AirPods 5 Brings ANC And Volume Swipe At 27,800 Yen
Apple has moved active noise cancellation from a premium option to a standard feature of the AirPods line, since the new entry model carries ANC at the price the non-noise-cancelling AirPods 4 settled at.
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Apple's AirPods 5 go on sale September 18 as the successor to the AirPods 4. The higher-end model with the wireless charging case costs 27,800 yen and adds volume control by swiping the earbud stem, wireless charging, and a case speaker for Find My. Apple kept the H2 chip and the open-type design, and reworked the internal acoustic structure and algorithms instead.
Apple sells two AirPods 5 models, and the sound quality and noise cancellation are the same in both. The difference sits in the case and the controls. The higher-end model charges wirelessly on an Apple Watch charger or the Qi standard, carries a speaker for the Find My chime, and runs up to 5 hours with ANC on against 4 hours for the standard model. It also brings back the volume swipe that the AirPods 4 lacked, a function carried over from the AirPods Pro 2. The earbuds themselves weigh 4.3g and keep the open-type housing of the AirPods 4.
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