Tronsmart Apollo Bold Wireless Earbuds, Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Bluetooth Earphones, IP45 Waterproof, 30H Playtime, QCC5124 Chip, CVC 8.0 Call Noise Cancelation & 6 Microphones

Purchased new, just got them this evening...So quick backdrop: bought these to replace recalcitrant issues with two other TRW earbuds: Jabra's 75T Elites, and Cambridge Audio's Melomania 1's...PROS:As much as Cambridge Audio's engineers were no doubt beaming about their minimalist creation... the Tronsmart's fit in my ears w/ silicone tips (no need for quickly-deteriorating expanding foam tips to get proper seal) is 100% better than the Melos. Even moreso as you must buy CA's foam tips, as aftermarkets like Comply interfere with clearance in the case due to the Melos centered charging electrode. Oddly enough despite looking dbl the size they feel lighter inserted than the foam-earplug-like form factor of the CAs. Reviewer mentioned they could forget they were in easily, and that's obvious -- vs. the Melo's constant slow slide out, even with foam tips (Jabra's were by far, the worst fit). Inserting them (in and twist x2, vs. the Melo's compress foam / snake into left ear canal / compress foam / insert into right ear canal. No contest, the form factor's practicality is superior, if not as artsy-elegant. Elegance is worth nothing if I've hurled them against a wall after correcting their fit ten times in an hour :/They also sound as good if not better (tested with fave reference tunes 'Stepps' by Taylor McFerrin, as well as 'Vic Acid' by Squarepusher, off Amazon Music on my laptop as well as phone). Good thing, as you can't adjust it (Tronsmart app in Android store is not for Apollo Bold).The battery in the case charged in less than 1 hr, and I'm stoked about 10 hrs of earbud life (ANC OFF). IMO, 10 hrs should be the standard for all TRW earbuds if this implementation is any example.CONS:But the thing that really disappointed me about this purchase... is the touch controls. Non-intuitive, non-responsive, just like I feared they'd be (and one reason I chose the Jabra and Melos, their mechanical buttons). Review I watched called them one of the best implementations of touch controls on a sub-$100 TRW earbuds they'd seen; I have to disagree, they are cantankerous at best, and totally indifferent at worst.In second is the lack of an app... which for $100 I should at least get EQ/presets control.Too early for anything definitive, just initial impressions. More in a week :)--17 NOV 2020: these touch controls are already worrying me, taking a star off...First off, the R earbud is supposed to pause music with Tap x2; this works perhaps one attempt of five. This is a showstopper with my use case.Second, the L tap + hold 2 secs to go back a track, does not go back a track; it goes back to the beginning of the track you want to leave -- since it takes 2 secs to execute the backtrack request, you're always hearing the beginning of the tune you don't want to listen to, never actually going backwards in the tracklist. This needs to be addressed with customization of control inputs, which the Jabra has (actually the best of the three for control implementation). Again, if not a proper showstopper then close enough for the star removal.An add'l worry is the BT pairing: Apollo Bold is supposed to use two concurrent BT connections independent of each other to get sound from source, since others (both Jabra and CA) use a serial connection to one earbud to pipe sound to both, which theoretically can cause latency issues. I can only connect to one earbud, and about half the time, it only pipes sound to that earbud, as if I left the other in the case. But I never see both buds connect, even though both appeared in the pairing list on their own, after charging and connecting first time. This happens connecting to both Android and laptop's BT.Minor annoyance: with a round case & little to no haptic way to figure out how the lid opens, it gets more cumbersome to pocket and handle by far than the Jabra or Melos. The Melomania 1 case w/ silicone sleeve is my favorite of the three; Apollo dead last. Whoever designed the cradles the buds sit in was obviously not compensated well enough to follow through on the triumph of the buds themselves, and punted on the case. :/Positives: as alluded above, these are most definitely all-day wearing TRW buds -- the seal, comfort, ease of use, and fit are amazing, esp compared to the much lighter and compact Melos. I just wish there were a parity product in their lineup that had mechanical buttons; would leap on those as I can't imagine d**king with those touch controls on a hi-pressure phone call.The sound gets more impressive as I use them with more media -- *shockingly* good, esp @ $70 less than the Jabras. I suppose that cash went towards the app and the chips that interface with it... it certainly didn't go towards dev of the Elite 75T's design. The Melos have a bit more definition in mids and highs, but woefully fail to reproduce the bass hit in McFerrin's 'Stepps' I love so much, or the drum-&-bass-like throb in Jamie XX's 'Gosh' -- the Apollos produce wonderful thick bass response with only a barely-detectable deficit on mids and highs, esp at mid volume or lower. They're basically are same size and form factor as the 75T Elites... yet they're on opposite ends of the fitment spectrum, Jabra in the wall-hurling gutter.More as time passes. Hopefully the touch control issue doesn't require *another* return of a TRW earbud for me.--19 NOV 2020:Annoyances: touch controls, enough writ about those. But the ergos of the case, esp compared with the Melos, is night and day...Had a depressing incident yesterday where I plugged in the case w/ Apollos inside overnight, expecting 100% charge in the AM, fine. Turns out, due to the odd fit of the buds to its ill-fitting charging cradles... it canted the L earbud enough to open contact with the charging terminals -- thus I had a 100% R bud with a 10% L bud. So in the Melos went for the duration until the Apollos could catch up. Had I not already owned a spare set of earbuds, I'd be stuck waiting.Another issue is that if you don't have the case right-side-up on a flat surface whilst charging... the buds may fall out of contact while inside the case, as the magnets don't retain them nearly as well as both Jabra and Melos. So don't expect max charging in your pocket walking around -- searingly close to showstopper if I didn't routinely charge at bedtime, annoying. Hearing them rattle around whilst cradled is not confidence-inspiring.About that bud-to-case fit... on mine I find pressing down that little tab on the copper-colored ring perimeter whilst in their little sockets, can proof good contact -- simply dropped in (which the cradle design forces on your fingers)... the buds will suck in and seemingly click, but I've found several attempts where pressing on that tab and moving them around a bit yields another click, meaning proper contact. Explains the sometimes wonky charge times (never had to babysit this on Jabras or Melos) :/And how much does a texturised ring around the perimeter of the Apollo's main body cost? I've dropped them (luckily not on a hard surface) many times in just a few days of ownership, trying to extract from the damned case with no-option tippy-tips of fingertips as alluded above... only to spit them out like watermelon seeds. Both the Jabra and Melos have had zero drops.Again the Melos' case + factory silicone sleeve is pretty much the standard for haptic design (can get them out and in without ever looking at the case at all, by feel alone -- great for multitasking). The Apollos' case design + touch control ennui are definitely their downfall for my use case.Man, it seems no one makes a set of buds that fit every need I have... and I'm really not that particular but do stick to my standards for use case. At any price... which is kind of depressing. At least these have great fit, sound, and battery life... when I can get them in my ears / use the controls / babysit their charging contacts :/--22 NOV 2020: just happened to glance at the sidebar for this product... and saw how similar the Cleer Ally Plus is -- probably doesn't have the Qualcomm QCC5124 chip but it does have the same 30 hr total battery life, USB-C, identical form factor and drivers, same touch controls & ANC, plus a color option I like better, for the same price.It even has a superior case design to the Tronsmart, a simple rectangular one (with a window in the lid, for those who'd find that useful) that looks much easier to pocket. The cradle socket design is the same awful one however and probably uses a similar poor magnetic retention. Also, no paired app either.So fixing one flaw of the Apollo Bold is indeed possible -- if you already have the Cleer Ally Pluses: just swap out the Tronsmart case for the better-shaped-identical-battery Cleer one, and hope Tronsmart will fix the other flaws in the next iteration :P(EDIT 10 DEC 2020: finally got an answer to the question posted on the Cleer Ally Plus page: yes it does have the QCC5124 chip, and is virtually identical to the Apollos in every way, plus available in that other neat color. Tbh I'd get that if you want a non-infuriating case design and the exact same batt capacity with other specs identical)--23 NOV 2020:Just found as close to a showstopper as has happened in this week with the Apollo Bold: incorrect reported charge level.Found this AM taking the case off USB-C (w/ buds inside, of course), and connecting to my Android phone's BT... that reported charge was 30%. Odd, since I knew about the poor magnetic retention and little chance it would charge properly if not placed flat on a level surface, so took those precautions before five hours straight of charging. Nothing stated in the curt instructions in the box about this (tbf, nothing about rattly contacts or wonky touch controls either so nothing new there), so that really put me on the edge of returning them.However disconnecting them, replacing them into the cradles, closing the lid, then extracting & connecting again... charge then read -- wait for it -- 100%.That's just not okay. Nothing remotely like this on the Jabras or Cambridge Audios. If every time I wanted to know my earbuds true charge capacity, I'd need to take them out, connect them to BT, disconnect them, replace in cradle and shut lid, then re-extract and re-connect... my sheetrock wall would have aggravatingly-round-Tronsmart-case-shaped divots in them.Taking another star. Will debate whether to return them, as their fit is miles better than the Cambridges (not to mention that sound is still the best of all the TRW earbuds I've tried by a long shot). This is getting ridiculous, though. :/--26 NOV 2020: it's done it again -- saying after an overnight charge on a known good charger, cord, cradle contact and set on a level surface... both earbuds were enforcing 30% charged AND giving me a low battery warning. A few minutes in the case again and off BT, on the same charger & circumstances... now it's 100%. Returning, don't have time for this circuitry to need another disconnect/connect to decide if it's charged or not. Disappointing, really liked the sound but this charging nonsense is a dealbreaker.--04 DEC 2020 -- UPDATE FROM NEW UNIT RECEIVED 03 DEC 2020:So... some interesting differences noticed right away between the old and new Apollo Bolds...:: when inserted into the cradles w/ lid closed, the rattle has gone away almost completely. Could be a pogo pin mod, could be a slight tolerance issue resolved but it's not the lid bump (which is supposed to limit rattle) so prolly pogo pins (new ones stand a touch higher, prolly not even a mil but it works). Confirmed by a marked reduction in those low-charge incidents, in just two recharges (goes to 100% over two hrs in-cradle, after getting the 'battery low' warning in-ear). So there was an in-line change to the one I received first vs. this new one -- not a fluke as several of my non-brand-sourced tech I've returned here have behaved this way to some degree.:: the earbud cups are thinner, thin enough that the same sizes worn in the first pair, pull out and invert when taken out of my ears (making putting them in the cradles now a two-step process of un-borking the cups, then inserting, otherwise it doesn't fit). It's also changed the quality of the sound somewhat; bass is still famously amazing but boomier too; liked the original ones better.:: lesser and could be just manufacturing tolerances... but the magnets retaining the buds in-cradle seem stronger now (another rattle-mitigation issue?). Barely feel them pull at the bud until they're almost all the way seated in the first pair... these jump out of my fingers much like the properly-strong Jabras and Cambridge Audios.:: best of all... the touch controls (on this pair anyway) properly respond as designed to touch inputs. I was so happy to finally be able to receive calls with the Apollos since I listen to music off-phone and the Melos aren't nearly as pleasant (sound or fit) to spend the workday with. And the mike performance is also noticeably better on-call than the old pair.So in summary... I bought the original ones only a couple of months ago -- so why didn't I receive these new benefits with the old pair? Why did I have to wait for a return to get a properly representative one? Is the manufacturer or seller trying to get rid of the originals first and waiting on complaint and return to shell out the good ones?It's worth a think. Thankfully this isn't on *every* bit of tech I buy on Amazon but it is enough to feel cynical about it :| Just glad this issue is fixed in most part.--UPDATE 10 DEC 2020:Another weird thing I've noticed, now that the new and old Apollos are here together and I can add more comparisons...The old pair, even with the case empty a whole day on the charger then the buds 4+ hrs on the charger... just told me 'battery low', right out of the case. THAT is annoying and another instance of why I returned these units.The new pair hasn't done this but I'm noticing that if I put the buds in the case and the filled case on the charger... sometimes it'll show only partial charge once BT connected to my phone. If I leave the drained buds in the case (fully charged) and let it charge without the tether... then it always shows 100% on phone BT. Also annoying and the only one of the four TRW earbuds I own (Jabra Elite 75T, Cambridge Audio Melomania 1, Tronsmart Apollo Bold, and Lypertek Tevi) that require you charge up the earbuds with the case, before the case goes on the charger.Not as annoying as the no-matter-how-you-charge-it-it's-empty first pair, but still smh. That first pair is going into a box with a return label before I find even more flaws to talk about :/--UPDATE 16 DEC 2020:The new pair hasn't done the 'I'm not going to charge no matter what' issue of the first pair in a week -- whew.However the above-mentioned issue with buds not charging to 100% if the case is on the charger, IS still happening...Tried to figure out why by using three USB-C wall chargers, both with fast- and normal-charging rates: two Ankers 2017 (non-fast) and 2019 (fast) and one Aukey (fast). Nothing discernable between the chargers; all don't like to charge the buds while the case is on the charger.So I've resorted to this dance to make sure my buds charge to 100% overnight: leave a full case off the charger, and place the buds in them @ 9-10pm. By 4:30am my buds are charged to full. While doing my morning ritual, charge the case empty (~45 mins). When returning home from work with my buds on the last 15 percent, charge the case empty (~1hr) @ 9-10pm again. :/I thought TRW earbuds were supposed to make my life easier, not enforce more hoops to jump through...--UPDATE: 18 DEC 2020:Interesting thing noticed back-to-back re: sound -- playing a newly-purchased L Double & Younghead remaster of 'New Style' (in FLAC format) thru them... noticed the bass line with the original Apollos (that I was supposed to send back) sound *much* better than with the new ones in. I've read sometimes just playing them at peak volume for a while can 'break them in' but I don't think a few weeks makes that much difference tbh. New ones just sound coarser with this song, and nowhere near that thick, lovely, vast bass reproduction even near max volume as the originals, which live up to the 'as good as wired monitors' reputation echoed by a majority of reviews. The new ones, esp back-to-back... do not.So since the new one has no problem with the case pogo pins, will send back the new units with the old case, which obviously does have a manufacturing flaw, just so I don't have to return them both. :/--UPDATE: 25 JAN 2021:Bought a new pair of Apollos as a backup for the 'replacement' ones I had to send back. Again, back to back, same device same song... the original pair I bought has *much* better bass response than either of the new ones. Don't have a clue why but both later pairs sound similar: the booming, amazing bass sounded is noticeably clipped back, with mids filled in to compensate. If they did this on purpose as a 'fix' at the factory, it's a crime to anyone drawn in by claims of thicc bass, as the later units simply do not compare. Still nice make no mistake... but the backup is just for nighttime hours before bed, when the originals run out of battery. Despite that sound leagues above the reedy Cambridge and Lypertek, and comfortably over the gutter-leaping Jabra... so it's staying in circulation.Some may ask 'why did you buy a new pair, when you rated this 2 stars...?' Well now that I know my enemy :P I can work (mod, actually) around its physical flaws, like that stupid round case design. Still think it should go for what Cleer Ally Pluses used to go for ($69) due to all its low-R&D, rush-it-out flaws... but that sound (at least in my unit) is addictive enough to spend for another one, still the closest thing under $200. It's a shame Tronsmart decided to rob you all of pretty astounding bass with still very-long battery life (never been under 8 hrs w/ YT videos and music on/off all-day) for whatever silly cost reason, nor engineer each of their earbuds to make the exact same output in production, if it isn't on purpose. I stand by both 2 stars, and buying another. This sequoia of text should be fair enough warning, should you still want to play the lottery of getting one as good as these originals -- and it does sound amazing.--kinakomochi

Unfortunately I lost my Apollo Bold earbuds a few months after getting them, and recently "upgraded" to Galaxy Buds Pro. In this review I'll be comparing the two of them.Things I like better about the Apollo Bolds:Touch controls are more consistent. On the galaxy buds, trying to do a triple tap gesture resulted in several bad reads, but I'm getting more used to the specific area on them you need to touch for it to sense your finger. On the Apollo Bolds, it seems like anywhere on the outer black surface will consistently trigger the sensor. I can probably get used to where on the Galaxy Buds will register a touch, but the Apollo Bolds didn't need any getting used to.Better touch control options. The Apollo Bolds have more touch control gestures (5 total?), and every one of them can be assigned through the app. On the galaxy buds, there only 4 gestures, one of which (hold for 3 seconds) can be reassigned; the rest are fixed, which is disappointing.Probably not important to most, but they look a lot cooler too.Things I like better about the Galaxy Buds Pro:The case is nicer the battery indicators lights give more precision when telling you your battery life, which is important since they don't have the impressive battery life of the Apollo Bolds.Galaxy buds are more comfortable, though this is subjective. After about an hour, the Apollo Bolds would start bothering my ears, while the Galaxy buds don't get uncomfortable until after a few hours. Galaxy buds also seem to do a better job of staying in my ears snugly, though it was never a big issue on the Apollo Bolds.The app for the Galaxy buds is better, and aside from reassigning touch gestures, you have more options to tinker with, like multiple levels for ambient mode and ANC. For some reason you need to reconnect the Apollo Bolds every time you want to do something with them in the app, which isn't the case on the Galaxy Buds.===============================================The Sound:If you've been reading other reviews about these, you've probably seen that the sound is very bass-heavy. The sound on both pairs of earbuds is very nice, though I'm no audiophile. Here's my take: the bass on the Apollo Bolds is very nice. It stands out while not remotely overpowering the rest of the instruments. The app supports a few EQ settings but I just left it at default most of the time. On the Galaxy buds, there are times where I feel like I need some extra bass, which is purely personal preference, but sometimes the Bass Boost EQ preset would result in a loss of clarity on other areas, though I wish I could compare them side by side.The ANC/Ambient modes:I haven't had a proper opportunity to test the ANC on the Galaxy Buds, but the ANC on the Apollo Bolds was surprisingly good for the price. The ambient sound mode is nice to have, but don't expect to be able to hold a conversation while listening to music above very low volume.All in all, I can't easily say which one I prefer, but my experience with the Apollo Bolds leaves some things to be desired in the Galaxy Buds.

A entrega foi rápida, pesquisei bastante um fone bom e esse estava como o melhor da atualidade, sem dúvidas o melhor fone que tive, várias funções, com Controle de volume do próprio fone independente do celular, só a bateria que não achei que dura tanto quanto outros anteriores, mas como não uso no volume máximo da em média 6 a 7h. A combinação de toque das funções é um pouco confuso e por ter muitas combinações você no início vai esquecer algumas, como atender e recusar chamadas, mas é um baita fone, pelo preço também é de se esperar a qualidade.

Me desepciono mucho este producto tiene buen sonido pero tiene demaciados problemas para vincularse con el celular, probe con 3 celulares distintos y es lo mismo, actualice los audifonos y sigue el problema.

Comprei em março e a bateria do lado esquerdo, não carrega mais total, fica em 10% da carga e em 15 minutos acaba. O fone do lado direito chega a 100% de carga e dura em torno de 5 horas. Não recomendo esse produto.

Usabilidade boa, qualidade do som muito boa mas, para encontrar um retorno sobre atualização do firmware correta no seu site é um pouco complicado, sem atualização, fica falhando a reprodução da música, não se pode ir longe.

Definitivamente no vale el precio, los bajos suenan mal la app en android no funciona. Hasta la fecha de mi comentario.