non wireless charge case version of the air pods - and then pick this up at a later date although that wouldn't be a very smart decision cost wise because when you combine the prices of these two you got one fifty-nine plus seventy nine bringing you above the retail price if you just get them together right here I've talked about the air pods in the past if you want a cheaper wireless charge case I actually demoed a version of that for this product here it's like a rubber case from a company called East Brooklyn labs it's cheaper than the official wireless charge case and it adds wireless charging to this that's a way to go but the thing to remember here is it's not just wireless charging there's a bit of a dispute right now happening online I watched a few videos if the sound of the new air pods is any better than the old air pods according to marques Apple said there is no difference but there are some internal improvements to the air pods - first up you can now launch Siri with your voice it's also got a new chip inside which is apparently a bit better for battery and is gonna connect to your devices a little bit faster and then the other thing that come along with that new internal chip is the fact that there's less latency that's the only way you're gonna know if you're on version 2 as well as this little LED light on the front right there let's get this out of the box now I do like wireless charging as well so that functionality is worthwhile to me especially on a product like this you already got to charge your phone if you could have a map actually speaking of a mat on the wireless charge case only they showcase the air power mat fresh pair oh I notice another visual difference right away on the backside there this is glossy reflective this is a matte finish on version 2 air pod visually identical to the previous version okay so for those of you unfamiliar with wireless charging here's how that works this is a basic Qi compatible wireless charger you can find these on Amazon for like a few bucks and then you drop your headphones on there and boom orange light wirelessly charging how simple is that for the purpose of this testing in order to get to the bottom of the sound issue and whether or not there is a discrepancy I've got an iPhone here alright this is the 10 s max let's go ahead and pair these up look at the chip go into action the ecosystem Apple on Apple this is what you get connect it's all it takes again another advantage of this chip and this behavior the connection between the two Apple products you get this really nice battery readout though I found a cool app on the Android side if you do use air pods on Android air battery it basically replicates the Apple experience with a giant ugly add and look at that you can pretend you have an iPhone when you pair up your air pods it's actually very useful because it tells you your battery as well hundred percent 100 percent 25 percent of course it's not official this is official and this is very quick on the Apple side so I'm going to remove these this is series 2 and now I guess we should boot up some music maybe they're a little louder should I get another iPhone so I can quickly a be it his version one remember to get the Zack same track same source same foam earpods one air Potts - just one year okay right year air pause number one left ear air pots - I'm gonna flip yours just to make sure my ears are not the problem here I wanna take that out do this take this out do this now I have air pod wanting left air pod - and right alright I've concluded though there's no difference I thought for a moment but that's the crazy part about this you really need some strong a/b testing to know for certain couple different songs couple different genres if there's any difference I'm telling you right now it's minuscule the old versus the new I don't think the reason to get the new ones is sound alright I think I could pretty confidently say that based on my little test right here there really is only one major reason to upgrade which is the wireless charge case that's a simple little obvious convenience factor and how big of a deal that is depends really on you and how much you value the opportunity to do that but unfortunately the wireless charge case if you just want to upgrade your version one is really expensive it's 80 bucks just the case on its own so I'm not sure that that's worthwhile either I would say you're looking at version two if you don't have a pair yet or if you're version one aren't holding a charge maybe the battery is kind of killed on them then you could be looking towards version two this is a convenience thing it's a form factor thing these tiny little packages you put in your pocket you don't even realize or remember that it's a dare which is good that's what you want it's so small and so convenient that you find yourself reaching for it inevitably that's why I made that video about the air pod confession that's why I'm using these things on an Android phone it's a very low friction device and that's why these are attractive to people and other manufacturers need to take note so there his version - you heard the differences wireless charging slightly better battery life faster connection and lower latency but they sound like the first generation look like the first generation and basically behave like the first generation if you have a first generation I'd say stick it out no need to upgrade not at the moment