realme Buds Air 5 Pro Truly Wireless in-Ear Earbuds with 50dB ANC, realBoost Dual Coaxial Drivers, 360° Spatial Audio Effect, LDAC HD Audio, Upto 40Hrs Battery with Fast…

Sound quality, ANC is good. Even we have option to set the ANC levels. Touch controls are also good but could be better. My previous buds were samsung galaxy buds 2, the touch controls were seamless. Here in this buds we don’t have option for single touch, you have to touch twice to pause play.

I had used Enco Air 3 pro before returning them because of bad battery life, quick charge failure and accidental touches. So I’ll do a direct comparison for those who are confused between the two options.

1. Battery life – It’s much better, gives around 4.5 hrs on LDAC + ANC. Quick charge works well. And case life has been quite sufficient but I haven’t been able to test it out completely. Oppo barely gave me 3 hours out of case (LDAC+ANC) and quick charge was pathetic. The case charge was also not very good on OPPO.

2. ANC – It’s slightly better but the difference is noticeable. I’m quite satisfied with it. Oppo’s ANC was quite average and did not block out a lot of noises which realme is easily able to.

3. Transparency mode – It’s well done, with an enhance voice feature and again, slightly better than oppo.

4. Sound quality – It’s good at the orginal EQ mode but I didn’t like the bass modes very much. The sound staging is wide and with the custom EQ option I was able to calibrate them to my liking. Oppo’s sound quality was slightly better in my opinion but a custom EQ in realme helps reduce some of that difference.

5. Gestures – They are more responsive than Oppo but I see lack of some customizing options. You get a double tap, triple tap and tap+hold but no single tap which could have been useful. It’s not a dealbreaker but just a minor nitpick.

6. Dual pairing – The pairing was smooth and works well with calls and meetings but media playing is buggy at times and leads to no media playback even if the other device is not playing anything. I’m hoping it gets fixed by a firmware upgrade in the future.

7. Calling – The people on the other end told me that realme mic sounded better and performed well under windy and noisy conditions.

Comfort – It’s comfortable and fits well in my ears but that’s subjective to the person using them. It’s not very comfortable when you are laying sideways on pillow. The earbuds are slightly heavier than Oppo but it’s barely noticeable.

I have not extensively tested out the spacial mode and game mode but both work fine as far as I had tested.

Another complain would be the realme link app which is sometimes buggy and does not detect the device for in-app operations.

In summary, it’s a much better option than Oppo Enco Air 3 Pro when it comes to basic features in my opinion. Oppo annoyed the hell out of me because of so many defects and below average features. With realme I feel like I get my money’s worth. I’ve deducted 1 star for the bugs and lack of one-tap gesture option. Everything else is good for the price you pay.

Noise cancellation is very good. Music quality not the best but it justifies the price. Features wise it is in top 3 in this segment. Call quality is also good. No connectivity issues but if there are 3-4 products with their bluetooth active then you could hear some buzz for a second during that time. Get a case cover with it otherwise you can get scratches easily. Overall if you could get this under 4k then it is the best deal