Beats Studio Buds + | True Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds, Enhanced Apple & Android Compatibility, Built-in Microphone, Sweat Resistant Bluetooth Headphones, Spatial Audio – Black/Gold

Read this Review (I’ll tell you why I settled on these after researching for months!)
You’re probably like me, dragging your feet for months, researching and researching for hours trying to compare brand names (Bose, or JBL? Sennheiser, or Apple?). I finally settled on these, and here’s why:1) I didn’t want airpods. You probably also don’t want airpods (if you’re even reading this review). Not because of the quality, but because “everyone has airpods” and they’re “airpod people” (sorry to all the airpod people, including my sister). I wanted to be different (hopefully no shame there?).2) My top priority was phone calls with my earbuds (make sure, even if you don’t end up with these earbuds, that you determine your priorities, -clearly-). These earbuds have some of the best “in ear” calling I’ve seen (next to airpods).3) I wanted something low profile (also why I didn’t want airpods with the “stem”). These are very sleek, and don’t look flashy in the ear. They’re also not very cumbersome, and fit very snuggly. Very light, but durable – great design, even better build quality.4) Not a huge selling factor for me personally, but if you want noise cancellation, this is your stop. I just used these this morning on the train coming into Boston, sitting next to the door leading out of the coach, and was astonished with how adaptive it was to specifically tuning out the rattling of the train. These earbuds will adapt to the environments around them!5) The battery life is fantastic. Keep in mind, if you’re in a loud area with the noise cancelling on, and it’s working harder, you’re going to blow through your battery faster – even that considered, I was still really impressed with the battery life!6) This is clearly designed to work seamlessly with Apple products. Pairing was a breeze, and the connectivity is strong. Beats and Apple had a beautiful handshake with this product, and it shows.7) Lastly, the sound quality. This is unmatched with anything I’ve used prior. Has very clear audio, and a great range of tone. The bass is powerful, while balancing defined treble tones.A couple things to consider:-These don’t have wireless charging (unlike my other gadgets). I need to plug them into USB-C to charge. Might not be a big deal for you, but this is a drawback on my radar.-Get a protective case! The existing charging case is well built, and sturdy – but if you’re like me, and you put your phone in a protective case, do the same for your earbuds. The case I got was drop proof, and didn’t add much to the size (it doesn’t take up much space in my pocket). It was $10 for peace of mind. Get an airtag too while you’re at it!Overall, would recommend!

Buy these over AirPods Pro
I owned a pair of AirPod pros for 4+ years but they have worn out. These were my replacements. The Beats Pro buds+ have the same functions as the AirPods Pro 2 and currently are 100 dollars less (Apple makes both). Here’s the pros and cons of the Beats Pro buds+Pros:Really good audio quality, better base and highs than compared to other ear budsBattery life is really goodThe look of the see through case is awesomeThey fit really well in the earOnly 100 dollars currentlySilicone tips have really good constructionConsThe lid of the case has some movement side to side and I don’t know how well it will hold up in the future.Intermittent issues with using noise cancellation. Sometimes it says that both buds are not in and will not work unless restarting phone.

I’ve been using these earbuds for about a month and overall I am satisfied. I bought them to replace earbuds of another extremely popular brand which I am probably not allowed to name in this review.The noise cancellation is definitely not bad – it works well on a busy street or in public transit and on the plane. And the ‘transparency mode’ allows you to hear your surroundings as well as if you didn’t have anything in your ears. The battery life has not been an issue even with prolonged use. The sound quality is very good, lots of base and volume, not tinny at all.The two cons for me are that they tend to get dirtier than that other brand which shall not be named, because they have little rubber inserts for the part that goes in your ear, so it’s not one uninterrupted smooth surface. The other con is that they are not ergonomically designed – it can be tricky to remove them from the case since there is not much to grab onto, and I have dropped them more than once because of this.

They work pretty well, easy to pair, but occasionally the signal seems to interrupt or get static, which is frustrating.

These are by far the worst headphones I have ever owned. They do look fantastic with the clear shells and they do most of the Airpods stuff with device switching and Hey Siri, they also sound really good. Noise cancellation and pass through both work great and battery life is great.But they are so cheaply built. The screen mesh over the driver is paper and just glued in, they fall out so easily people sell replacement packs on Amazon.Mine skip constantly even on files that are downloaded not streamed. They will just disconnect from my iPhone when I leave range of my wifi, not sure why they do that since my Beats Solo 3s, Anker P3s, and Airpods never did that.The case randomly blares out beeps, sometimes constantly and then will stop when it feels like it. Very annoying.