Why pay over $200 for new AirPods 3 when you can get the 2nd generation model for literally half the price? Woot (owned by Amazon) is selling factory refurbished items ahead of Black Friday Apple AirPods Pro second generation headphones for just $107.99 after applying coupon code for 20% off.”HEADPHONES20“in the basket. Amazon Prime members receive free shipping, otherwise there is a $5 shipping fee. This is a second-generation model with USB Type-C charging and a MagSafe charging case. Although these are refurbished devices, they include 1 year Amazon warranty.
Apple AirPods Pro (2nd generation) for $108
Factory repair with 1 year Amazon warranty.
AirPods Pro are the best-sounding “truly wireless” headphones for iPhone users, thanks to a passively isolating earbud design combined with excellent active noise cancellation, a low-distortion speaker and amplifier, and the Apple H2 chip. It also has useful features like Adaptive Transparency Mode, which lets you hear your surroundings better without removing your headphones, and Conversation Mode, which automatically enhances the voices of the people you're talking to. The second-generation AirPods Pro replaces the Lightning port with a more versatile USB Type-C port, so you don't have to mix and match cables, and it also comes standard with a MagSafe charging case.
AirPods Pro 3 is better, but is it worth twice as much?
Currently, there is a Black Friday promotion, which reduces the price of new models. AirPods Pro 3 – $219.99.. It's certainly a welcome discount, but it's still double the price of the 2nd generation AirPods Pro 2. The new AirPods Pro 3 are without a doubt an improvement over the 2nd generation AirPods Pro, but it's up to you to decide whether those improvements are worth double the price. Here's a summary of what's improved this time:
TL;DR: AirPods Pro 3 improvements
- Best Sound Quality
- Best noise reduction
- Built-in heart rate sensor
- Longer battery life (8 hours vs. 6 hours)
- More weather resistant (IP57 vs. IP54)
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