Realme Buds Air Review: Design, Features, and Price

A few days ago, the Asian manufacturer launched its first true wireless headphones to the market. Yes, a new rival for the AirPods that arrives on the market with an ace in the sleeve that can be vital to become a new bombshell of the Oppo subsidiary: a price-quality ratio very difficult to beat. Without more, we begin with this analysis of the Realme Buds Air.

At first glance, it is clear that the design of the Realme Buds Air is really similar to that of the AirPods. Available in three colors (white, black and yellow), we find a product with a well-known format. And that is not exactly bad. More than anything because the concept of Apple headphones has been the reason why they swept. And that Redmi has followed in his footsteps, allows us to enjoy this advantage at a much more restrained price.

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Realme Buds Air, a height design for very cheap headphones

We see details, such as that the lid has a magnetic closure to prevent it from opening by mistake. We even see the same system to remove them. And eye, that to the touch they offer a feeling very similar to that of the AirPods, which says a lot about the good work of the Asian firm. To this, we must add its light weight, only 4.16 grams, making them really comfortable to use. We cannot forget its box, which weighs less than 50 grams and has wireless charging, another point in its favor.

Funda de carga de los Auriculares Realme Buds Air

Another detail that we liked is the optical sensor that integrates these bluetooth headphones from Realme. Thanks to this tool, the Buds Air are able to detect when we put them on or take off to play or pause the music. The icing on the cake is put by your external microphone, with a noise cancellation system to allow calls without an external sound that will excessively undermine the experience. It is not the most powerful system on the market, but seeing its measured price, it is a detail to take into account.


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Realme Headphones Micro Buds 201 Black


Ok, Realme Buds Air are very pretty and functional, but how do they sound? To say that, to begin with, they have an R1 processor, which will be in charge of managing the music, in addition to a 12 mm driver (standard size for this type of device). The result? It offers a sound landscape much higher than expected.

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An amazing sound for such a low price

Given its low price, we did not expect a product with such remarkable sound quality. And, in this case the Realme Buds Air complies with a note, offering a really good sound quality, in addition to a very high volume. In general, we can say that the sound is very balanced, which has surprised us for good. Yes, there is a difference with headband headphones, but despite its low price it can compete from you to you with much more expensive solutions, such as the AirPods 2, without noticing a noticeable loss of quality.

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On the other hand, say that they have Bluetooth 5.0 to offer excellent connectivity , not to mention their gestures. Yes, by pressing you can activate different functions. If you press three times, you will pause or play the song, while pressing twice will activate the gaming mode. Your main incentive? Latency is eliminated, so you can get the most out of your favorite games.

Modo gaming de los Auriculares Realme Buds Air

Finishing this analysis of the Realme Buds Air let’s talk about their autonomy. To say that, we have been able to verify that they endure without problems 3 hours of autonomy, arriving at 15 or 17 hours with the charging case. An average figure in this type of headphones is more than enough. Is it worth buying these true wireless headphones? Without a doubt.