A Redditor strolling into an area Walmart and shopping for a chunk of unreleased, unannounced tech feels like a made-up story. However in response to a put up on the social platform, it truly occurred.
Redditor Plastic_Development1 claims they walked right into a Walmart and purchased a pair of Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Professional earbuds, that are anticipated to be proven off throughout Samsung’s yearly Unpacked occasion takes place on July 10.
The attention-grabbing a part of this story is that the earbuds have not even been formally introduced but. And whereas we expect myriad bulletins within the type of a brand new Galaxy Z Fold 6, Galaxy Z Flip 6, the extremely anticipated Galaxy Ring and a complete host of issues about Galaxy AI, we’re additionally probably about to see a set of earbuds.
Plastic_Development1 says they bought the earbuds from their native Walmart for $250. That will put them in the identical neighborhood because the Galaxy Buds 2 Professional, which retailed for $230 once they launched in 2021. Worth hikes are commonplace, and a rise of $20 from the earlier era would not sound too farfetched.
Samsung did not instantly reply to a request for remark.
The Redditor additionally posted some images of the purported Buds 3 Professional linked to their Galaxy Z Flip 4 and the connection display screen on the telephone refers to them because the Buds3 Professional. Later, they put up a screenshot of the earbuds linked that reveals a few of the controls. If it is a pretend put up, it is fairly convincing contemplating that the Galaxy Wearable app solely connects to Samsung wearables.
The purported Galaxy Buds 3 Professional seem like AirPods
Essentially the most noticeable factor in regards to the supposed Galaxy Buds 3 Professional on this leak is that they’ve an analogous aesthetic to the third-generation Apple AirPods right down to the straight stalks and black cowl on the again of the earbud. Ostensibly, that is the place the Buds3 Professional’s noise cancellation microphones and numerous sensors will reside as they do within the AirPods. Plastic_Development1 posted a photograph of them carrying a pair and it does look comparable.
Thankfully, there are some variations. The stalks on Samsung’s providing look extra angular, and the complete earbud has a extra industrial look to it. Within the images, the Redditor has a gunmetal grey colour, though Samsung will probably provide these in a number of others.
The purported Buds 3 Professional additionally seem to have blade lighting alongside the surface, which strains up with prior leaks. Samsung appears to have modified the charging case with a clear lid, too.
When it comes to efficiency, Plastic_Development1 mentioned that “noise cancellation is on par with my AirPods Professional 1st gen” and that the sound was bass heavy. Prior leaks state that the buds ought to have Bluetooth 5.4, an IP57 certification, 360 audio help, SmartThings Discover integration, and 24-bit 96 KHz audio help.
We’ll be taught extra subsequent week at Samsung Unpacked 2024. Samsung can be selling Unpacked with offers for preordering new telephones early.
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