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AirPods 2019 review: King of truly wireless earphones crowned with small enhancements

id="cnetReview" section="rvwBody" data-component="indepthReview"> Apple seems to be doing this a lot lately: Taking an already excellent, hugely successful product like the iPhone ($1,000 at Best Buy) -- or in this the case, the AirPods ($159 at Amazon) -- and offering little in the way of external alterations but updating its internals, enhancing the device but not fundamentally changing it.

Such incremental upgrades tend to be a little boring. And on the surface anyway, the new AirPods aren't exciting. However, galaxy m20 antutu score s8 plus huawei mate 20 lite antutu score score thanks to those updated components on the inside, including a new H1 chip that supports Bluetooth 5.0, improved audio synchronization and always-on Siri, they're definitely better in small ways that a lot of people will appreciate. 

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Enlarge ImageThe 2nd-generation AirPods with the new wireless charging case.

Sarah Tew/CNET The base model remains at $159 (£159, huawei honor 20 pro antutu score AU$249). To get the long-awaited wireless charging case, which charges on any Qi-compatible charging mat, one plus 6 antutu score you'll have to pay an extra $40 or $199 total (£199, AU$319). Meanwhile owners of the original AirPods can buy the wireless charging case separately for the not-exactly-a-bargain price of $79 (£79, AU$129). Fun fact: The standalone wireless charging case does not include a USB/Lightning cable, but the full 2019 AirPods -- with regular and wireless case -- do.

See Wireless Charging Case at AmazonThe only way to tell the two cases apart is the addition of a tiny LED on the outside of the wireless one and the placement of the pairing button. Additionally, the metal hinge on the lid of the case is finished in a matte-silver (instead of chrome) and apparently reinforced, according to a teardown by iFixit, so it should be more durable.

That little LED lets you know that the case is charging. However, samsung galaxy s10 plus antutu score it turns off after the case has been in contact with a charging mat for a few seconds.

Read more: The best truly wireless headphones
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