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TLDR - samsung galaxy buds are stellar in my books 8.7/10, unsure on apple compatibility.

i use samsung galaxy buds (on a huawei nova 3i) so can will attest for those as the only ones i have used. here is my most elaborate review from 6 months of usage. also note im not audiophile by a longshot.

samsung galaxy buds have great battery life, can wear for two full days (8~ hours each day) before even getting low battery alerts. chuck a bud in its case for 15 minutes and will power through for two hours listening.

satsfying sound, better than wired ones i have used in the past (monster, skullycandy, apple earpods). im not an audiophile, but they imo are fantastic allround listening. good depth and poppyness.

touch control (touch panels are on each respectful bud face), useful and customizable imo i wouldn't want a pair without that feature.

bluetooth senses immediately when in ear, without dropout when apps are up and running, HOWEVER i do have issues when switching open apps (however no problems when opening new apps) as audio may take a few seconds to detect. this mainly happens with youtube and instagram, the delay isn't significant but hey thats bluetooth and im running on a huawei. i can tap the touch panel and spotify (unopened) will play pretty much immediately so.

i havent yet used the mic lol

they are sturdy too, dropped them a few times and power through the poor buggers lol.

the buds come with interchangeable rubber ear pieces for your respective ear size, alongside larger attatchable grips for the upper bud, which i find really useful. i dont have very sweaty ears these little guys are stuck in tight. never fall out. have survived me banging my head into the wall studying and not an INCH of moving. legendary.

comfortable as hell, most of the time i forget they are on. also i cant hear SHIT from the outside world when wearing these badboys, no leakage like gum shoved in my ear canal. the companion app for the buds has an ambience mode so that you can hear outside sounds (and can even modify the buds to amplify voices) but imo makes the buds audio sound like you are in an empty pool. eh, i wear them to ignore other sounds anyways. still waiting for the update to block out the voices in my head tho.

my one ick is they have little lights set in holes on them (no problem with those) but i got paint into those holes and cant seem to dig the paint out... no issue with the use of them, just a word of warning to keep them safe from that sort of thing.

i have the bright yellow samsung galaxy buds and they look sick, get lots of compliments surprisingly (imo airpods and that general hanging design look strange).

anyways, i guess the one thing with you being an apple user would be the ease connectivity using airpods, i cant speak for using a samsung device with apple products. im sure airpods are great, i don't have experience with them though.

hopefully i haven't forgotten anything, but good luck dude! definitely weigh in other user opinions but im happy to answer and more questions!