The fit-and-finish is certainly unimpressive but it is a very comfortable pair of earphones to wear. The uninspiring finish continues to the rubberized neckband section and the cables leading to the earbuds. The key placements, however, are done cleverly and you don’t need two hands to do any task here. The ANC key is oddly placed to face your neck and is difficult to hunt at times. You can feel the compromised plastic from the texture of the buttons. The immediate giveaway is the cylindrical plastic element – it scratches easily and has cheap buttons along its length.
The Mi Neckband Bluetooth Earphones Pro is built to the price and it feels that way throughout its skin. When you are promised ANC-laced audio at RS 1,799, it is obvious to expect compromises in the build quality. How about Mi Buds Pro for a name? Build, Design There’s no need to input SEO-optimised keywords in your earphones’ name. Mi Neckband Bluetooth Earphones Pro – that’s unnecessarily long. Also Read - Redmi Tablet spotted on FCC with a 60Hz display and big batteryīefore that, here’s some unmissable feedback for Xiaomi – please hire a better product naming person.
To find out, I tasked myself living with the Mi Neckband Bluetooth Earphones Pro for two weeks, and here’s my take. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Surely, there must be caveats. Also Read - 5G smartphone shipments grew 163% in India, Samsung leads: Report It claims good battery life and is resistant to splashes of water. At Rs 1,799, I find it unbelievable to have active noise cancellation in your ears drowning the ambient world. This allows the company to sell it as one of the cheapest ANC-equipped wireless earphones of its kind. Unlike its rivals, Xiaomi did a neckband-style pair of wireless earphones. Also Read - Independence Day sale: Best deals on Redmi Smart Band Pro, Amazfit Zepp E and more It just came out with the Mi Neckband Bluetooth Earphones Pro. And when there’s a new trend, you can’t expect Xiaomi to sit it out. ANC is all the hype these days, especially in the affordable end of the wireless earphones segment. ANC? Yes, you need to have that in your new earphones to mix up with the crowd. In other respects, the Sony WI-C100 supports IPX4 water and sweat resistance and is available in four colors: black, white, blue, and taupe (dark gray-brown color).What’s cool in the world of earphones these days? True wireless earbuds? That’s so 2020.
In addition, the headset can also be paired with the wireless transmitter WLA-NS7 and Sony BRAVIA XRTM series TVs, allowing users to experience Dolby Atmos and other viewing experiences. Users can adjust the equalizer according to their preferences and set a personalized listening style. Users can also set sound effects through Sony’s Headphones Connect app.
This headset also supports Bluetooth 5.0 standard, SBC and AAC codec protocols, and 360 on-the-spot sound effects. Sony claims the engine can restore some of the lost high-frequency sounds thereby improving the sound quality. The new product uses a 9mm drive unit with the DSEE digital sound enhancement engine. The stem also has a three-button remote control design and a multi-function button to wake up the phone’s own voice assistant. The earbuds come with three different sizes of hybrid silicone ear tips. Speaking of the design, the Sony WI-C100 adopts a neckband design that fits the neck and is comfortable to wear. The product carries a starting price tag of 199 yuan (~$29). Interestingly, it comes with support for fast charging as a 10-minute charge will deliver up to 1 hour of music playback. The headset dubbed Sony WI-C100 wireless neckband headphone is capable of delivering up to 25 hours of battery life when it is fully charged. Sony has launched a new wireless Bluetooth headset that offers a long battery life.