• iopq@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Bought them, can’t be used while charging, poor for calls, side of the strap broke easily so I have to tape it together

      Also while walking sometimes the connection drops, but that is probably on my phone having crappy Bluetooth

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        1 year ago

        I mean, their battery lasts so much…I’ve never needed to charge them while using them. At some point I might click power without noticing and it will say “battery low”…and then I know after using them this time I’d need to recharge them. But even then, it’s not in a hurry, I know I can continue using them comfortably for as long as needed, just this time I need to remember to charge them. Call quality has been improving, and this time they have ANC also for the mics, so your other party gets noise from the street cancelled…this was an issue with my XM2, talking on a noisy street is a no-go, but with these XM5, is now perfectly ok…at least to me in a bustling city full of people and traffic.

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          1 year ago

          Sometimes I forget to turn them off, they’ll just be paired to my phone until they go to 0 and die (XM3, btw) so yeah, I need to be able to use them while they have no battery. That is, unless they just disconnect by themselves nowadays

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            1 year ago

            So…bring with you the normal 3.5mm cable. That way even if they’re dead they can be used as a normal wired headphone. I still find that feature awesome.

      • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I use them for calls constantly, and I find it’s one of the few ways I can hear someone while outside. I had the previous gen 3 of them for almost four years now and have had zero issues with breaking. But the redesign of the strap could be an issue.

        Have never needed to recharge while wearing them, and I’ve used them on flights crossing a quarter of the planet at a time.

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          1 year ago

          I had the third version, maybe they have improved some things in the 4th, but I don’t know about the non-folding ones since the case is now much bigger

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            1 year ago

            Yeah, this is my only complain of this redesign. I had the XM2 coming to these, and the non-folding thing irks me the wrong way. Not like the case was small to begin with, but now it’s even bigger.

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      1 year ago

      I have a pair of Sony headphones over the ear with noise cancelling and I hate them. The wind is picked up and added to the sound when outside. Also any hoodie touching them will add extra noise. In the house they barely cover my AC unit hum, let alone voices. I got some AirPod Pro (in the ear) and they’re incredible compared. I worked for a whole day with them on and was surprised that the window AC was actually on 5 ft away from me. The sound transparency option is also great. Feels like I’m not wearing headphones at all and still hear music naturally as if it was playing in front of me.

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        1 year ago

        Return them under warranty, because your experience does not match how the product works. Flat out. I’ve had Sony since the gen 3 and I use them while mowing my lawn, snow blowing, snow boarding, business meetings, etc. They work flawlessly in all of those environments and significantly decrease the noise I hear from a riding mower.

        Also, watch out for condensation killing those air pods.

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        1 year ago

        Sounds like you have it in Ambient Sound mode. I have a pair of WH-1000XM3 and even though ANC is not perfect, it certainly doesn’t add wind or hoodie rubbing noises.