For those who’ve been left scratching your head and questioning what Apple’s finest wi-fi earbuds are after that complicated current AirPods 4 launch, the reply is… nonetheless the AirPods Professional 2, particularly on the proper worth.
$249 is actually not proper in (late) 2024, however luckily, that is the place Amazon’s second Prime Day gross sales occasion of the 12 months is available in, slashing 32 % (or 81 bucks) off the common worth of those noise-cancelling unhealthy boys with customized spatial audio, dynamic head monitoring, and an Apple H2 chip underneath the hood.
Initially launched again in 2022 and refreshed a few 12 months in the past with USB-C connectivity and no different upgrades or adjustments, the AirPods Professional 2 are thus (barely) extra reasonably priced on the time of this writing than the dearer and extra superior of the 2 non-Professional AirPods 4 variations unveiled simply final month.
Whereas they might look like they share a variety of the identical options and capabilities, thoughts you, the noise-cancelling AirPods 4 and the AirPods Professional 2 are literally totally different in plenty of key methods, with all the benefits going within the path of the at the moment cheaper Professional mannequin. That one affords higher lively noise cancellation, barely higher battery life, and though magnificence is within the eye of the beholder, a sleeker design for many hardcore Apple followers based mostly on the overwhelming majority of on-line feedback, social media posts, and buyer critiques at retailers like Amazon.
On prime of every thing, the AirPods Professional 2 are set to obtain a significant software program replace sooner or later this fall to allow their groundbreaking FDA-authorized Listening to Help performance, which you guessed it, the AirPods 4 won’t assist in both a noise-cancelling or “base” model.
In brief, I personally see completely no cause for any Apple fanatic to decide on the latest addition to the AirPods lineup… or every other of the numerous AirPods options on the market over the vastly standard and now irresistibly priced Professional 2.