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Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro review: The real deal
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The Galaxy Buds easily managed to last around 4.5 hours with ANC turned on and it’s pretty impressive.
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Samsung looks to strike a balance when it comes to its audio products. The company mostly aims to hit the sweet spot between features, pricing and performance. That’s the case with Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro as well. Priced at Rs 16,990, the earbuds middles the price bracket of being an expensive earbud or rather being a really affordable option.
What does this price bring to the table and how do Samsung’s latest ANC earbuds perform and stand to the claims made by the company?
Galaxy Buds Plus (review), using the Galaxy Buds Pro feels like homecoming. However, what’s even better is that the Galaxy Buds Pro, despite sharing design similarities with its predecessors, looks fresh and modern, thanks to an enhanced form with round aesthetics. The earbuds have grown in size but the growth is proportionate. Therefore, the earbuds neither look bulky nor out of shape. Instead, the new design language looks premium and modern. The Galaxy Buds Pro has a two-piece body with outer part donning a glossy profile, and the inner side of the earbuds a matte finish. Aesthetics aside, Samsung has also paid attention to functionality while designing the Galaxy Buds Pro. Being a pair of in-ear earbuds, the Galaxy Buds Pro offers a secure and snug fit. Importantly, it is comfortable to wear even for extended hours. This is important because Galaxy Buds Pro is a pair of one-of-its-kind earbuds that lets you go out doing everything as you normally would without taking off the earbuds (read more on this in the ‘Features and Performance’ section).
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Every brand in 2021 wants you to invest in its ecosystem. If you buy a OnePlus phone, the company recommends using a pair of OnePlus earbuds. Getting a Xiaomi smartphone? Using a Xiaomi TWS earphone is recommended by the brand for the best experience. Samsung is no different with its needs and it too wants you to invest in its latest Galaxy Buds Pro if you are considering a Galaxy S21, or any of its newest phones from the brand. On paper, it is the best pair of wireless earphones Samsung sells. Also Read - Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G: Here's the first look at it in Cloud Navy
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It has been happening for a while now, but in case you hadn’t noticed still, Samsung has quietly and efficiently gone about making a very strong case as serious wireless earbuds options. It started with the Galaxy Buds some time ago, and ever since then, we have seen step by step enhancements with the Galaxy Buds+, the uniquely shared Galaxy Buds Live with the present and temporary culmination of this journey at the Galaxy Buds Pro. Priced at Rs 15,990 at this time, the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro sit at the very top of Samsung’s current wireless earbuds lineup. For context, the Galaxy Buds Live are priced at Rs 11,990 while the Galaxy Buds+ cost Rs 8,990.
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It's all been leading up to this. As with Samsung's first few Android phones, its first couple attempts at building wireless earbuds were ambitious but rife with problems: the original IconX, from 2016, had terrible battery life. The successor, a year later, had finicky controls. The first pair of true wireless earbuds to sport the Galaxy brand, 2019's Galaxy Buds, experienced major connectivity problems that required months of updates to fix.
It wasn't until 2020 that Samsung's true wireless earbud line hit its stride with the austere, affordable, and ridiculously long-lasting Galaxy Buds+ in February followed up by the now-iconic (and still-weird) bean-shaped Galaxy Buds Live in August. The Buds+ laid solid sonic foundations while the Buds Live introduced a welcome redesign to the case and, more importantly, active noise cancelation.