realme Buds Air 3 Review Philippines: Almost a Pro

Overview Verdict: the realme Buds Air 3 has virtually all the options of the Buds Air Professional launched earlier within the Philippines at a drastically lower cost. Whereas there have been some sacrifices within the high quality of the match, general it’s the most effective TWS cans we’ve heard from the model.

Professionals

• Tunable soundstage (with realme Hyperlink)
• Nice ANC and Transparency Modes

Cons

• Silicone ear ideas have a tendency to slide
• Nonetheless no aptX

realme updates its higher-end TWS choices with the Buds Air 3 within the Philippines. Primarily an in depth successor to 2020’s Buds Air Professional, the Buds Air 3 has virtually all the options of its Professional sibling whereas being extra inexpensive.

Design

The case of the Buds Air 3 retains the identical cobblestone-inspired design because the Buds Air Professional, although the form makes it really feel nearer to Apple’s AirPods Professional. The realme branding is positioned on the highest, behind a window that provides it a pearlescent end. The pairing button stays on the fitting aspect, and the USB-C port is on the backside. There’s no wi-fi charging with the Buds Air 3, however that’s forgivable since we desire ANC over that.

The form of the earbuds seems to be much like the Buds Air Professional, however realme opted to provide the Buds Air 3 a metallic silver end for the stems to provide it a extra upscale look. You additionally get silicone eartips with the Buds Air 3, although they aren’t as prime quality because the one included with the Buds Air Professional–extra on that later.

Consumer Interface and Match

Just like the Buds Air Professional, the Buds Air 3 might be paired utilizing Google Quick Pair or with the standard Bluetooth connection. The previous is a handy characteristic, because it permits you to pair the Buds Air 3 to any Android gadget–so long as it makes use of the identical Google account because the Buds Air 3.

For additional customization, the Buds Air 3 additionally works with the realme Hyperlink app, the place you’ll be able to tweak the contact controls and allow different options. New to the Buds Air 3 are the extra complete customization choices for ANC and customised audio tuning. The latter enables you to tweak the soundstage of the Buds Air 3 in line with your liking by a sequence of checks. It’s the most effective alternate options to adjusting the soundstage by equalizer presets, and it helps in getting essentially the most out of the Buds Air 3’s 10mm drivers.

The Buds Air 3 have virtually the identical match because the Buds Air Professional: they’re mild, snug, and ergonomic. My solely grievance, nevertheless, is the standard of the ear ideas used on the Buds Air 3. There are occasions that they have an inclination to slide whereas on my ears, disrupting the in any other case nice sound high quality they’ve to supply. You’re higher off utilizing a distinct set of ear tricks to tackle the slipping situation of those included within the field.

Audio High quality and Battery Life

As realme’s higher-end TWS choices, the Buds Air 3 has a soundstage that’s much like what I’ve skilled with the Buds Air Professional. Whereas the overwhelming quantity of bass did flip me off initially, it took a couple of hours of burning within the drivers and tweaking the soundstage through realme Hyperlink’s personalized audio tuning choice to deliver out the most effective within the Buds Air 3.

After the much-needed preliminary setup, the Buds Air 3 shares an identical soundstage because the Buds Air Professional, although the mids should not as detailed as realme’s dearer providing. That apart, the general sound high quality of the Buds Air 3 is sweet sufficient that I solely used the default balanced sound impact and didn’t must allow Quantity enhancer.

What makes the Buds Air 3 barely higher is general loudness: I don’t must push the amount past 70% to get pleasure from what music I’m listening to. Its ANC performance is barely higher than the Buds Air Professional in filtering undesirable noise, and the identical might be stated with its Transparency mode–not unhealthy of a deal regardless of being extra inexpensive general.

Just like the Buds Air Professional, the Buds Air 3 is proscribed to AAC audio codes. It’s extra forgivable for the Buds Air 3 to omit aptX due to its inexpensive pricing and the general efficiency of its ANC.

The Buds Air 3 did retain the quick charging of the Buds Air Professional: it solely takes round an hour to totally cost it from flat, and a fast 10-minute top-up is simply sufficient to final you round two KDrama episodes with ANC on.

Wrap up and Conclusions

The realme Buds Air 3 is a becoming inexpensive various to the model’s top-end Buds Air Professional. The Buds Air 3 has virtually all the options of the Buds Air Professional at a lower cost, and the difficulty relating to the ear ideas might be addressed by getting a greater set that doesn’t slip off.

realme Buds Air 3 Overview Worth Philippines

The realme Buds Air 3 is priced at Php 3,990 and is offered in Lazada.