Get the 2nd Gen Apple AirPods Pro Earbuds for $108, Half the Cost of the AirPods Pro 3 for Black Friday

The AirPods Pro is the best-sounding “truly wireless” earbuds for iPhone users thanks to its passively isolating in-ear design combined with excellent active noise cancelation, low-distortion driver and amp, and the Apple H2 chip. It also has useful features like Adaptive Transparency Mode, which lets you better hear your surroundings without removing your earbuds, and Conversation Mode, which automatically enhances the voices of people you’re talking to. The second generation AirPods Pro replaces the Lightning port with a more universal USB Type-C port so you don’t have to mix and match cables, and also includes a MagSafe charging case as standard.

The AirPods Pro 3 is better, but is worth twice the cost?

Currently there’s a Black Friday deal that drops the price of the newer AirPods Pro 3 to $219.99. That’s a welcome discount for sure, but it’s still double the price of the 2nd gen AirPods Pro 2 deal here. The new AirPods Pro 3 are without a doubt an improvement over the 2nd gen AirPods pro, but it’s your call as to whether or not those improvements are worth double the price. Here’s a rundown of what’s improved this time around:

TL;DR: AirPods Pro 3 improvements

• Better audio quality
• Better noise cancelation
• Built-in heart rate sensing
• Longer battery life (8hrs vs 6hrs)
• More weatherproof (IP57 vs IP54)

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