Soundcore - by Anker P41i Bluetooth Wireless In Ear Earbuds with Portable USB-C 3,000mAh Phone Charger - Black

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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  A very good product

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  It’s a very comfortable pair of earbuds with excellent battery life, energetic sound, and acceptable noise cancellation. A great option for everyday use and long working hours. I work more than eight hours a day, and the battery easily lasts all day.

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  MathiasM Posted 4 days ago

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Amazing multi-functional earbuds. Period.

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  Soundcore - by Anker P41i Bluetooth Wireless In Ear Earbuds with Portable USB-C 3,000mAh Summary: Amazing multi-functional earbuds. Period. Use: I needed replacement earbuds for my older Sony ones. The Anker brand is a trusted one in our home as we have several of their charging/battery products. Since we were on a budget for these working earbuds (i.e. used for/ at work) we needed something that wasn't too hard on the wallet. These Soundcore earbuds by Anker are budget friendly, but that doesn't mean they're budget products. The sound on these is surprisingly rich with a good balance of high and lows. These rival the old Sony and even a set of Bose earbuds. The noise cancellation is amazing and works very well. The case seems big, but when you remember that that's due to the fact the carrying case is also a 3,000 mAh USB-C battery charger. The earbuds come with an array of sizes for the earbud inserts ensuring you'll find a great fit. The units are easy on the ears and you won't feel the soreness some units can leave behind while wearing them for hours/all day. The little display shows you the charge level on the case and the charge level of each earbud. Not 100% necessary, but certainly nice to have. The earbuds themselves can maintain a charge for a very long time in between uses because the battery/case is so large. We have had these a full week and haven't had to plug the case to recharge since use. It can be used as a power bank and can charge your phone and other USB-C accessories. Speaking of USB-C, the cord itself is multi-use and serves as the case's loop to be used when holding or securing to a personal item like a purse, backpack, etc. The big surprise for this product is the Soundcore iOS app for these earbuds. The app allows for real-time translation between languages with a simple and easy to use interface. You can have the ear buds pick up what is said as its being said (no pausing or waiting for speech input and processing), and on-screen the text is translated into your target language (in our case English) as words are spoken. This is awesome because we work in a multi-lingual workplace and now we have removed one additional barrier. Pros: * Sleek looks. Considering it is a pair earplugs with a 3,000mAh battery, the unit looks pretty nice. The use of the charging cord as a securty loop - brilliant. * Battery. The unit serving as a real charging device for smaller devices, or one-time emergency charge for a phone is really convenient. * Long life. The earbuds have a great daytime use run time. They charge quickly and only minimally draw charge from the powerbank case itself when stowed. * Live translate. The app and its real-time translation capabilities are fast and function extremely well - performing better than in-built iOS translator. * Sound quality. We expected the sound quality to suffer for a product at this price point and feature set - but while it won't score high points for audiophiles, it will be perfectly acceptable for people that are doing stuff while listening to music, taking calls, or using live-translations. The noise cancellation works extremely well and contribute to the units sound richness. Cons: * Size. The unit is a bit larger than some competing earbud cases for a big reason - the 3,000 mAh charging bank/charger. Not a deal breaker. The charging cable/ security loop make it easy to carry the unit with you where ever you need without it being that much of an imposition. If you're looking for "budget friendly" earplugs, STOP. These are them and so much more. Well done, Anker. You've done our family a solid and we'll continue to watch your product portfolio.

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  Rhostam Posted 2 weeks ago

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Incredible earbuds with incredible features!

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  I have a love/hate relationship with wireless earbuds. I've used all kinds from all different brands - AirPods Pro, Pixel Buds 2a, some Sony ones with a name no one could remember. They're convenient and inconvenient. They sound good, but not as good as I'd like. Especially for the cost. For the price point of these wireless earbuds, however, I am thoroughly impressed. Comfort: I like to take walks. I don't do a lot of vigorous exercise, so I can't say whether these would stay properly in my ear while I'm doing acrobatics or something, but for walking, looking at the scenery, stretching my muscles, these are exceptionally comfortable. Most earbuds I use start to get uncomfortable after half an hour, but I was wearing these for two hours straight and could have kept going when I took them out. I only removed them because I needed to do something else. Multiple sizes of ear tips are included, of course, so you can test which ones feel best for you. I, personally, use the small ones, but there are sizes stretching the whole gamut from extra small to extra large. You could almost certainly find a way to make these earbuds work well for your ears. Sound Quality: I think these are some excellent sounding earbuds, especially for the cost. As far as an apples to apples comparison goes, I can't tell much difference between these and the first iteration of AirPods Pro. Of course, I haven't listened to those in quite some time, but even so, I was immediately wowed by how these sound. The bass is certainly a little exaggerated (you can adjust the exact audio settings to your preferences, though), but the treble range sounds fantastic, too. The mids have a little bit of a tendency to get drowned out by the bass in particular, but I'm certain I could fix that if I did enough finagling in the settings. These are lovely sounding earbuds. The microphone quality, I was told, is good, as well. I don't have a way to really verify, but the people I spoke to over the phone using these said that I sounded crisp and clear. Definitely more than I can say for some other buds I've used! Features: There's a lot of different features with these, and because of that, the ones that are missing make it feel somewhat strange. For one, there's one of the major selling points, which is that the case doubles as a power bank. It's straightforward - you plug it into a phone or tablet or some such, and it will charge that device, as long as it charges over USB C. I think this is a fantastic feature, but I'll get more into it in the battery life section. But as far as them missing ones that make using them feel strange, here's what I mean - on these earbuds, you have touch controls. You can pause, unpause, skip, rewind, increase or decrease the volume, activate a system assistant like Siri, or change the noise cancelling mode. The noise cancelling works amazingly. You also have audio transparency, where it will play the sounds of the outside world directly into your ear so you know what's going on around you, and you can have it simply playing the music; no noise cancelling or audio transparency at all. You have a feature-rich application you can install where you can have it do real time translation for you, or you can change the audio profile of the earbuds, or you can change what the individual touch controls do on each individual earbud, among many other things. These are features you tend to find on much more expensive earbuds, in my experience. Not common to have most of these on earbuds below $100 at all. They're so packed with awesome features that I was a little surprised when I took the earbuds out, and the music continued playing. Most earbuds that have this level of sound quality and this many well-implemented features will have a feature where the music pauses when you take one or both earbuds out, so it confused me for a moment. Now, this isn't meant to be an insult at all. In fact, I'm trying to get across that I was subconsciously convinced that these $50 earbuds were, in fact, much more expensive than they are. It's fantastic. Battery Life: This is where things get a little weird. As I said, I've used these on walks that tend to last between 1 and 2 hours. I will usually wear them for a while after I've made it home, too, maybe an extra half an hour. The lowest I've seen the earbuds themselves drop to is about 80%. I don't know exactly what the claimed battery life on these is, but I feel I could reasonably expect them to go for 6-8 hours or more and still have battery to spare. It's awesome. What's weird is the case. Now, it's listed as 3000mAh. That's about the same size as an iPhone 6 Plus battery, or many, many other phones over the years. But somehow it feels like the battery life in the case is kind of small. After charging the earbuds from ~80% to completely full, it drops 5-10%. After charging my phone up about 7%, it drops 20-30%. I have a Google Pixel 10, whose battery is a bit less than 5000mAh. It lasts two days or more without a charge. It's a little odd to me how quickly the case's battery life drops. Is it a deal breaker? No, absolutely not. Especially when they specifically mention in the listing that it will charge certain phones UP TO 55%. It's not meant to be some massive, week-long brick to power your energy guzzling devices. It's more meant as a backup if you get lost and are running low on phone battery or something. It's great that the charger is built into the case, too. Conclusion: These are lovely earbuds. Much, much better than I'd expected. I think the average person would be extremely happy to have wireless earbuds like these, unless they're a brand snob and won't settle for less than AirPods Pro 2. You can't go wrong with these - they're comfortable, feature-rich, have excellent battery life, as well as fantastic sound. Not to mention a case that can also charge your phone. How have I never seen another company do that before? That's genuinely so cool! If you're on the fence, I'd highly recommend giving these a try. I will mention the app slaps you in the face when you open it for the first time about all their AI features. I utterly despise AI and everything it stands for with all my heart, so it had me worried at first. They don't force it down your throat, but I'm disappointed it's there at all. That's the only negative thing I would impart about them.

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  Ben Reed Posted 3 weeks ago