There are also a couple of things to note about the Pill ’s rear connections. There are no seams in the rubbery buttons on the top to let the side down either. It’s splash-proof, so while the Pill isn’t outright rugged, you don’t need to actively look after it either. A neat little rubbery flap on the back plugs-up the Lightning charge port, 3.5mm aux input and the full-size USB. The one feature it does offer over most others is very convenient water resistance. And ultimately it’s simply a ‘nice’ looking and feeling thing rather than one that takes the category forward. It’s 750g and its rubberised outer parts make the Beats Pill+ feel like it’s made out of something a bit more substantial than basic plastic.īeing a Beats product, the Pill +was never going to be cheap. The design is minimal and smart, while still looking a bit more youthful than the Bose SoundLink Mini II, whose looks you – well – grow to appreciate. I’ll put my hands up to this one: I didn’t twig that the Ministry set is largely a copy of this one, because, while there has been some rumbling about the Pill+ in the US, it’s a newborn in the UK. The Beats Pill+ looks very similar to the Ministry of Sound Audio S Plus I reviewed recently. And that’s an issue when, at $229 (likely to equate to around £179 in the UK) in the US, it’s one of the most expensive choices in its class. But the Beats Pill+ isn’t quite as good as the best at this size in several areas. It’s nice not to have to tell people to run for the hills as soon as they see a Pill+. It’s a very significant, long overdue upgrade. Slightly larger and using bigger bass drivers, the Pill+ is the first small Beats speaker that really sounds bigger than it is. However, it’s totally different to the Pill and Pill 2.0 that came before. The Beats Pill+ is a small wireless speaker.
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