OnePlus Buds Pro3

TL;DR: Great earbuds, good bass when compared to previous earbuds, comfortable, with impressive volume and ANC. Good value for the price. I'm honestly really impressed with these earbuds. I've been needing new ones since my Galaxy buds have been dying on me and were never particularly comfortable. I was trying to decide between these and the Edifier NeoBuds Plus (I have a few other Edifier products and enjoy them) but ultimately settled on these after reading reviews on TechRadar and Reddit. Right away, the design is very nice. I've always struggled with smaller earbuds staying in my ears, and I've had no problems with these so far; they fit well. The case looks very nice too and has a very slight textured grip so they're not easy to drop. The sound quality is quite nice. Vocals are clear and lows are nice and punchy without being overpowering. They even have a "Golden Sound" option that configures an EQ specific to your hearing ability that only takes a few minutes to set up and improves the sound quality greatly. I don't typically use ANC since I need to hear at work, but when I have used it I was thoroughly impressed. I have an AC that sits about a foot from my desk and with ANC active I could not hear it at all with music playing and only very slightly with nothing playing. The only real qualm I have with these are the touch controls. The manual that comes with them is incorrect; it states that they have single touch/taps but it's more of a squeeze (their functionality app does say squeeze not tap, but it was a little confusing out of the box). It takes a little to get used to but it's kind of grown on me since you won't accidentally change a setting or song if you need to readjust them like with other touch earbuds. Overall, I'm very happy with the OPBs. The battery life appears to be pretty good: with just one earbud on transparency mode it seems to be around 10%/hour for around 10 hours of constant playback. I'd definitely recommend these earbuds to anyone looking for a good quality pair at a reasonable price.

Far superior ear buds. I bought these as an upgrade from my almost 7 year old Jabra active 75t earbuds. I never even thought of upgrading my jabras as they were so good over the years. I never had a single issue and I used and abused them from work (plumbing), yard work, gym sweat, and I even accidentally ran them through a full load in my washing machine, in the case, and they still worked the same lol. Only reason for the update was the little magnet on the case stopped holding the lid closed, so I figured I’d keep them just for work and when I have to get messy. So I did extensive research between Reddit forums, pickyaudio YouTube videos and reading a million online reviews and I narrowed down 2 picks. One plus buds pro 3 and the nothing ear 3. I first bought the one plus buds pro 3 and I was definitely Impressed with them all around, amazing sounds quality, amazing connectivity, clarity was great, and no issues with battery life. I just received the nothing 3 (2025) to compare the two and the nothing 3 doesn’t hold a candle to the one plus pro buds 3. The sound is superior, the call quality is better, the case feels more substantial, and the overall specs are rated better (other than no LDAC for android which I have iPhone so doesn’t matter to me). For the price I mean you really can’t find a better ear bud. My only other choice would be the new Bose quiet comfort ultra 2 (2025), which I still might buy just to compare, but for the price difference the Bose would have to be 100% better at everything for almost double the cost, otherwise it’d be a waste and just buying a brand name at that point. I have Bose speakers in my 2010 Audi and they make fabulous speakers for cars, better than anything I’ve experienced in my life from “factory”, and I’ve had nice cars over the years. So, unbiased, unpaid honest review is to just buy these and see for yourself. I will say though, I am sad jabra stopped developing earbuds due to the competitor market saturation because they were years ahead of their time, and I will still use them until they die but I just don’t see them failing, they’re like the terminator in the world of earbuds. My recommendation is if you can find a brand new pair of jabra 75t active ear buds from new, BUY THEM ASAP. As they will most likely outlive you and your entire family (lol). But also buy the one plus buds pro 3 for a upgrade all around (call quality, sound, bass, ANC, fastest connection ever, comfort). And no, I wasn’t paid for this review but I’ll take any offers @ One plus! Nice job.

Revised down to 3 stars... OP 13 firmware android 16 (current) OPBP3 firmware 143.143.039 (current) 0. The bass is lacking. They need to redesign these. 1. Used frequency generator from G' Play Store for a 40Hz sine & Apple's APP3 were clean & audible at 2/3 volume. At the same setting with OPBP3's were inaudible. To my hearing, the equivalent sound level took ~100Hz. Also, with ANC on, the lows are boosted accompanied by a loud low freq click every 5sec @75hz tone, & @40Hz the 0.2Hz click is further accompanied by a ~15hz artifact. Also, when using the OP13's Recorder app there are clicks during interview mode at the start of each sound (AAC) file. 2. The ANC is terrible with too many artifacts & very poor performance. 3. There is also a firmware issue when you adjust the volume up or down on a stem, it occasionally goes into pause without ever clicking them. 4. After listening to more varied songs, I prefer Apple's APP3's. Whereas they don't have the fine detail of these, they're clean, with clean bass, & the ANC blows these away. Original review I was unimpressed with the sound of the OPBP3's after all the settings for matching the ears & the default equalizers. Then I fiddled with the equalizer, & I was stunned-- solid presence with nice detail in the music. Also, dual quick auto connect from Android & iPhone phones is a game changer, especially those with two phones, or wish to switch between their phone and their PC. I did some testing with the ANC, and Apple's APP3's are still king of the mountain. I'm glad Apple is still so interested in padlocking its customers in its walled in garden as I wouldn't have looked for something better than the AirPods Pro 3's. These are excellent! But I'd still chose the APP3's on a noisy jet.

Great product and the best sound.

Excelente producto, el audio suena muy chingón y las llamadas te oyen y se escuchan muy bien