With the elimination of headphone holes in smart phones and the use of Lightning or USB Type-C interface for audio output, wireless headsets are becoming more and more popular. After all, people don't want to go out with troublesome conversion cables. Among wireless headsets, real wireless headsets, which are different from headworn or neck mounted headsets, have gradually come into view because of the AirPods launched by Apple as an accessory. This time, let's see what real wireless headsets are available in the market.

Apple AirPods

As the main player promoting the development of true wireless earphones, it is naturally Apple's AirPods. When Apple updated the iPhone in 2016, the iPhone 7 canceled the 3.5mm headphone hole for the first time due to the addition of new vibration modules and the need for waterproof, so in order to make up for this defect, this AirPods appeared with the iPhone 7.

The appearance of AirPods is like that of EarPods that cut off the cable directly, which seems to have no aesthetic feeling, but its strength is excellent: one charge can meet the requirements of 5 hours of use, only 15 minutes of charge can be used for 3 hours, and the use with the battery box can meet the requirements of 24 hours. The built-in W1 chip can meet various intelligent controls, and the audio transmission uses AAC, which is one level higher than SBC.

Samsung Gear IconX

Although Apple's AirPods are a great help to promote market development, Samsung has launched a corresponding product earlier, that is, Gear IconX, and now has launched an upgraded version of Gear IconX (2018). Unlike AirPods, which can only be connected to mobile phones, the Gear IconX can also be used as an MP3 player alone, in addition to supporting the connection to Android mobile phones. It has a built-in 3.4G storage space.

In terms of endurance, Gear IconX (2018) has increased from 1.5/3.8 hours of the previous generation to 5/7 hours, while the talk time is 4 hours. It supports charging for 10 minutes and can be used for 1 hour. The Bluetooth version is 4.2. In addition, compared with the monotonous color matching of AairPods, Gear IconX (2018) provides black, gray and pink, which is more personalized.

Sony WF-1000X

As the strongest smartphone manufacturer in the audio field, Sony last year updated the 1000X series of wireless noise reduction headphones. The WF-1000X, known as "noise reduction beans", is a very special real wireless headset. Why is it special? It is because so far, noise reduction beans are still rare in the market with noise reduction function. This has convinced people to cut their hands.

As for the endurance time, the noise reduction bean can achieve a 3-hour usage time (noise reduction is enabled), and it can achieve a 9-hour endurance with the portable box. Similar to Apple and Samsung, it provides a fast charging function: 70 minutes for 15 minutes of charging. It is a pity that the noise reduction bean only supports SBC and AAC coding, and does not support Sony's famous LDAC like its two big brothers in the 1000X series.

B&O Beoplay E8

When it comes to Sony's noise reduction beans, we have to mention the Beoplay E8 launched by B&O. Although it does not have the noise reduction function of the noise reduction bean, it provides a similar transparent mode that allows users to adjust the ambient sound appropriately. It also supports voice control and touch interface, which is no inferior to the intelligent AirPods.

As for the important endurance of this kind of wireless headset, Beoplay E8 can last for 4 hours when it is used alone, and the mobile charging box provides an additional 8 hours, that is, the longest duration is 12 hours. However, if there is a fast charge available in each home, they will be absent from E8. The Bluetooth version is 4.2. It is similar to its competitors in terms of coding. It also provides AAC, but higher level aptX HD and LDAC do not.

This time, we introduced the real wireless earphones produced by the popular big manufacturers, but in fact, more and more manufacturers have launched similar new products, more or less with their own characteristics, as well as new products that have been released but not yet listed, which will be further introduced in the next article.

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