Speaking of the word copycat, I think everyone is familiar with it. From food to use, there is no one that cannot be copied. There are even copycat products with better quality than genuine products, such as those from a certain field. shoe.
Due to the excellent imitation skills of domestic businesses, demand exceeds supply even abroad. According to an exclusive report by The Information, the number of fake wireless headphones seized in the first nine months of the 2021 government fiscal year in the United States reached 360,000 pairs. At the same time, the U.S. Customs stated According to reports, 80% of counterfeit products entering the United States come from Hong Kong or mainland China.
I seriously doubt the authenticity of this data! But if I really want to say which copycat headphones are better, I would only trust those produced by Huaqiangbei.
Magical Huaqiangbei
I don’t think I need to introduce much about how magical Huaqiangbei is. You can find everything about electronic products inside.
A few years ago, a foreigner recorded the entire process of assembling an iPhone from scratch in Huaqiangbei. This kind of DIY fun is not available abroad, and counterfeit goods are also a unique attribute of Huaqiangbei. derivatives.
Currently, Huaqiangbei’s most popular electronic product is, I think, Huaqiangbei’s top-of-the-line version “Airpods Pro”.
Apple’s Airpods Pro are certainly familiar to everyone. As the third generation of AirPods, it has added active noise reduction function. With its excellent noise reduction effect and comfortable wearing experience, it has become Apple’s most successful product in recent years. One of the items.
However, the price of 1,999 yuan is indeed very painful. In response to this demand, Huaqiangbei launched the top-end version of "Airpods Pro", claiming that you can experience 90% of the quality at only one-sixth of the price. If true, it would be crazy.
There is still a basis for restoring 90% of the quality. The top version of "Airpods Pro" supports dual-mic ANC active noise reduction and physical noise reduction. The noise reduction depth is close to the original 30 decibels. It has a transparency mode, which can Display serial number.
At the same time, wireless charging, pop-up animation, light-sensing in-ear detection, audio streaming and other functions are also available, and there is a deal for less than 300 yuan. Compared with the original price, it is really exciting. .
The reason for such an improvement is that the top version of "Airpods Pro" uses the latest Roda 1562a chip (the same model as Zimi PurPods Pro). I believe everyone loves and hates this chip.
Because of its powerful functions, the products equipped with it will definitely not be bad. However, because there are not many manufacturers that can get this chip, there are a large number of fakes on the Internet that are inferior to good ones. Unexpectedly Well, there are also copycats and copycats, a mixed bag of good and bad, and you accidentally buy a defective product. More than 100 yuan is just money, and it is really tiring to go through various tests.
Although it is not easy to buy authentic products of Luoda (Luoda) 1562a, it is indeed a good thing, and even Apple has recognized its technology.
The "copycat" technology that Apple praises
It would be too much to say it is a "copycat" brand, because it is a serious audio chip company, and its parent company is called MediaTek. , when it comes to MediaTek, you are no stranger to it. Although the MTK platform deceived me very badly back then, Airoda is indeed from a very formal company.
As for why it is associated with "copycats", this is very similar to the deeds of MediaTek. Due to its high integration advantages, mobile phone manufacturers can obtain the MTK solution with a little processing. It has been put on the shelves and shipped. This is also the reason why copycat mobile phones were rampant back then.
The same goes for counterfeit headphones now using Airoda chips. Their chips come from the factory with a full set of functions, which are more than enough to imitate Apple.
Although Airoda’s behavior is a bit on the sidelines, it does not mean that it is making copycat headphones. Airoda’s chips are recognized by the market, not only Redmi AirDots3 Pro, but also Apple, which has been copied Beats Studio Buds also use Airoda chips, as well as Sony, which is rich in black technology. In recent years, several flagship headphones have used Airda chips, which shows that Airda’s strength is really not overshadowed.
Counterfeit headphones will not disappear in the short term
As mentioned before, Airoda will not make counterfeit products, but it will not have any objections to counterfeit products, just like its parent company MediaTek. , they only focus on the production and research and development of their own products. As for how customers price and sell products, they have no involvement at all.
Meizu particularly feels the same way about this. The Meizu MX5 that launched the MediaTek X10 was priced at 1,799 yuan. Unexpectedly, a while later, the Redmi Note2, which is also equipped with the MediaTek X10, was directly priced at 799 yuan. Who is this? I can withstand it...
However, in the field of headphones, everyone is not so sensitive to chips. After all, headphones are not as complicated as mobile phones. You will know the sound quality as soon as you listen to it. Mobile phones also need It will take several months to find out the details.
Therefore, the top-end version of "Airpods Pro" will not have a great impact on Airpod's image. As for the copied Apple, it is as stable as the old X, and there is no panic at all.
For Apple, even if the top version of "Airpods Pro" is iterated again, the experience will not be better than the genuine version, and the people who will buy such knock-off headphones are basically not from Apple. Intended customers.
And if we really want to crack down on counterfeit products, the investment will definitely be huge. At present, Apple headphones are still competitive enough, so there is no need to do such a thankless task.
The pattern is bigger. After they have used counterfeit products, they have all kinds of dissatisfaction, but they have expectations for the genuine version: If it is the genuine version, wouldn’t the experience be more enjoyable? Why not bite the bullet and get one!
Therefore, Apple basically turns a blind eye to such counterfeit headphones, and counterfeit Apple headphones will exist for a long time.
Laohu also wrote an article yesterday about the overturning of noise-canceling headphones. If you have time, you can read it. CCTV confirmed that these headphones are seriously overturned!
If the function of noise-cancelling headphones is not up to standard, it is very likely to cause hearing damage. Nowadays, there are many good noise-cancelling headphones available within 500 yuan. The product quality of slightly well-known brands is guaranteed.
There is no need to choose copycat products for the sake of novelty. If your hearing is really damaged, you will suffer a big loss.