Apple - AirPods 4
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
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"AirPod doesn’t even move during my run."
"I put them in my ear, put the helmet on, then do one final “push” with my finger to seat them in my ear for the ride. ... The batteries die before they work out of my ear."
"I have the ear shape where in-ear headphones always make a loud bumping sound when I'm moving, so AirPods 4 give the benefits of noise cancelling and great sound without the in-ear effect. ... AirPods 3 always fell out my left ear but they dialed in the size perfect for the 4's, they sit perfect and I've never had it fall out or shake loose doing sprints and a full marathon."
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"the ecosystem integration is just impossible to replicate"
"auto switching ... works like magic. ... it's not a magically smooth experience."
"I wish I’d gotten AirPods. ... Jabari’s don’t listen for hey siri And I use AI and Siri all the time"
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"I have the ear shape where in-ear headphones always make a loud bumping sound when I'm moving, so AirPods 4 give the benefits of noise cancelling and great sound without the in-ear effect. ... AirPods 3 always fell out my left ear but they dialed in the size perfect for the 4's, they sit perfect and I've never had it fall out or shake loose doing sprints and a full marathon."
"I also use my AirPods when I ride. I have no issues with them under both my full face and my Bell Rouge music sounds great, I sort of “feel” my bike as much as hear it but the NC makes it so a nice ride. I forget how loud my bike really is sometimes"
"they have the best audio quality I have ever heard ... I’m extremely happy with the ones without anc"
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"I've run in the rain with them, and run them through the wash (accidentally!) a few times, and occasionally wear them in the shower and they still work great."
"are water resistant (I've run mine through the wash and they still work no problems)"
"My apple airpods have been put in the washer and dryer about 10 times and still kicking"
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"the battery life still lasts me entire 5 hour flights which is insane"
"I usually can get 4-5hrs ... then a 30 min charge takes them back to 100% ... it ’s rare I fly longer than 5hrs without a break"
"takes at least 3years to notice the battery degrade (assuming you use it everyday)."
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"certainly cannot run in them."
"airpods are way too large and tight, and distort my tragus and cause pain"
"I had them for a week and returned them cause they were really uncomfortable."
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"they break constantly. ... My extended family/friends come to me with all their tech problems and all the airpods break regularly. ... They can't hold a charge, won't sync, or the speakers just die."
"AirPods are built to last a year the then they fail. ... Every year, right after the warranty expires, one ear bud fails its almost a joke to us at this point. ... we've had 8-9 pairs of air pods fail ... One of the air pods just quit working on all the sets they've had..."
"One earphone charging and the other not was another issue. ... And then only one connecting and the other not connecting was another. ... Sometimes I’d be at the gym for 5-10 minutes before my workout trying to get them to connect and work properly and that’s if the charging didn’t mess up."
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"But their mic performance on the outdoors is worse than trash."
"every time I tried talking to someone, they would say “they can hardly hear me “"
"whenever you use them for voice comms, the reproduced audio quality goes to the crapper — limited bandwidth. ... But it does not work well in clam shell mode with MacBook Air M1. (At least with mine it did not a few eons ago.)"
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"the bass sounds are nonexistent ... my 30$ EarPods have much better bass sounds ... So if you listen to a lot of bass-heavy music, stay away from these. ... I had to spend a lot of time with equalizer to make them usable."
"not sound quality ... Samsung buds pro 2 sound way better than apple's ... bowers and Wilkins pi6 and pi8 even better sound quality again than this"
"They’re dogshit. ... I had to EQ the bass down to zero in order hear anything else. ... £20 KZs are way above. ... I ended up sending them back"
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"the noise esp for shooter/online games are terrible"
"If you are into FPS games and ms latencies, the AirPods are gonna irk you terribly."
"With all my AirPods, AirPods Pro and the new AirPods Pro, there ’s about a quarter second of latency, it has to do with Bluetooth not the devices, Bluetooth just doesn’t go fast enough"
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