AirPods Max LAUNCHING ON 15 DEC. HERE ARE SPECS AND PRICING

 

Apple introduces AirPods Max, the magic of AirPods in a stunning over-ear design

AirPods Max: Specifications

• Design

• AirPods Max feature a breathable knit mesh canopy, distributing weight to reduce on-head pressure. AirPods Max come in silver, space grey, sky blue, pink, and green.

Custom Acoustic Design

• From the canopy to the ear cushions, every part of AirPods Max is carefully crafted to provide exceptional acoustic performance for each user. The breathable knit mesh canopy, spanning the headband, is made to distribute weight and reduce on-head pressure. The stainless steel headband frame provides strength, flexibility, and comfort for a wide variety of head shapes and sizes. Telescoping headband arms smoothly extend and stay in place to maintain the desired fit.
• Each ear cup attaches to the headband through a revolutionary mechanism that balances and distributes ear cup pressure, and allows it to independently pivot and rotate to fit the unique contours of a user’s head. Each ear cushion uses acoustically engineered memory foam to create an effective seal — a critical factor in delivering immersive sound. The Digital Crown, inspired by Apple Watch, offers precise volume control and the ability to play or pause audio, skip tracks, answer or end phone calls, and activate Siri.

• Features

Talking about active noise cancelation, Apple says that each ear cup is equipped with three outward-facing microphones and one microphone on the inside. While the former are used to detect environmental noise, the latter monitors the sound reaching the listener’s ear. It combines all the data and adapts the ANC based on the user’s fit, movement, and noise.

 SOUND QUALITY
As per Apple, the earcups feature a “custom acoustic design” with each earcup housing an Apple-designed 40mm driver. It will “provides rich, deep bass, accurate mid-range, and crisp, clean high-frequency extension,” as per the blog post. AirPods Max is equipped with the company’s H1 chip – one in each ear cup. This 10-core audio chip is capable of 9 billion operations per second and provides a computational audio breakthrough for AirPods.

As for the feature set, the H1 chip enables a lot of known features on this pair of ANC headphones. AirPods Max supports Adaptive EQ, Transparency mode, spatial audio, and even audio sharing. If you have ever used AirPods, you would already know what these features are. If not, you can read about the aforesaid features in detail right here.

• Battery Life

As for the battery life, Apple promises up to 20 hours of playback on the AirPods Max. You can extract more from the headphones if you disable ANC and spatial audio. They charge over the company’s proprietary Lightning port and not USB Type-C, like the iPad Pro.

AirPods Max: India Price and Availability

AirPods Max headphones are priced at Rs. 59,900 in India and $549 in the US. It is now up for pre-order and will go on sale starting from 15th December. These headphones will be available in five color variants, including space grey, silver, sky blue, green, and pink.

The AirPods Max will go up against other popular noise-canceling headphones, such as the Sony WH-1000XM4 and Bose 700. So, will you drop Rs. 60,000 on the AirPods Max or is it over-priced? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.