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powerbeats Pro it's a big day you know that battery life sports LeBron James are you gonna recommend these over air pods are these better than air pods yes or no what yeah all right it's been a long time actually since I looked at a pair of beats this is the latest from the beats brand of course now in the Apple family and because it had some benefits to this particular product it actually behaves a lot like ear pods I do have some air pods here these are the black ones from a recent video these are done up by color where no you can't get them in black but it kind of makes sense for this comparison since the power beats Pro are in black these are gonna be a little bit more expensive than Apple's air pods and they have a slightly different design I think this will be popular for athletes people who want to have the ear hook on there have a bit more of a secure fit battery up to nine hours of Wireless play 24 hours with the charging case sweat and water-resistant adjustable secure fit and on ear controls one thing I like before I even pop this open they put the controls on both earbuds so you can trigger play pause from either side whichever is right for you so you don't need to remember was that button on the left or on the right now of course with the Beats products pretty much all of them the expectation is kind of premium price point like it's 250 bucks so keep that in mind the case is bigger it's quite a bit bigger than air pods it's way bigger it's like six of these air pots five maybe you pull out the earbud it fits over the ear like this and you have interchangeable ear tips as well this has become the standard for athletic style earphones and for good reason you want something lightweight you want something secure and you don't want something huge and you want something sweat resistant well this has all those components and attributes so I think eventually you're gonna see a lot of these things at the gym you're gonna see a lot of these things on the basketball court this is the wireless charge case there's two contact points on the inside there's also a button on the inside yes it's a pairing button of course if you have an iPhone when you pop this open it's gonna it's gonna register to pair immediately or at least is gonna ask you to register to pair because this product is using the h1 chip so to pair it you're just gonna pop this open don't remove the earbuds and then it'll prompt you on your device if you do have an Android device these will work as well you're just gonna need to press and hold the pairing button and then pair it like you would any other Bluetooth device so yes even though beads is part of the Apple brand this will work with Android devices and various other Bluetooth devices now the port on the back it's not USB type-c so staying true to the Apple branding like the air pods this is actually a lightning connector a black USB cable to charge it up a lightning connector there so kind of unfortunate if you have a lot of USB type-c components this has I phone users first their front of mine and it makes sense because these power beats Pro they're gonna be sold in Apple stores are gonna be they're gonna move a lot of Units on Apple's website so they're gonna take care of iPhone users first five minute charge equals 1.5 hours of play here's a different ear tip options this is important especially for $250 pair of headphones you kind of have to have this you should have this it's gonna be in the ear canal it's gonna fit a bit deeper than the then the air pod does usually what that means is you you're gonna have better bass reproduction because you get a better seal in the ear canal that you just can't achieve with the air pod but it will also mean that you know putting this thing on and taking it off it's a bit more of a headache it's not quite as smooth so just keep that in mind as well but that looks like the standard medium connector they've also included this two-stage adapter if you look at that just before I try these things out I think it's kind of important to address the size I think some people are gonna think that's a big container so air pods tiny little dental floss situation that is obviously it's nothing you don't even notice it it's got a barely there kind of situation if you try to do that with the power beats the latest power beats Pro what's gonna happen I mean you're gonna see it but it's doable it's not terrible actually it's heavier you're not gonna want it there all day headphones over here phone ready to go it open and look at this this is really the benefit of this cohesiveness if you're an iPhone user you're really gonna appreciate this and how's the install let's go ahead and try oh I got a little audio tone played in the ear that's the install I mean obviously it feels super secure so in this case play pause is the beats logo button right here it's a physical button it's not a tap it's not capacitive I like the idea of a physical button saying goes for volume which is on the top here hopefully Kirk can see that this is volume up and down I can tell already though before I even play music that the seal here is far more substantial in the ear canal I'm sealed off a little bit from the rest of the world so therefore that the experience is more isolating that might be what you want you want to drown out all the coffee-shop noise and/or the noise at the gym and things like this you can understand why you would want that but then there's the argument for the convenience factor of not necessarily fully closing off the whole world which is what happens with air pods that said I'm going one layer deeper here a lot of people make the argument not with those you end up having to crank them up even louder which is ends up being worse for your hearing because you're trying to drown out ambience with more volume instead of by sealing off your your ear canals and then you can feed it less volume protect your hearing a little bit better you hear me Kirk I'm gonna put hit play and then get lost for a minute here these are hip-hop headphones like that's the thing you know they really shine when you feed when you feed them some bass they want to eat some bass you hit it with some hip-hop and he's it's thumping I mean he's doing something that the air pods can't do I'd say I see less of a significant improvement with kind of classic songs where I was kind of thinking I was hoping for maybe a little bit more like where maybe there wasn't quite as much oomph but that stuff was mixed differently back then that wasn't they weren't they weren't too mixing for a subwoofer and and these things they really replicate the feeling of an actual subwoofer in like a car stereo like it thumps in your head when you feed it some hip-hop I'm sure it'd be the same for a lot of pop music modern music I think these things are really tuned for modern music based on this experience here but there's more to this package I suppose like when you think about what this thing is and who it's for like my feeling has become just just in this this short exposure to this particular earbud is it's like a package deal type of thing I get it the way that people think about beats the brand specifically it's like oh I'm gonna pay a lot of money there for that logo and yes there is definitely that you get this logo right here look at that you get to wear that around boom you're gonna pay a few dollars period that's kind of the origin story of the brand you won't put dr. Dre's name on something prior to being acquired by Apple it's gonna cost you a few bucks and that's just been the case for a while so it's never really been about the value proposition it's never really been about the best value for money it's been about a package deal of style sound primarily in the bass department and a convenience factor which in this case is obviously a step better if you happen to be on iOS and you can utilize that H chip just like you can with the air pods this is gonna be a popular headphone period I'm confident in saying it's gonna be a popular headphone there's just there's just such a huge percentage of the market that wants something just as convenient as I mean I'm just speculating right now like listen to me talking here I'm just guessing but I assumed there's a percentage of the market that wants an air pod-like experience with something that will actually stay in their ears with something that has more durability to it with something they feel like they can run around jog around bike around be more active with because there is a slight lack of confidence with the air pod even if it fits in your ear keep in mind once again I got the black air pod here color where custom air pod it just it's in there I don't feel like I'm gonna lose it but if I got bumped or you know took a I don't know if I was playing basketball I would not want to have this headphone in this on the other hand that would be I feel like I could wear this on the ice playing hockey and that would stay in not that I would do that that would be a crazy I did to try to play hockey with this on but like that's why I'm trying to get it so it's gonna have the distribution it's going to be in the Apple stores it's gonna have the advantage of the enhanced performance on the iOS side they're gonna sell a lot of them it's unfortunate it's got to be $250 but with the air pods already being as expensive as they are it's kind of like these have to be more money than that it's imperative and I guess maybe they could have been 200 but they're 250 cuz their beats let's just be honest but they're still gonna sell a bunch of them because they're gonna deliver a sound that a lot of people are looking for that they're looking for that extended low end that enhancement on the bass side and they're doing it in an overall package deal that's quite you know I'm gonna be honest that's attractive to me there's nothing weird going on even the logo itself is somewhat subdued at least on this black model you don't see it unless it hits the reflection otherwise it's a matte finish it's pretty subdued you got the different ear tips they're gonna sell a boatload of them for the average person should you spend 250 you could find a better value out there but I know based on the experience I've had with the with the air pods themselves there is something to be said there is a value associated with the ease of use and integration on the iOS side like that there's an extended benefit there that's hard to put a price on specifically so from that standpoint it's like where else are you going to get this pack where else are you going to get in h1 chip experience with this kind of battery life with this kind of profile in something that isn't the air pods that's a step better than the air pods like no offense to the air pods but they leave you wishing for a little bit more in a sound Department what would I mean no offense to the air bus do the air pods have feelings no they don't have feelings I said in a previous video when I did the video on the air pods I'm a guy I'm into headphones I got very expensive headphones they're all over the place but I just don't find myself reaching for them as much because they're less convenient in some way whether they're huge or there's a cable associated they just don't go in the pocket they there's various ones that are less likely to be charged this package deal here proved to be so convenient they even though I had way better sounding headphones I found myself reaching for these and this is an extension of that this is the next step the convenience factor here it goes down a bit you get the bigger package they don't pop in on in and out of your ears quite as easily but they still have some of that origin story some of those convenient elements that come with this and for the time being that remains an exclusive item for Apple branded and of course beats branded via Apple products so that's something to keep in mind I think they're gonna sell a bunch of them if you want a slick package if you're happy with the branding if you want to rep the B on the side if you like a lot of bass you can be happy you got to pay to play in this department no jokes they don't let you in the front door without 250 to be clear you hear me Kirk 250 that's the ticket to get in the door alright front row seats Raptors in the playoffs game 6 coming soon let's go Raptors