AirPods Pro 3

I’ve always been an Android user. The only time I tried iPhone was back in the iPhone 5 days, and honestly, I couldn’t stand the walled garden restrictions. After that, I kept hopping between different Android phones, with my most recent daily driver being a Samsung S22 Ultra. Solid phone, but after

I did a quick test out of curiosity…

iPhone 17 Pro + AirPods Pro 3 iPod Classic 5.5 (Wolfson DAC) + £20 Apple wired earbuds

The AirPods Pro 3 obviously win on ANC and low-end fullness, but tonally the wired setup isn’t far behind. A lot of micro-detail and clarity are still there. Paranoid Android

Had a flight last week and this happened to me with my AirPods Pro 3. The whine in the left AirPod was horrendous and no amount of adjustment would help, so I had to stop using them. Tried again about an hour later while still in the air and it didn’t do it again. Perhaps the altitude was lower late

I've thought the AirPods Pro 2 were the best wireless earbuds on the market for the last year, and the AirPods Pro 3 bring improvements like longer battery life, much better mics, and slightly better ANC! (yeah, Apple's claims of "2X better ANC", I don't agree... I'd say it's like 10% better ANC).

IOS 26 is made for those who absolutely need to get excited over changes every year and being on a whole new level. The rest of us would have been more "exited" over an "all bugs fixed" update to IOS 18. I had to upgrade because it turned out that AirPods Pro 3 cannot be used as hearing aids with IO

“Improved” Precision Finding with the U2 chip is just an enhanced version of what already exists in “standard” Precision Finding with the U1 chip. APP3 precision finding will still work with older iPhones, it just won’t be “improved” like it would be on the new iPhones. The full capabilities of the

Edit 21/9 : I feel like I might be getting used to the white noise. It’s not perfect, but I do really like the noise cancelling of the APP3.

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Got my APP3 today, I notice while in noise cancelling I’m getting like an ocean or static noise with no media playing. It’s not loud, but noticeable

I noticed that the newly announced AirPods Pro 3 didn’t come with a chip upgrade—it’s still running on the H2, even though the noise cancellation has improved. There are also rumors that Apple might release a 10th-anniversary AirPods next year, possibly with a built-in camera. If that’s true, maybe

I love wasting money on B&O stuff, but really struggling to justify getting these when AirPods Pro 3 will clearly suffice for 21.9% of the price. Also haunted by some E8s I once had which regularly disconnected and/or would keep playing music after being put back in the case.

With the new Apple designed Wi-Fi + Bluetooth chip going into the iPhone 17 lineup, if the APP3 can’t stream Lossless (not even saying Hi-Res Lossless) I don’t think there’s a big enough jump from APP2 to justify shelling out $250