Page 2 - Physical Look - Hardware
Like all true wireless earphones, 1MORE provides a carrying case that doubles as a charger for the earbuds. A plastic drawstring bag is included to protect the charging case. The charging case is consistent with the overall color scheme of our gold 1MORE Stylish True Wireless, which has a simple matte light pink finish with 1MORE's logo on top. Both its shape and design are quite conservative looking like an egg, but I am not complaining. It measures in at 3.8 cm in height, 6.8 cm in width, 4.0 cm in depth, and weighs 52.8g with the earphones in, which is quite compact and can be conveniently carried in a bag or jacket pocket. In front, there is one red LED to indicate the current charge status. It turns on when it the charging case is plugged in and charging, and turns off when charging is complete. It will also flash red if the charging case's battery is too low.
Each piece of the Stylish True Wireless has a 55mAh built-in battery for up to 6.5 hour of battery life at 50% volume. They weigh 6.2g each and measures in at 27mm by 27mm by 23mm at its largest dimensions. They take approximately 85 minutes to charge using the charging case and a 15 minute charge adds an extra 3 hours of play time. The charging case supports up to three recharge cycles, or an additional 17.5 hours of music, for the earbuds with its 410mAh internal battery. The charging case itself also takes about 85 minutes to charge via its Micro-USB port. I would much prefer a USB Type-C port, given it is 2020. That aside, from my experience, these estimates seem to be underrated since I got 7.4 hours at 50% volume from my tests. This is significantly better than other true wireless earphones like the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless and Philips Upbeat True Wireless SHB2505. I never got anywhere close to running out of battery in my day-to-day use, whether it is my daily commute on public transit or continental flights within the US and Canada in the past month or so.
The 1MORE Stylish True Wireless earbuds are revealed once you flip open the top of the charging case. The earbuds have an interesting appearance in a good way, where the exposed portion comes in a metallic gold finish done by the non-conductive vacuum metallization process with 1MORE's logo on the outside and the O-hooks just behind. A small button can be found at the back of both earbuds, which I will discuss in just a moment. I am a fan of its stylish looks as its name suggests, and it works quite well in not calling too much attention to itself in day-to-day use while still being attractive looking. Adjacent to the 1MORE logo is also where a small indicator LED is located to indicate its charge or pairing status. It lights up red when it is charging and turns off when it is done. It will flash red and blue or glow blue depending on the pairing status as well.
The 1MORE Stylish True Wireless earphones connect to your audio source device via Bluetooth 5.0 using a Qualcomm chip and a laser direct structuring antenna. Protocols supported over Bluetooth 5.0 include aptX low latency, aptX, AAC, and SBC. SBC, or Subband Coding, is the default Bluetooth audio codec with reasonably good audio quality and low processing power requirements. aptX is a time domain ADPCM compression algorithm that promises "CD like quality" according to the people promoting it. aptX low latency ensures your video and audio are in-sync when connected over Bluetooth. In case you are asking, Apple devices does not support aptX, but many Android devices do. Fortunately, for Apple users, the Stylish True Wireless supports AAC as well, which communicates at about 250kbps from the source.
Each side of the 1MORE Stylish True Wireless will automatically turn on once you pull it out of the cavity in the case. As you can see in our photo above, since there are no wires, 1MORE uses a pair of pogo pins on each side to keep those electrons flowing when it is inside the charging case. You can use these earbuds in mono or stereo mode, and it will announce in your ears the battery and connection status plain English for each earbud.
The design of these earbuds is symmetrical and the buttons on both sides have similar functions in order to facilitate its mono mode support. Each button can be used to control the voice assistant, calls, and music. In stereo mode, the different sides can be used skip or repeat tracks or adjust the output volume. Both earbuds also feature a MEMS microphone with environmental noise cancellation using a digital signal processor to improve voice call quality, which we will see how they perform on the next page. Three soft rubberized O-hook sizes and four sleeve sizes are included to maximize comfort and fit. From my experience, I found the fit to be very good; when I am running or skating, they do not lose its seal easily. After about a month of use, they have never fallen out of my ears. I tried shaking them out and they simply will not go anywhere.
Taking off the sleeves reveal its 7mm dynamic driver with a titanium composite diaphragm. Its frequency response and output power were not given. Its 16 ohm impedance is standard fare though. 1MORE claims they balance powerful bass and exquisite detail, which I will discuss in my auditioning results in just a moment. The drivers aim directly into your ear for a more direct and transparent sound reproduction characteristic like many modern in-ear monitors. At the same time, it makes the earphones much easier to clean in the long run too. The circular-shaped acoustic tube via the sleeves assist the aim into the user's ear canals, and since these earphones are designed for a closed configuration, the 1MORE Stylish True Wireless are made for passive noise canceling.
With all this in mind, how will they perform? As always, we have the entire Page 3 dedicated to presenting our auditioning results.
Page Index
1. Introduction, Packaging, Specifications
2. Physical Look - Hardware
3. Subjective Audio Analysis
4. Conclusion
