ONE PLUS BUDS REVIEW:-

OnePlus made an AirPod alternative,it looks just like every other AirPod alternative on the market and like,of course they did,they cost around $80.This stem design has proven to be hello functional.

                        

The mic is close to your mouth,the fit fits most people, and the amount of ambient sound that went through is just enough to still feel part of the world around you, but also be able to hear your music. Okay, so the question for the OnePlus Buds is not about fit and form, but instead it's did OnePlus make an AirPod alternative for half of the price that is as reliable and as functional as AirPods? Let's get into that.So the OnePlus Buds, they come in a pretty plasticky oval case, that is a bit wider than the case of the Google Pixel Buds and thicker than the AirPods case. On the bottom, there's a USB-C port, on the back, a pairing button, on the inside magnets hold the buds snuggling the case. They come in black, white and this kinda crazy teal color that I think is a little bit too much of a purple color but I have about Andrew who like is totally gonna take these. 

                           

On a full charge, the buds get you around seven hours of continuous music playback and the case holds 30hours of music playback, which is around four full charges. It takes around 80 minutes to charge the case from zero to a hundred and I have had zero issues with battery life while using these and I am a bud's power user, but I'm also a wireless charging super fan and there's no wireless charging in these. OnePlus claims that "These buds have a unique noise reduction algorithm and three microphones on each bud to improve clarity." That sounds like a hell of a claim and it also sounds like we need to do a mic test.                                     

                           

 First up we had these headphones from Letscom, they were $20 on Amazon,I bought these because they were the cheapest I could find that looked like AirPods and also have pretty decent reviews. 

                        And for $80, we have the OnePlus Buds. These have three microphones on each bud so it should really be picking up my voice and I mean, of course these long stems absolutely help.  

                             

And for $160, these are the AirPods and we say this everytime we do a mic test. This is the gold standard but usually it is pretty good. Run the water.We have the sink running, maybe when you're washing your hands, washing the dishes. Life cannot stop 'cause you gotta wash your hands we're gonna be like this for a long time folks. And here are the AirPods standing next to you.Wow, never so clearly have I been able to hear a price difference. These AirPods blow these other two pairs out of the water and yikes, these OnePlus Buds do not sound much better than this $20 pair.. Okay, I understand my quality is very important to me and maybe not as important to you, so let's talk about audio quality.

Buds, they sound pretty good like I sat on my couch for a very long time trying to differentiate these from the AirPod Pros, the first gens and I could not. There's a song by JAW called "Anything You Want", it has like this subtle shakerin the back of it's chorus and I was really trying to see who could differentiate that sound better and I couldn't find a difference. I mean, you're not gonna get a crazy amount of bass with this open-ear design, but there are 13.4millimeter drivers in here that can actually kick and compared to these like $20 ones I got off Amazon, I mean the audio quality on the OnePlus Buds is much better than the $20 version and very comparable to the $160 AirPod. Yeah, these $20 buds,they sound like $20 buds. The words I would use to describe their audio quality is tinny, very small. The OnePlus Buds are IPX for water and sweat resistant. These buds will be good in the rain and definitely protected from sweat. A big downfall to these buds though is that you cannot use one bud independently, and as soon as you take one out, your music will pause, and when you put it back in your music will resume. There's also no app for these buds and the tap control out of the box are limited. Double tap a bud to skip to the next song or hold down on a bud for three seconds to switch between synced devices and that's it. OnePlus claims that when these buds start shipping in late July, OnePlus phones will be pushed a software update, allowing them to choose their preferred action for double tapping, including pausing music,jumping to the previous track or activating the Google Assistant. But that's only for OnePlus devices and dudes, our$20 faves off of Amazon have more touch controls than the OnePlus do at this moment in time. On the $20 buds, tap once to pause, double tap to skip a track and triple tap to go back to the previous track, which I think are great controls and should just bestandard amongst all buds, but you know, to each their own.

TO CONCLUDE:-

So are the OnePlus Buds, half-priced AirPod alternatives that are reliable and functional? Yes, yes they are, and if you're a OnePlus user, you're gonna have full control over these. But for everybody else,there is a massive market of AirPod alternatives out there that range from $20 to $160 and beyond. And  there are other options that maybe have a little bit more functionality than these do. If you'll allow me to be in my feelings for just like two seconds more,from a company whose slogan is "Never settle", I was just like hoping, yeah, like really, really hoping, hoping for a little bit more innovation.

 

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