Beats Solo Buds: ‘Apple’s budget earbuds rock’ – The Guardian
Apple’s latest Beats-branded earbuds offer the sound and fit of its popular Studio Buds but in a smaller, much cheaper, and longer-lasting package alongside features that work even with wannabe iPhones.
Samuel Gibbs for The Guardian:
The Solo Buds follow in the footsteps of last year’s Buds+, offering full integration with Apple’s various devices and Google’s Android, making the best of both platforms.
But Beats has cut a few features here and there to reduce the price to £80 (€90/$80/A$130), which is half the cost of the brand’s other true wireless buds.
They do not pause the music when you take them out of your ears, as happens with AirPods, however.
Unlike most earbuds, the Solo Buds do not have a battery in their case from which they charge when not in use. Instead, each earbud contains a beefy battery that lasts for a good 18 hours of playback between charges.
The case still recharges the earbuds when connected to a USB-C cable, but without an onboard battery it is 40% smaller and 55% lighter – making it much more pocketable.
One of the big things that has been cut to reach a cheaper price is noise cancelling, so the Solo Buds rely entirely on the silicone earbud tip to block out the outside world.
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