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Apple AirPods 3 vs AirPods Pro
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Jul 12, 2025
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We're talking about Apple products though
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And this came open right away. Oh yeah, it's a better fit than the regular AirPods
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For my ears. Check the look. Sick. Is that the strongest connection
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Which might be the sweet spot, I don't know. Oh, we have volume. It's really weird that it's..
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There's a lot of crossover here. Who said they're almost the same
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we have some airpods today the new airpods that's the confusing part isn't it airpods third
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generation not pro they still have the pro they still have the second generation these are the
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third generation uh slight improvement over the second generation but you're going to pay more
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money i have the canadian price on this particular package 239 so it's still a premium price who's
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for? It's for somebody who wants some of the pro features without an ear tip style design
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This also has the MagSafe charging case, which I think is a pretty cool improvement
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for convenience and such. So this can just snap onto Apple's magnetic MagSafe. There's a thing
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going on with the word MagSafe and how it applies to the variety of magnetic Apple products. Cause
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there's like iPhone MagSafe and then there's the new MagSafe charger, which is really kind of like
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the old MagSafe charger for the laptops. Anyway, point being is you can magnetically charge these
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which is a nice touch as well. Oh, also I have new later case, just like this one, AirPods third
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generation, 100% DuPont Kevlar, same fit as this one. So you can pick that up, order that up. If
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you're going to be getting the third generation AirPods. And another quick preview before I jump
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into the box, I got the new G-Shock watch, smartwatch, Android Wear. I haven't worn a G-Shock
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in a long time but if you've been around the channel you know I used to love these things Wear OS by Google Plus Casio G-Shock rugged and stuff GSW-H1000 made in Japan so that's a bonus
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round after we do the AirPods. Now the shape of it they change so even though it's not interchangeable
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ear tips it is a sort of a more bulbous looking shape to it still has your toothbrush stem looking
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situation. However, the stem is a little bit shorter on this one as well. Easy unboxing
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experience. You know how this goes. Zip and zip. Also come with spatial audio. So AirPods 3 are
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going to have the spatial audio feature from the AirPods Pro. Standard AirPods never had it. However
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active noise cancellation continues to be the biggest difference. That's going to be exclusive
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to the pricier model with the Pro designation. You've been using the AirPods Pro recently
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any thoughts on that i love him oh my gosh the noise cancellation is amazing noise cancellation
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he says amazing he's trying to get mo out of his life at least the noise that mo is making
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which is frequent and constant maybe the dog i don't know he's not that loud himself
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a little bit of paperwork inside the package touch controls obviously on the side of the stem
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play pause, skip tracks, and Siri if you'd like to use it
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The case is a little bit larger than regular AirPods, as you can see, but not quite as large as the Pro model
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That's interesting. We peel this and this. Ooh, came open right away
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Still gonna have your lightning connector on the bottom for charging it up
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You're still gonna have your LED on the front. It's all very familiar. Look at the two-tone black and white look
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Pull out the Pro Bud and pull out the third generation Bud
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They're so comparable in appearance. That's crazy. It's almost like the new third generation Bud is simply missing the nozzle and that's it
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If I pull off the little adapter, in-ear adapter, look how similar those look
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The Pro model versus the third generation Although the speaker portion the port is larger on the Pro model still and actually the entire earbud is larger on the Pro model still Let try this on
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Let's get an idea of some comfort here. Right, left. Now, one benefit of not having a nozzle like this
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is you have a fit that's a, I don't know what to call it
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more of a casual fit. If you're going for the opposite end of the spectrum
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from noise canceling, maybe more towards transparency, then this is just naturally more transparent
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because it's not sitting in my ear c so I can even hear myself speaking. I never had trouble with the original AirPods
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and the fit there, but some people say it falls out of their ears. You were complaining about that in the past
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I don't think anything's really gonna compete with the Pro model for fit because it's in the ear c
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Oh yeah, it's a better fit than the regular AirPods for my ears
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Yeah, this is loose. This is more loose. It's a smaller, it's a way smaller earbud
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Where's the charge pad, the Apple charge pad? All right. Well, Mo goes to get the MagSafe charger so we can look at the connection of this thing
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Also, in a package, you have a typical traditional cable option. On this end, it's still going to be lightning
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Now, as far as the case is concerned, let's see how that fits on. No adhesive necessary. It's a friction fit
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So that just goes bang like that. And you still have access to the button. And bingo. Check the look
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Sick. Okay, so we have the Apple official MagSafe charger. This is just gonna stick when it gets there
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You see the orange light comes on, it's charging. It's not the strongest connection
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but it doesn't really have to be because you're not really gonna be using the case
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while it's on there. Not like the phones which have to make a sort of stronger grasp
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because you're gonna be using the phone. And yes, it does work as well with the case on
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It still sticks. Oh, and charges. I also think with this new design
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they're going to get a little bit less disgusting. I don't know why that is
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but like with the earwax and stuff, the in-ear is going to be the worst for that. These were kind of bad for that
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because they had a really small nozzle as well. This one with the like bigger opening
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I think it's going to be easier to clean it out and get the debris out of there
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That's just a little side thing. All right. So there's an update preparing here
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iOS 15.1. All right, we're back. It is another day because this one we left it updating
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It was like the world's longest update for some reason. 15.1 ProRes
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I blame ProRes. Anyway, it doesn't matter because we're back. And that's the main thing
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And now we are finally going to get to listen to the third generation of AirPods
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which might be the sweet spot. I don't know if it's in between these two. And so you save a little bit of money on this one
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You pay a little more than this one. How are they going to sound? I'm going to compare
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I'm going to listen to these and then the pros. Can they replace the pros? Should you get them instead of the pros
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Do you need noise cancellation? All right, so right away, of course, we get our wonderful AirPod connection prompt
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I am connected. Now, I just got to be honest with you. It is almost no isolation
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I have music playing, piano music somehow right away. Where is this music coming from
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That's my Apple Music. Oh, it's your Apple Music. I was like, what is going on here
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It's the loneliest month, man. It's funny. When you were marketing spatial audio, I never imagined there's also
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I mean, you end up with the activity of spatializing. I've already demonstrated spatial audio with the Pro models
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It is magical. It sounds stupid. It sounds so stupid. It feels like I'm at, I don't know how, the software
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Oh, that's a switch. We're in Kirk's library right now. They sound better than these little AirPods
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It's, it's, there's a thickness. There's a thickness to it. Sound better than those
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Oh this is a banging album You going to love this album
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It's a comfortable earbud. It's a day-to-day. It's an everyday. I don't know about Lone Star rag
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but definitely when we had the Drake on there. Okay, fine. wow this is my like 2016 in a bottle right here
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lots of volume too hey with like the ear health care turned off oh we have volume i like having
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more volume than i need and then just like allow me to you know what i mean like as far as the
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volume is concerned i might need to be able to manage these things somehow there's just like a
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A little bit of punch lacking, just a tiny touch. Maybe I should just do an A-B test right now, same track
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No, they're not even close to as good as the pros. No, not even close
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People are saying... People are saying what? They're pretty close. People are saying what
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I don't know who you're talking to. I don't know who you've been chatting with
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I got buds flying over here. Flying buds. But here's the thing, alright
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Alright? Let me just... If you don't mind, let me just give you my take here
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I have no idea why you would buy. unless you absolutely hate having things in your ear sit deeply in your ear if the ear tip in the
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ear c drives you nuts that's the one reason i think you should look at the airpods third
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generation that's pretty much it because these are better have more features and they're not that much
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more money if you're already close to two bills on the earbuds i guess the wireless charging is a
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nice little touch. I don't know what kind of value that brings for you, but you're so close
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to picking up these or finding them for slightly less on a discount or something. I guess the case
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is a little bit smaller. Get the Pro. That's it. It's easy. That's easy. Get the Pro. Yep. I'm sold
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I'm resold. If this is what you're considering, if these are your options, get the Pro
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yeah i mean they're fine i mean they're fine get the pro skip these ones get the pro
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which one should i get i think you might you know what i gave it some more thought here i think maybe
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go for the pro i'm guessing that apple still sells a lot of these and people are intimidated
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like there must be a reason why they feel like this this product needs to exist in the middle
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of these two maybe this thing's on the way out they're going to hang on to it for just a short
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period of time maybe the holiday season whatever one more generation because they have an abundance
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of inventory or it's easier to make right now because of shortages or shipping or covid or
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whatever i don't think this design is necessarily going to be there forever i just feel this product
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makes more sense when you don't also have this one as an option because they're so similar. That's
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all. That's all. Get the Pro. Skip these ones. Get the Pro. I don't know if you guys noticed
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Kanye, he shaved his eyebrows. He'd been wearing these around. Well, Mo wants a LaterCase shout
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out. Yeah. That might be one of my favorite LaterCase products, the way those fit on the
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AirPods Max. Get the Pro. Let's check out this new watch. How about that? A G-Shock
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that has Wear OS. It can work in like a light power consumption mode as a pretty typical G-Shock
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which I like Sometimes I don want smart features don need heart rate and I don want to drain battery So you can go for much longer periods of time when you in sort of dumb mode
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and then flip into smart mode when, I don't know, you need to track heart rate or something like that
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And I typically don't want notifications on my wrist. So that's a cool compromise
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or that's a cool hybrid type of setup. They're so rugged. You'd slam it into something
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and you don't you're not concerned anyway built into this one shock resistant heart rate gps
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altimeter barometer compass and also some water resistance as well as you would expect in a rugged
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watch like this i love the old school japanese digital watch unboxing experience i can imagine
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somebody thinking good lord that's a that's too much i can't have that on my wrist all day but
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i don't mind or at least i didn't in the past g-shock feelings look at the strap it clicks
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along there through there you have a double clasp you can see the heart rate sensor on the bottom
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Yeah, so look at these little wrist supports as well because it is so large
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Huge tactile buttons. You get this. It's almost like MagSafe sort of
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That little pin portion and what happens? Yeah, it's magnetic. Lovely. And that's it
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It has some minor blue accents like on the start button over here
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And also you can see through the wristband. So that's your look
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I'm telling you it's not gonna be for everybody but so rugged you know but if you're into it at all
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if you're the rugged type or you just appreciate having ruggedness then uh this is kind of a cool
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merging of the worlds of the watch worlds couldn't be more different than the watch
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Kirk's currently wearing that is a the fanciest of fancy Apple watches gold plated right that's
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from Caviar. Now, it's obvious why Apple took the approach they took, but I'm glad that other options exist
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Look how cool the G-Shock logo is. Just so classic. I'm going to set it up with my Pixel 6 Pro and Wear OS and if you want to know more about
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my experience with this watch, I'll probably chat about it on the next episode of Lou later
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