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Tom’s Guide
Tom’s Guide
Technology
Jane McGuire

It’s official, EarPods are cool again — here’s what happened when I ditched my $250 AirPods for the $19 wired version

A photo of Harry Styles with EarPods.

It’s official, EarPods are cool again. Everyone from Harry Styles to Zendaya is ditching the Bluetooth for the retro, wired version. Never one to miss a trend, I swapped my $250 AirPods Pro 3 for the $19 EarPods for a week, and I was pretty surprised at the results.

As a caveat here, I’m no audio expert — as Tom’s Guide’s Senior Fitness Editor, I spend my days deliberating the pros and cons of the Garmin Fenix 8 over the Apple Watch Ultra 3 for my next marathon. I won’t be talking too much about bass levels and spatial audio, because, quite frankly, I don’t know what these things mean.

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