Elizabeth K.
5 de mayo de 2026
Apple Ecosystem User Review
I am writing this review as someone who uses the Apple ecosystem, and I will start with the biggest drawback in that regard and then move to all the good things. I did have the swimming SHOKS that do not have bluetooth before for the pool and they are good at what they are designed for.Drawback on Apple devices:Compared to the Beats Fit Pro (and other Beats/Apple headphones that use Apple's H1 chips), these headphones suck at transferring between devices. When you use the apple ecosystem and you use headphones with Apple chips, the headphones automatically and seamlessly transfer between devices with little to no effort. Listening to music on your computer and answer a call on your iphone? Apple-chip headphones will pause your music and switch to your phone with no action on your part. The SHOKZ headphones don't even come close. you have to manually connect in the bluetooth menu and in some instances you have to disconnect from one device before you connect to another. I find this a bit annoying coming from headphones that are totally vertically integrated into Apple. However, I knew going in that would be the reality, and that is about the only thing I don't love. I think the beats do have better bass if you are really into that.Positive Things:* they are very comfortable. With the beats fit pro, wearing them all day the wingtips do put pressure on your ear to stay put and I do notice it and eventually want to take them out to give my ear a rest. These I can wear literally all day and not have any of that sensation.* since they don't cancel or block noise, I can actually hear myself when talking with people so I don't end up inadvertently talking really loud like I tend to when I have noise cancelling headphones in and I much prefer this around the office.* They have more on-device control than the beats fit pro. on the beats you have to pick between controlling pause/play and next or controlling volume. I am still getting used to the gestures, they are not as snappy reactive as the beats, and I actually did have to look at the manual, but these allow you to control all of them without picking one or the other which I like.* they seem mildly magnetic? like if I take them out and put them in my pocket they stick together. The beats don't do this and I really like it. makes keeping track of them in a pocket much easier.* I wear blue-light glasses at work and they do not interfere with them* I feel I could wear these horseback riding on low volume and be safe because you have enough awareness to hear your surroundings.* I like that they don't have earbud tips that can come off.* The whole profile of the case, etc. is smaller than that of the beats fit pro which I like and I feel like the case is more durable and less likely to come open accidentally.* I have used them on runs and they stay put.* Even considering "transparency" mode on the beats, my spatial awareness in these is much better and I think these will be much better for biking commutes.* I have not had any issues with people understanding me on calls both in office or walking outside on the street on my phone. I have not had issues with battery life so far.* I don't make a habit of sleeping with headphones but they don't jam into your ear if you wanted to listen to an audiobook and put your head on your pillow on the side the way in-ear buds to.* I like that running errands I don't have to take them out or mess with them to change modes to hear people and not be rude.* Running in them: They stayed put pretty well and didn't have any issues with them coming off. I think I might still prefer the beats fit pro especially for workouts just volume-wise and I am not as worried about hearing every street noise, but it's kind of a toss-up.I am keeping these and will use them alongside my beats fit pro. I am so far pretty impressed on the whole.Ver másVer menos
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