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ReviewsHeadphonesThe Beats Flex Are the Best Cheap Bluetooth Earbuds You Can Buy
Cheap Bluetooth earbuds are usually very shitty. You have to make trade-offs for the lower price tag, which means that, depending on the earbuds, you end up sacrificing battery life, audio quality, or Bluetooth performance. But after nearly a week of using the $50 Beats Flex, I can’t find a single downside. These earbuds are … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsThe New $50 Beats Flex Promises an AirPods-Like Experience for Less
In all the excitement of Apple’s iPhone 12 announcement, you’ll be forgiven for missing a small detail: The new iPhones will ship without a pair of wired earbuds in the box. That means if you don’t have already have a pair laying around, you’ll have to buy some ‘buds. Conveniently, Apple-owned headphone maker Beats just … Continued
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ReviewsHeadphonesIf You Want Earbuds With a Cord, the Powerbeats 4 Are the Ones
Sometimes it feels like we went from using wired earbuds plugged into a smartphone headphone jack to wearing completely wire-free Bluetooth ‘buds overnight. But between the two eras were corded Bluetooth earbuds, which some still prefer because it’s tougher to lose an earbud when it’s strung to its partner. For those folks, Apple’s Beats brand … Continued
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Tech NewsApple’s Powerbeats 4 Are Finally Here and They’re the Cheapest Ones Yet
After being rumored for months and even being spotted on shelves a couple days early, Apple has finally announced its new Powerbeats 4 semi-wireless headphones. Designed as a less expensive alternative to the Powerbeats Pro, the $150 Powerbeats 4 are actually the most affordable Powerbeats ever, costing $50 less than the outgoing Powerbeats 3. Price … Continued
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ReviewsHeadphonesI Can’t Get Enough of Bowers & Wilkins’ Freaky Carbon Fiber Headphones
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call Bowers & Wilkins headphones iconic. The recognizable chrome and leather design always drew me in, almost by whispering, “These are the fancy ones.” For reasons I cannot comprehend, Bowers & Wilkins recently trashed that great design and replaced it with an unexpected combination of carbon fiber and fabric. … Continued
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ReviewsHeadphonesBeats Turned a Corner With Its New Noise Canceling Headphones
Just four short years ago, we were warning you about Beats. Folks were tearing apart old sets of Solo headphones to find bad build quality and extra metal pieces that were seemingly there only to make the headphones a little heavier. Rude! As Beats released new models over time, we fretted about how flimsy Beats … Continued
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Tech NewsChina Censorship, Facebook Headcanon, Pixel 4, and Apple Beats: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Another week in the bag, everybody. And we’ve been seeing plenty of sparks fly online between the umpteenth debate between the Democrats’ presidential hopefuls and reports of Joker-on-Joker beef between Jared Leto and Joaquin Phoenix (though is it still technically “beef” if only one of them is throwing a tantrum?). Though the real showdown I’m waiting for … Continued
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ReviewsApple Finally Made Beats Look Good
Beats just announced the all-new, noise-canceling Solo Wireless headphones, and they are, by many measures, beautiful. These represent the first Beats headphones to be completely redesigned under the supervision of Apple. (The new Powerbeats Pro were the first earbuds.) That Apple oversight goes a long way. At first glance, the new Solo headphones look a … Continued
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ReviewsHeadphonesAirPods Suck Compared to the New Powerbeats Pro
The only earbuds more recognizable than the tortured white teardrops that are AirPods might be Powerbeats. These things look like rubberized hoop earrings glued to plastic boxes, flipped upside down and strung together with a dorky wire. Well, at least they used to look like that. Beats just released a new truly wireless model called … Continued
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ReviewsThe New Truly Wireless Powerbeats Pro Seem Like the Better AirPods We Wanted All Long
If the second generation of AirPods seemed underwhelming, the new Powerbeats Pro by Beats might just get your blood moving. They’re truly wireless earbuds designed for sports and equipped with the new Apple-made H1 chip, superior sound quality, as well as an eye-popping nine hours of battery life. In other words, the Powerbeats Pro earbuds … Continued
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ReviewsThe Very Best Noise-Canceling Headphones
If you ever fly on airplanes, you probably need noise-canceling headphones. If you work in an open plan office, you probably need noise-canceling headphones. If you ever feel the world is attacking your ears, you probably need noise-canceling headphones. Therapy might help but try noise-canceling headphones first. They’re really good these days! The basic idea … Continued
