Samsung’s upcoming true wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Buds Plus, have leaked again, this time in a hands-on video from WinFuture’s Roland Quandt. You can now see the wireless earbuds from every angle, and even get an idea of how they work.
The buds are the follow-up to the Samsung Galaxy Buds, and are promising to bring with them a boost in battery life and a slightly tweaked design, although it looks as though noise cancelation won’t be a feature.
Quandt reports that the Galaxy Buds Plus’ battery life was still at 54 percent after playing loud music for three and a half hours, a little under a third of the way through the 11 hours of battery life that Samsung claims they offer. Their fit, meanwhile, is apparently good enough that “not having ANC doesn’t even really matter.” In terms of sound quality, Quandt says he found the bass level of the earbuds to be a little low, but that he could rectify this by selecting their bass boosted EQ mode from the companion app.
The video and follow-up tweets corroborate much of what we learned last week when Evan Blass leaked their specs. The earbuds each have two drivers (a woofer and a tweeter), and Samsung’s official specs say they offer a total of 22 hours when used with their charging case. Like their predecessors, they support Qi wireless charging and Bluetooth 5.
Quant’s video claims that the Galaxy Buds Plus will retail for $169 (or €169 in Europe), a slight increase over the $149 (€149) Samsung charged for the originals. The earbuds are heavily anticipated to be announced at Samsung’s Unpacked event alongside the Samsung Galaxy S20.
