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TL;DR
- Samsung decreased earbud battery capability barely within the Galaxy Buds 3 collection, in comparison with Buds 2 fashions.
- With the Buds 4 lineup, the bottom mannequin may decrease capability additional, whereas the Buds 4 Professional might get a bigger battery.
- An earlier report claims solely a modest enhance to Samsung’s charging case battery capability.
Once we’re anticipating the following era of certainly one of our favourite cell units, we get very excited when the primary specs begin arriving. Instantly, we’re going to be evaluating these towards current fashions, what’s getting higher, what’s staying the identical, and what — god forbid — is getting a downgrade. These days we’ve been uncovering some particulars about Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Buds 4 and Buds 4 Professional, and to these we are able to now add just a few battery figures.
Battery life is likely one of the most crucial issues after we’re speaking about wi-fi earbuds, and whereas a few of that comes all the way down to {hardware} effectivity, the most important and best metric to check is battery capability. With the present Galaxy Buds 2 and Galaxy Buds 3 fashions, right here’s what typical capability has regarded like for the earbuds themselves:
- Buds 2 – 61 mAh
- Buds 2 Professional – 61 mAh
- Buds 3 – 48 mAh
- Buds 3 Professional – 53 mAh
Even with that rated lower year-to-year, when SoundGuys evaluated battery life, the 2 generations carried out fairly equally, every lasting about 5 hours on a cost (non-Professional fashions).
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Samsung One UI 8.5 leaks have been revealing lots of early particulars about Galaxy Buds 4 {hardware} and software program, and that development continues immediately, as we spot some code strings that supply the standard capability rankings for Galaxy Buds 4 batteries:
- Buds 4 – 42 mAh
- Buds 4 Professional – 57 mAh
So: one up, one down. The excellent news is that for the “down” we’re speaking a complete lot much less down than earlier than, with solely a 12.5% year-to-year dip (versus the 21% lower final time). Which means we must always in all probability pay shut consideration to Buds 4 battery life exams, however odds are we’re not any main distinction. And with the Buds 4 Professional, it looks as if we don’t have something to fret about in any respect.
That’s nicely and good for the earbuds themselves, however what about their charging case? We haven’t noticed any new proof shining mild on what to anticipate there, however an October report from Galaxy Membership claimed Samsung is planning solely minor adjustments, growing capability by round 3%. Mixed with what we’ve uncovered, it doesn’t sound like battery life goes to be an issue for the Galaxy Buds 4 household.
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