WF-1000XM4

I had that same problem with WF-10000XM4

Surprisingly well worth the money but only if you buy something exceptional like the Sony brand, after owning a sony pair of earbuds everything else sounds like a cheap pair even the expensive ones...

The WF-1000XM4 or WF-1000XM5 they are the top end of the sony range but have heard good things about the mid range sonys as well.

Would agree that the AirPods Pro 2 are your best bet. I like the sound from the Bose QC Ultra Earbuds but every 1-2 months one bud loses sound and I have to pair them again. So I don't recommend them. I have Sony WF1000XM4 and like them a lot. But if you are going to get those wait for the release of the XM6 this Fall and then get the XM5 cheap. The other I really like are the True Momentum Buds by Sennheiser. But for iPhones the AirPod really works.

JBL Tour, Bose QC, Sony XM4 and XM5, Liberty NC4... They all sound better but like I said, AirPods Pro 2 truly shine with their seamless integration into the Apple Ecosystem, transparent mode, ANC and call quality. You can basically put them on and forget they're there

I actually liked the XM4s but I am not an audiophile and more importantly, the foam tips gave me an ear infection.

I have the Pixel Buds Pro 2, the original Pixel Buds Pro, AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Max, and Sony WF1000XM4s. The best phone call device I have though is the Ray Ban Metas. They are incredible.

I don't necessarily think that they do overcharge. AirPods are excellent. I've had a pair of AirPods Pro for six years, and AirPods Pro 2 for three. I also had Sony WF-1000XM4s and XM5s, which have better noise cancellation than those, but are significantly more expensive. Apparently the AirPods Pro 3 have even better noise cancellation than the Sonys. If you're someone with an iPhone, MacBook or iPad, the AirPods are even better. If you don't use any Apple products, I wouldn't even consider them.

The xm4 have a known battery issue. Unless they have fixed this which I haven’t seen (maybe I’m wrong).I was very disappointed after spending that much money on headphones for them to only last a little over a year before the battery drain issue.

I changed the batteries on the WFXM4 recently. Sony needs get their shit together.

I repaired them myself. Used a heat gun. Popped 'em open very carefully and slowly. Dug the old batteries out and swapped them with the new ones and glued em back together.

I got my XM4s that still are great

Just wanted to ask, what Sony buds have you used before? I was deciding between the OnePlus buds 4, and the Sony WF-1000XM4s, to replace my nothing ear(a) which had terrible features and most of all transparency and ANC. I eventually chose the XM4s, since they were about 70€ 2nd hand which was actually about the same price I got the ear(a)s for. Of course, the OP buds 4 should be a bit worse than the buds pro 3 but they should be somewhat comparable.