The a-Jays One+ Earphones surpass what you’d expect from a pair of Android in-ear headphones. Sound quality, design and software are all areas in which these Samsung Galaxy S3 headphones excel, with the Swedish design house proving its chops yet again. While the headphones that come with the S III aren’t terrible, the One+ provides a dramatic upgrade in almost every area.
Sound quality is the most obvious one – the One+ is powered by 8.6mm drivers that blow the Samsung headsets out of the water.
With a choice of five pairs of silicone ear buds, you’ll be able to get the perfect fit too – no more headphones that fall out at the slightest provocation or are impossible to cram in.
With the excellent noise isolation that a good fit provides and the powerful speakers, you’ll be able to enjoy your music in a warm and rich soundscape.
The physical design of the One+ is another distinguishing feature. The headphones use a flat TPE-coated cable that’s more comfortable to use when lying in bed and is less likely to be tangled in your pocket. They look quite nice as well, allowing the name to be printed on the cable rather than on the earbuds themselves, which are plain black. The cable ends in a right-angle jack which is more durable than the more common straight jack.
I was surprised to learn that the One+ came with an Android app, but it actually makes a lot of sense. With only one button on the in-line remote, multiple taps mean different things – one tap to play, two to skip forward, three to skip back, click and hold to raise the volume.
The app allows you to set all of these mappings just as you like, so you can choose whatever makes the most sense to you. There’s also the option to set the delay between taps or turn on audio feedback for phone actions, so your headset will give audio feedback as you change volumes, launch apps or perform phone actions. It’s clever stuff, and the real beauty of it that you just set it up once and then it’ll run in the background.
The One+ sits above both the default SGS3 headphones and Apple’s latest iPhone headphones – with better sound quality, a sleeker design and more powerful software, there’s no reason to settle for a half-rate experience when these headphones are available at such a low price.
The One+ are available in black right now, and will be available in white early next month. For more information, check out the product pages below and feel free to share your questions via the comments system.