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AirPods

earphones · in 14 sources (2018–2020)

Made by: Apple · Includes: AirPods 2

Sources by year: 2018: 3 · 2019: 6 · 2020: 5

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Apple (8) · Spotify (4) · Audible (5) · friction (3) · Matt D'Avella (3) · The Tim Ferriss Show (3) · Apple Watch (2) · passive income (2) · Magic Keyboard (2) · Amazon (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2020

  • 2020-03-28 · iPad Pro 2020 Review - Overkill — Ali sees little need for a studio-quality microphone in an iPad: for video calls on his iPad he has always used his AirPods' built-in microphone. — 00:05:15
  • 2020-04-17 · Answering your Questions — Ali: If he could keep only one, Ali would keep the AirPods over the Apple Watch any day: he calls the AirPods a life-changing piece of tech and the Apple Watch not. — 00:17:46
    • The AirPods make it much less friction to listen to audiobooks and podcasts, Ali says, so in about three years with them he has listened to far more audio than he otherwise would have. — 00:18:12
  • 2020-06-07 · My Favorite Mechanical Keyboard - IQUnix F96 Coral — Ali judges a keyboard's price by use: $500 is where it must be very compelling, but $250 is fine since his AirPods cost that and he uses his keyboard ten times as often. — 00:12:53
  • 2020-07-24 · My INSANELY Productive Morning Routine — Ali: Usually running late, Ali leaves with his AirPods in and listens to an audiobook on Audible at 2.5x speed. — 00:03:16

Also named in: All the Apps I Use in a Day

2019

  • 2019-02-07 · THE BEST EARPHONES - Apple AirPods Review — Ali calls the Apple AirPods his favourite headphones and one of the pieces of tech that has added the most value to his life over the past two years. — 00:00:00
    • Ali says the AirPods' most important selling point is convenience: their small case lives in a pocket, and you just open it and put them in. — 00:00:29
    • The AirPods come close to that magic ability, Ali says: their friction is so low that for two years he has used them practically every day during chores around the house, and so listened to many more podcasts and audiobooks. — 00:05:05
    • Ali thinks the AirPods are worth their 160 pounds: over the just under two years he has had them that is about £6.50 a month, which he would pay in a heartbeat for listening to anything at any time. — 00:06:33
    • Ali says anyone with an iPhone or another Apple device who listens to a lot of podcasts or audiobooks should definitely get the AirPods. — 00:06:33
  • 2019-03-26 · Recommended Tech for Students 🎧📱 — Ali calls the noise cancelling of his Bose QC35 headphones amazing; they are a bit expensive, but cheap pairs exist too. — 00:07:45
  • 2019-09-06 · Life Advice Q&A with my Brother — Ali: When listening to a podcast while driving, Ali taps his AirPods and has Siri record a voice note; for a really big point he stops the car and makes notes in Evernote or Notion, whichever app he is using that week. — 00:06:41
  • 2019-10-31 · AirPods Pro Unboxing! — Ali calls his original AirPods probably the third most valuable piece of tech he owns, after the camera that helped him start his YouTube channel and the Kindle that has let him read hundreds of books. (hedged) — 00:00:00
    • To his untrained, non-audiophile ears, Ali finds the AirPods Pro sound similar to the original AirPods but very slightly more tinny, which he puts down to the noise cancellation. — 00:03:22
    • Ali is not really sure there is much point in upgrading from the original AirPods to the AirPods Pro unless you really value noise cancellation or just love the new ones. (hedged) — 00:04:23
    • Ali ranks AirPods among his most valuable tech because they massively reduce the friction to listening to podcasts and audiobooks: he puts them in even to wash the dishes, so he listens to far more than he would with proper or wired headphones. — 00:04:44
    • Ali calls the original AirPods at £159 totally worth it, but for now thinks the AirPods Pro's extra £100 for noise cancellation and slightly reduced sound quality is probably not worth it unless you really value noise cancellation. (hedged) — 00:05:35
  • …and 14 statements more in 2019 — all statements of 2019

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2018

  • 2018-08-30 · Monthly Favourites #6 - Ali Abdaal — Ali, who prefers the AirPods he used for a year, lost them at a wedding in Manchester a few weeks earlier; his Powerbeats3 came free with a new MacBook Pro through the education discount. — 00:10:35
    • Wireless earphones range from cheap £20 pairs on Amazon to £150 AirPods; Ali thinks the Powerbeats3 cost about £120 but come free with the education discount. (hedged) — 00:11:53
    • For anyone with an iPhone and the budget, Ali's pick among wireless earphones is the AirPods, because their link with the iPhone is incredibly convenient. — 00:12:51
  • 2018-12-03 · What's in my Bag - Junior Doctor Everyday Carry — recommendation: Ali always has his Apple AirPods with him at work and ranks them high on his list of tech he would recommend for everyone. — 00:01:30

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