Samsung and Apple have always been bitter rivals in the field of digital products, not only in the field of mobile phones, but also in the field of headphones. In 2017, Samsung incorporated the top audio manufacturer Harman Kardon (holding brands such as Harman Kardon, AKG, and JBL) into its command, and the strength of audio products was further improved. Samsung's Gear IconX 2018 is known as the strongest competitor to AirPods, and its level series headphones are also used as a weapon to compete with Beats for users.
 
The Samsung Gear IconX scored 71 points in the 2018 Consumer Reports in the United States, ranking third in its category. It is also the VGP 2018 SUMMER Gold Award headset, which was selected as the best Bluetooth headset by The Verge, Engadget and PhoneArena, and is also considered to be the best sound quality split headset in the Hong Kong Consumer Council's evaluation of 24 mainstream Bluetooth headphones.
 
The Gear IconX 2018 is the second generation of the Gear IconX, which improves the short battery life of its predecessor, eliminates the heart rate lookup, and can play music for 5 hours, which is excellent compared to similar products, and can play music from local storage for an additional 2 hours. Its local storage space is 4GB, and the supporting mobile phone APP can record data such as speed, exercise time, walking distance and calories burned, and after setting the sports mode, it can also provide real-time voice feedback to prompt and guide the exercise.
 
在连接稳定性和延迟方面，Gear IconX 2018稍逊于AirPods，但其加入了鲨鱼鳍设计，佩戴牢固且隔音效果出色，但长时间佩戴的舒适性一般。声音方面，Gear IconX 2018被香港消委会认为是音质最佳的分体式蓝牙earphone，三频均衡，细致有层次，相比Bose SoundSport Free、Jaybird Run、索尼WF-1000X和B&O E8等earphone都更好。Gear IconX 2018售价略高，为1499元。
 
The Level series is Samsung's high-end fashion headset series, and there are currently three Bluetooth earbuds: Level U, Level U Pro ANC, and Level Active. Their different names have different meanings, U stands for collar headphones, Level U uses a hard collar semi-in-ear setting, the sound isolation effect is not too strong, suitable for outdoor, 249 yuan. Level U Pro ANC's ANC stands for Active Noise Cancellation (Adaptive noise canceling), which is a hard collar in-ear structure, priced at 499 yuan. The 399 yuan Level Active is a sports earphone, which is worn in a back-hanging style, which is lighter and has water-repellent performance. In addition, Samsung also has a U Flex Bluetooth earbuds, using a soft collar structure, the biggest highlight is the addition of a dual moving coil unit, the sound quality is more guaranteed, the same is 399 yuan.
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