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No I'm pretty sure they're talking about the buds themselves charging inside of the case. I have two pairs of buds 3 Pro and both of them have that issue but they are both the 2024 model
I personally use Samsung's Buds 3 Pro, and quite honestly, it has good noise suppression, and the other person hears you clearly, although it might be a little over budget.
What's bad with them? I'm pretty happy with my Buds Pro 2 and Buds Pro 3...
Can't comment on the airpods, but the Buds 3 Pro have a better mic than xm5. Sound quality is good too. For reference, I have a Pixel 8 Pro.
I haven't tried Sennheiser, so I won't comment on them. The Samsung Buds 3 Pro for 155 euros could be a good option; I would recommend them (knowing the issues they have) if you have a Samsung phone to get the most out of them. Another alternative I offer, which might be cheaper, is the Huawei FreeBuds 4 Pro. For me, it's the best in terms of versatility compared to the Samsung.
I would not recommend these, especially the momentum 4. The galaxy buds are pretty much locked to samsung phones and the momentum 4 has a horrible microphone(i have a pair and my calls sound horrible). On the note of bass, I can comment on neither, since I use my momentums with a balanced tune, they have less bloated sound.
Buds Pro 3 are elite
I sent the air pods back. I had the opposite experience. Could not control them with my Samsung. I love my Buds Pro 3. I have 4 pairs. I am a Farmer and use them for hearing protection.
Tractors, skid loaders, PTOs. I also wear my worktunes over my buds when on a tractor or skid loader. But in general I wear my buds daily to filter out the noise. They work very well. This is coming from someone who is obsessed with hearing protection because her mother went deaf from not using it while running a brush hog...
Yep the integration is superior. I have 4 pairs and as soon as I open the lid on any of them while I am watching TV they connect. But it also knows when not to connect! Like I wear my buds all the time. So when I get in my car they know I want to use the car speaker for the audio. It is literally INSANE to me that the integration is so seamless
Yep I can't live without that now. I wear my buds all the time because I can't be bothered to have to look at my phone when a message comes in.
For me the fact that the noise cancelling is elite and that they read my notifications to me make them priceless. I wear mine all day.
Because everyone else cant do it, Airpods Pro. 2 or 3. Only comfortable, properly sized case, proper buttons and well tuned form factor. AZ80's case is awful and tap buttons are insufferable for the tapping noise and inability to be comfortable laying down with them and they'll pause music randomly Galaxy Buds 3 pro have awful tuning and ANC is cheeks compared to airpods. I have both. If you're going to pay money to inconvenience yourself, At least get a moondrop space travel cause their anc beats these for me. Also make.sure to never attsch the airpods to an apple phone cause they'll update and degrade as planned
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