Build Quality 10/10: Comparing these to my brother and moms AirPods, as in holding them side to side. They feel exactly the same, the only thing I think I feel differently is how the magnet of the hood closes. The AirPods to be feel like the same weight, the case on the reps actually feel heavier and almost more real/premium than the real AirPods. Both Pods feel EXACTLY the same I have to emphasize this, right and left pod 1:1 in weight. Using a food scale both the reps are 5.2 Grams (the right pod) and the real ones (right pod as well) are 5.3 grams. The colors look relatively the same, can’t tell the difference between real and fake. However as said before the way the case magnetic hood closes is different. The real ones close with a lot more weight, if that makes sense. The real ones sound much heavier when they close, a deeper thump, as opposed to the fake ones which sound more a little lighter. Again this isn’t something that would even come up as a conversation with someone, so it really doesn’t really matter. Unless the person or individual you are interacting with are extreme apple geeks, you should be fine. These are indistinguishable from the real things.
Shipping 10/10: I won’t lie, I was extremely antsy the first few days. But eventually I forgot about it and then I remembered about it, rinse and repeat until surprise! It arrived to my house in my mailbox. It took 12 Days from China to the USA, Florida. Yes I had pretty fast shipping, but nonetheless the same applies for anyone else getting AirPods. Be patient, it is so worth it for the price and quality of these.
Sound quality 10/10: I truly don’t care what anyone says. The sound on these are immaculate, basically the same as retail. Unless you have super human ears and are an audiophile. There are NO EARBUDS, for $50 that give this quality. It sounds incredibly crispy, clean and fluid. If you need to change the bass or anything you can always use an app. But that’s not needed. It sounds perfect. Compared them with the retails and they sounded the same. Couldn’t tell much of a difference. I think the retails are quieter, but that really doesn’t affect the quality to be honest.
ANC 9/10: Went to the grocery store, took the school bus both to and from school, and rolled down the windows driving down the highway, coming back from work also rolled down the windows on the highway. ANC is damn near perfect to retail, again I DO NOT CARE what anyone says. ANC is awesome on these and if you value ANC these are the pods to get, they aren’t perfect (I did say damn near, keyword near) I can definitely hear more through them then with retails. But it’s nothing insane, very good.
Transparency 8/10: comparable to retails, but definitely not the same, you can hear the difference. Not SUPER noticeable but, if someone wants to say your AirPods are fake, comparing ANC and transparency with retails would be a giveaway, if of course we are dealing with universe level audiophiles.
Packaging 10/10: The packaging felt just like apple, I’m going off how it feels not what was on the package itself because really I don’t care. The outside look roughly the same but I don’t have a box to compare. Point is the box felt premium, and the packaging inside felt premium. Very nice and felt as if I was unboxing a real apple product lmao.
Connectivity 10/10: I run IOS 16.6.1 on an IPhone 12 Pro Max. As far as I can see there are no connectivity issues. I have an old iPhone SE I use for jailbreaking that uses iOS 14.4.2. Connects perfectly fine, sounds fine everything so 99% of the time it should work fine. Can’t speak on any versions older than what my SE runs. Anyways you shouldn’t have connectivity issues if you aren’t running ancient iPhone versions.
Overall 10/10: I personally think this is a 10/10, if you can’t justify the price of $250, but want the feel, sound quality and ANC of AirPods and have a little patience. $60 for these is literally nothing.