{"id":12049,"date":"2024-07-27T17:35:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T17:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=12049"},"modified":"2024-07-27T17:35:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T17:35:47","slug":"samsung-galaxy-buds3-review-cybertruck-airpods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=12049","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Review: Cybertruck AirPods"},"content":{"rendered":"


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I used to<\/span> love Samsung\u2019s wireless earbuds<\/a>. They came in all types of magical shapes and sizes<\/a>, with designs that genuinely seemed to embrace the new frontier that totally portable listening devices offered. Why on earth the brand shifted course and began imitating Apple (badly) for its third generation of wireless buds, I honestly can\u2019t say.<\/p>\n

The new Galaxy Buds3 look (and mostly act) like a Cybertruck version of standard AirPods, rather than an updated version of the Buds2 that I gave a 9\/10, WIRED Recommends<\/a> badge a few years ago. They cost more than the AirPods, are even less comfortable, and sound worse.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s particularly baffling isn\u2019t that Samsung is bobbing for Apple\u2019s designs, it\u2019s that it had perfectly excellent earbuds to begin with. The Galaxy Buds3 sound worse than their predecessors, work worse than their predecessors, and cost more than their predecessors. They aren\u2019t very good at all, even when compared to AirPods (which also aren\u2019t very good<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Back in the Box<\/h2>\n

It gets embarrassing as soon as you start unboxing them: The case is a rip-off of the rounded rectangular thing you get with the AirPods Pro (8\/10, WIRED Recommends<\/a>), but with a clear plastic top that makes it look and feel cheaper. The case works fine, with wireless and USB-C charging so you can place them on a mat by your door so you don’t forget them when you head out.<\/p>\n

The buds themselves look as though AirPods took a flight to Austin, Texas, with nearly identical rounded plastic upper ear tips that transform into silver triangles as you go toward the tip of the elephant trunk. (They also come in white, where they look so much like Apple’s product that you probably would mistake them if you saw someone wearing them.) There is a bright red accent on the right earbud (and inside the case) to tell you which bud is which, which is admittedly a nice addition over Apple’s drab white nothingness, but otherwise these look like Cybertrucked AirPods in every sense of the word.<\/p>\n

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