• Reviews around ambient noise (2.16 of 5)

    Samsung Gear IconX 2016 Cordfree Fitness Earbuds with Activity Tracker - Black - Discontinued by Manufacturer

    • They have a cool feature called "ambient noise" that allows you to hear ambient sound, albeit an amplified version of it
    • Another option is the ambient noise is crazy good.
    • Lastly, they block out ambient noise only when I want
    • Keep in mind that this function works very well.- Function “Ambient noise” is to allow outside sounds in for you to hear your environment
    • Another option is the ambient noise is crazy good.
    • Being able to hear the ambient noise with them in is super useful!
    • Really good at canceling ambient noise, like wearing ear plugs
    • Love them... just disappointed by the battery's life... only an hour to 1.5 hours of music via BT connection to my phone.... cool feature... ambient noise is great inside... bad in the wind...
    • I tried out the ambient noise setting
    • Surprisingly easy to set up as well as in their use; intuitive, consistent controls, with useful feedback; well laid out - much better (simpler) approach than any similar buds.2
    • this is very important, the tips that these headphones come with suck, they are horrible, so look into foam tips and trust me, you will be shocked as to how good these sound, because they
    • However, as mentioned above they are not meant to be headphone replacements for extended time as they died in 1 hour 45 minutes just streaming music
    • There are bluetooth headphones with longer battery life that sit on the back of your neck or have ear pieces connected by a cord - Ive tried and dislike both as they are uncomfortable and even short cords can still get in the way
    • I'd give it a B+, but because there's no wires, it's worth it IMO
    • And sometimes the touch pad doesn't work as well as I like
    • So, as much as I like them and appreciate the long list of well-conceived features, without iOS compatibility I'm left with a lot of expensive features that I can't access.
    • And sometimes the touch pad doesn't work as well as I like
    • A while back I had purchased the "Comply Premium Replacement Foam Earphone Earbud Tips - Isolation T-400" for some other earbuds that I own and decided to try these on the IconX. when I put them on the true sound came through and it was absolutely fantastic
    • The ambient sounds feature is cool, but very loud wind when moving at any speed over a leisurely walk makes it more "neat-o" than anything else
    • And sometimes the touch pad doesn't work as well as I like
    • So, as much as I like them and appreciate the long list of well-conceived features, without iOS compatibility I'm left with a lot of expensive features that I can't access.
    • And sometimes the touch pad doesn't work as well as I like
    • You can also get S health info and works as a stand alone product that you can download 1000 songs to it from your phone.