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For those of us that have strong memories of untangling speaker cables, Bluetooth speakers can seem like witchcraft. Plonk a pill-shaped box on your shelf, or hang it up in the kitchen, then zap your music to it with nothing more than a few swipes. No kno...
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Portable Bluetooth speakers are available in abundance right now. Whether ones made by companies you've heard of, or ones that you haven't, the price and ability of such speakers hugely varies. With Beats now owned by Apple adding a sense of extra kudos t...
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Best looking Pill design to date, reasonable battery life, loud output, pair two for stereo/amplified output...
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Sound limitations, limited bass, no NFC, some Bluetooth connectivity issues, pops/clicks/drop-outs, competition offer more for less money...
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The Beats Pill+ is the best looking pill-shaped portable from the now-Apple-owned company. But that's not enough to make it stand head and shoulders above its competition, particularly given the overall sound quality and a scatty Bluetooth connectio...
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Remember when Apple took over Beats Electronics in 2014 in one of the biggest tech deals of all time? Well, following the hurried closure of Beats Music – the beat goes on with Apple Music , of course – the tech giant has decided to be more gentle with Be...
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Big, clear sound, Can pair speakers, Good integration for Apple users, USB phone charging, Good weight...
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Price, Struggles at high volume, Rivals are more expressive and dynamic...
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It's a bitter pill to swallow for Apple, which has no doubt improved an average speaker line living off the brand's street cred - just not by enough.Features pass the test, but sound quality struggles to make any sort of impact in such a bloated market. A...
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Beats' takeover by Apple last year may have spelt the end of its music streaming service, but the famously bassy audio manufacturer is otherwise alive and thriving. You could even say it's Still D.R.E.So what's special about the Beats Pill+? Well, it's th...
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Multiroom aspirations, Decent battery life, Clean, compact design...
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Not waterproof, Lacks expression, App not UK-ready yet, Pricey for the performance...
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This will be a bitter pill to swallow for Apple, which has no doubt improved what's always been a very average speaker line living off its street cred.Being under Apple's wing can only do Beats more favours. But the Pill+ isn't cheap, and with truckloads...
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Beats' takeover by Apple last year may have spelt the end of its music streaming service, but the famously bassy audio manufacturer is otherwise alive and thriving. You could even say it's Still D.R.E.So what's special about the Beats Pill+? Well, it's th...
![Good](/static/images/reviews-good.png)
Multiroom aspirations, Decent battery life, Clean, compact design...
![Bad](/static/images/reviews-bad.png)
Not waterproof, Lacks expression, App not UK-ready yet, Pricey for the performance...
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This will be a bitter pill to swallow for Apple, which has no doubt improved what's always been a very average speaker line living off its street cred. Being under Apple's wing can only do Beats more favours. But the Pill+ isn't cheap, and with truckload...
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Beats is back - and, now with extra added Apple, is better than ever.It's been well over a year since the Cupertino giant dropped a fat wad (just $3 billion) on acquiring the bass-heavy audio brand. And hey presto: the Beats Pill+ Bluetooth speaker becom...
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Easily the best Beats-branded Bluetooth speaker yet - both in terms of design and sound quality - the Pill+ shows that Apple is taking the audio space seriously since its acquisition of Beats. The Pill+ is still a little ways behind some of the competitio...
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What is the Beats Pill+? The Beats Pill+ is a small wireless speaker. However, it's totally different to the Pill and Pill 2.0 that came before. Slightly larger and using bigger bass drivers, the Pill+ is the first small Beats speaker that really sounds b...
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Smart splashproof design, Goes pretty loud, Best-sounding small Pill yet...
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Harsh and coarse at higher volumes, Bass power drops a bit at low volumes, Fairly expensive, No apt-X or NFC...
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It's much better than the first two small-scale Pill speakers, but it's not quite good enough to get close to matching the best on sound...
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