SpacePods Review: Paying More for the Same Old Earphones?

I bought the Oraimo SpacePods at the beginning of this year after mysteriously losing my previous earphones, the Oraimo Freepods 4. I was excited about the new one, the SpacePods, so I was eager to share a review of it sometime afterwards. I never did, however, and here's why.

You see, the first thing I noticed about the SpacePods was that the packaging wasn't spectacular. I mean, I could care less about the packaging, but for a pair of earphones that cost way more than the one I was using before, it would have been cooler to have something a bit nicer.

The reason I chose to upgrade my earphones and not simply replace them with the same kind was that I was hoping to not continually experience my issues with calls.

The biggest flaw in the FreePods 4 is the call audio. People always complained about never hearing me clearly when I used the earphones. It was a disappointment because they cost a good amount of money. So every time I needed to make calls, I always had to switch to a phone microphone for a good call experience.

So what I hoped was to have this issue eliminated on the SpacePods, since it was supposedly better than the previous model, the Freepods 4, and even costlier. That, however, wasn't the case.

The Oraimo SpacePods earphones have the same problems that the Freepods 4 have. As a matter of fact, I cannot help but feel free, like the SpacePods are just rebranded Freepods 4, which only cost more.

They both have the same build design but in different colors. They have the same type of case, only that the SpacePods have an interesting rough texture that makes them feel a little different. I do prefer the brown colour, though. I eventually figured out that I don't quite like the white and black contrast of Freepods 4.

There's a mobile app for both earphones. And, unsurprisingly, they have the same app functionalities. There really is absolutely no difference between the phones other than their color. It makes me feel like I didn't get my money's worth, and so I didn't deem it necessary to make a review. They're pretty much the same kind of earphones.

And now, the same Oraimo SpacePods cost even more than when I bought them earlier this year. Why that is so, I have no idea. It's not even that great in quality. It just has the face of a popular Nigerian artist.

I still use the SpacePods every day anyway. It's my daily driver, and the listening experience is great for me. I only wish that the call audio was way better.

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