Earin combats Apple's AirPods with new M-2 truly wireless earbuds

Not long after the release of the M-1 — Â and Apple's own AirPods — Earin has unveiled its new M-2 completely wireless Bluetooth earbuds, adding a touch interface to the tip of the earpiece.

As with Apple AirPods, the M-2 earbuds can be used for listening to music and taking phone calls. The touch control on the earbud itself has rudimentary media controls, allowing users to play, pause, and skip tracks.

A magnetic docking capsule stores and charges the earbuds. One charge from the capsule gives three hours of battery life per charge, and provides three charges before depletion. Charge time for the capsule is approximately 75 minutes.

As with the M-1, the M-2 comes with three pairs of various sized ear tips and ear stabilizers to ensure a tight fit

The wireless technology connecting the earbuds is proprietary to Earin, and utilizes "dual antenna and Near Field Magnetic Induction (NFMI) powered by NXP Semiconductors," according to the company.

The speakers in the M-2 have a frequency range of 20 to 20,000 Hz, with a speaker sensitivity of 105 dB SPL. Speaker impedance is 25 Ohm.

The Earin M-2 True Wireless Earbuds will release late in the first quarter. Pricing has not yet been announced, but the Earin M-1 Earbuds retail for $199.99.

AppleInsider briefly examined the Earin M-1, and found that the predecessor does a decent job of drowning out most ambient noise at mid-range, with sound customizable through the Earin iOS app. The app also serves as a battery life monitor.

17 Comments

lkrupp 10521 comments · 19 Years

About 7 years ago

If the W1 chip does what they say it does then I would prefer connection stability over all.

MplsP 4021 comments · 8 Years

lkrupp said:

If the W1 chip does what they say it does then I would prefer connection stability over all.

Ditto. That's my big complaint about Bluetooth. It *usually* works, but for something like headphones, I want something that ALWAYS works, especially if they're going to charge $180-200

robertwalter 276 comments · 9 Years

The audio stability of my AirPods was great. In general they are awesome gadgets. Problem was they continuously fell out.

Apple is opening a market space for competitors with people like me.

I recommend everybody with interest order and try the AirPods. If they don't retain well send them back for free to apple with a note in the box as I did.

peteo 402 comments · 15 Years

MplsP said:

lkrupp said:

If the W1 chip does what they say it does then I would prefer connection stability over all.

Ditto. That's my big complaint about Bluetooth. It *usually* works, but for something like headphones, I want something that ALWAYS works, especially if they're going to charge $180-200

I have Airpods, while I like them they are not immune to drop out and connection issues. I commute to work (public transportation) for around 1hr and 1/2 (3 hours total a day) also work out at the the gym. Airpods stay in my ear no problem. So far on average I'm get 1-2 connection drops (where I have to go into Bluetooth settings click airpods) and about 1-2 audio pauses (where I have to hit play, or double tap airpod to resume) every morning and evening. Connection seems to totally drop when my iPhone connects to wifi. No sure what is causing the pauses. When they work they are really good. But these dropped connections and pauses are annoying, Im not sure if I should be going to get them checked out at the apple store or if this is just the way it is.

Metriacanthosaurus 880 comments · 8 Years

peteo said:

MplsP said:

lkrupp said:

If the W1 chip does what they say it does then I would prefer connection stability over all.

Ditto. That's my big complaint about Bluetooth. It *usually* works, but for something like headphones, I want something that ALWAYS works, especially if they're going to charge $180-200

I have Airpods, while I like them they are not immune to drop out and connection issues. I commute to work (public transportation) for around 1hr and 1/2 (3 hours total a day) also work out at the the gym. Airpods stay in my ear no problem. So far on average I'm get 1-2 connection drops (where I have to go into Bluetooth settings click airpods) and about 1-2 audio pauses (where I have to hit play, or double tap airpod to resume) every morning and evening. Connection seems to totally drop when my iPhone connects to wifi. No sure what is causing the pauses. When they work they are really good. But these dropped connections and pauses are annoying, Im not sure if I should be going to get them checked out at the apple store or if this is just the way it is.

Thats not even remotely close to the "way it is".

I've been using them every day for a 10 days, constantly switching back and forth between iPhone 7, iPad Pro, and an iMac...something I never even bothered to do with other BT headsets since it was so laborious. No issues of the kind you describe at all.