Is airpods2 worth buying? Function comparison between new and old airpods
4hw.com.cn: Recently, Apple has made frequent moves, and many new products have quietly appeared on the official website. The expected airpods appeared on the official website in the early morning. Is the second generation of airpods worth buying? What are the differences between old and new airpods? Let's have a look.
Wireless charging box
One of the main changes in the update of airpods is equipped with Qi wireless charging box. Except that the wireless charging box can charge airpods wirelessly, the charging box can charge wirelessly wherever there is a charger conforming to Qi standard (of course, lightning interface can also be used). Some third-party businesses provide wireless charging solutions for the first generation of airpods, but obviously this also brings additional costs.
Apple sells new airpods with wireless charging boxes. In addition, we can also buy a new wireless charging box separately at the price of 679 yuan. A small change in the appearance of the wireless charging box is that the LED indicator has moved from the inside to the outside.
Battery life
Both the new airpods with wireless charging box and the airpods with charging box have extended the battery life, and the talk time has been extended by 50% compared with the first generation airpods.
Function and performance
In addition to the new wireless charging box, the second generation airpods also provides an improved H1 chip, which is an improvement compared with the W1 chip of the first generation airpods. In addition to helping extend the talk time by 50%, H1 chip 'can reduce the game delay by 30%.' The speed of the new airpods connection is 1.5 times faster, and the speed of the switching device is 2 times faster.
The new airpods can provide custom engraving services, but they may arrive later than orders without engraving.
With regard to perspiration / waterproof, the new airpods do not seem to have made any improvement or change, which means that they may remain in good condition during daily exercise or light rain, but they do not have waterproof function.
The second generation airpods is only compatible with IOS 12.2, watchos 5.2 and MacOS 10.4.4 and later software (it will be updated next week).
Price
The price of the new airpods equipped with standard charging box is almost the same as that of the first generation, only 1279 yuan. The price of airpods equipped with wireless charging box is 1599 yuan.
The separately sold wireless charging box is compatible with the first and second generation airpods, with a price of 679 yuan. The order has been announced on Apple's official website, and the new products will be shipped from the end of March to the beginning of April.