Design: Design should be considered from two points of view: case and headphones.1. Body: Slim body, good battery life and easily distinguishable from left to right. It's also conveniently pocket-sized and reliably charges wirelessly or via USB-C. I have nothing but gratitude for the fall.2. Headphones: Headphones are one of the best headphones I've ever used. They remain in good condition and are less likely than other makes/models to need adjustment during use OR to accidentally interpret the adjustment as a command. I'd also like to add that being able to use either of them individually or both together as the same Bluetooth device from my iPhone is a nice change from other Bluetooth headphones I've had in the past that only use either of the Headphones connect to the phone, both are separate devices in terms of my iPhone's bluetooth. However, one point of criticism will be the design of the noise canceling mode. Two things: the mode switch command takes about five seconds to press the controller. The user manual doesn't make this clear (it just says "long press"). It took me a lot of tests to find out for sure. This can easily be fixed by making a small change to the instructions. When the headphones are removed from the case and placed in the ear(s), they will automatically switch to noise canceling mode. Ideally, they should remember what mode they were in the previous time they were used. Another gripe is this: removing an earbud pauses music/podcasts. While I understand how some people might find this nice/useful, I'd rather pause with a normal command. When walking around New York City, I often take out my headphones if I'm walking past an argument on the street or otherwise want one ear to hear well but still hear what I'm hearing. It's okay and I'm sure I'll get used to it, but I was surprised. Quality: Quality also has several elements: 1. Sound/Speaker Quality: This is a very high quality for a bluetooth headphone. Especially in combination with the noise reduction mode. Aside from the much larger/heavier/wired headphones, I don't know if I've heard any higher quality. In short, they balance weight/size with quality in a way that I'm very impressed and satisfied with.2. Microphone quality: I can only say this verbally as I'm not speaking to myself (or at least not with headphones), but my friends I'm on the phone with have told me that the sound of my voice is as clear as my best Bluetooth headphones with microphone. The beauty is that these other headphones have poor sound/speaker quality, while my good sound/speaker quality headphones (Klipsch coincidentally) sound similar or as good as the S2, but have mics that pick up a lot of noise. ambient noise. As such, I prefer these S2s to any other headset I've used.3. Noise Canceling Quality: Very impressive. All three modes work as expected, good.4. Battery quality: Of course, I've only had them for a short time, so the best I can say is that even many hours of calling have not drained the earbuds' batteries by more than 50%, and that clearly has several full charges to reserve. Check back with me in 3-6 months if the batteries have deteriorated more than expected over time or something like that.
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