The Airpod’s shape is same as their previous wired EarPods. When I bought my I Phone 5, it came with those EarPods and due to the shape of my inner ear, they simply will NOT stay in my ears (yu need to have a bit of a flap at the lower part of the ear opening for the pod to “hook” onto. As soon as I take two steps they fall out.
I ended up buying a set of Klipsch X11i earphones - they sound 100x better (IMHO) that the Apple version - and they are lighter and they stay firmly in my ears!
Without foam pads the earbuds are useless. With foam pads over them, they are just fine. I looked around for other reasonable earbuds that had an inline microphone, but couldn’t find anything likeable under several hundred dollars. The Apple wired earbuds are awesome in my opinion for price/performance. I’ve already blown out some of my hearing due to rock n roll and I like my heavy metal loud, so it’s nice to just be able to replace the Apple earbuds every 6-18 months when I blow them out. I think the bluetooth market is really going to take off with some nice earpods that don’t fetch prices up to $800.00 for wired earbuds like some “high-end audiophile” lines have now.
I’m with you on apple iPhone speakers. They don’t fit my ear, and always fall out. No way I would buy wireless iPhone buds.
Plus they look stupidly similar to ear gauge/ear ring jewelry.
NO SALE