Some things were said a lot so I will focus on three obvious things that bothered me :
-the touch control are, like on every other touch controled earbuds, hit or miss. You always have to do an action 2 or 3 times to do exactly what you wanted and you have to be really precise… If you ever touched the haptic press on the airpods pro, you’ll know what’s best to control your earbuds : you can’t press by accident your earbuds - you can’t make two press instead of one, each press is distinctive and constent. Maybe you don’t have volume control, but like always, its about quality and not quantity.
-While I have no doubt it is beautiful, the design of the case is not so clever : why would there be so much air in it ? I love the transparency and the feeling of lightness, but man the case is bigger than a lot of competitors, and it truly could be a lot smaller ! The upper part is empty and the hole for the thumb is not that much of a fidget toy. My advice : either fit another battery in this blank space so that the size of the case is actually justified or get rid of it. Compared to my airpods pro, the case is big, it is squared and cant be opened with one hand, and these are the little thing that counts when you compare directly two products. Remember : the earbuds are seen, but the case is buried 90% of the time in my pocked or in my bag, so Function over form is required for the case in my opinion.
The deal braker for me between airpods pro’s and ear 1 : the transparency mode. I think you guys undermined this use case and put noise canceling as the main thing, but it really is not for a lot of people. There is more time in a day where you need to hear what’s going on outside than there is where you need it to be blocked. The transparency mode does not feel natural enough so that I can keep my earbuds in my ear without listening anything, or while talking to someone, or to hear trafic while cycling… and It just is as much if not more important than a good noise cancelation for me.
Of course, the ear 1s have qualities everyone know of so I only talk about downsides here,
I hope I was constructive enough and that it may help you,
great day to everyone that reads this !
