Realme Buds Q

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Realme Buds Q has a compact design, integrated with many features that are quite “worth” with sound quality with quality bass, promising to be a good product in the price range.

Build – Appearance

The co-designer with Realme is the great designer José Lévy. Inspired by the pebbles in the sea, pebbles that are worn through time and storms have such shapes. Realme wants to emphasize this message is a product that has undergone many harsh experiments; reaching users is the complete product.

True to that meaning, the case of Realme Buds Q has a rounded shape with edges, an extremely compact size, only 59.8mm × 45mm × 29.9mm, extremely comfortable to hold. Weighing only 28.2g, convenient to carry in a pocket.

Realme Buds Q is made from hard plastic, rough shell, launched with three colors: gold, white, and black. This design makes me quite satisfied, not too worried about fingerprints when holding.

There is a micro USB charging port behind the hinge on the case with the company logo printed. Opening the case cover will see two compact housings placed in 2 fixed positions.

The housing of Realme Buds Q has a relatively small weight compared to the housing of other True Wireless headphones. The company announced weight of only 3.6g. With this weight, users can be comfortable to use, light as nothing. I find this a drawback; the weight is too small, there is no feeling of wearing, falling during use will be more difficult to recognize.

Wearing experience

The housing of Realme Buds Q has a pea design, no branches, when worn on the ear does not protrude too much, limiting falling when stroking hair, wearing or removing glasses. Comes with a set of earplugs in three sizes, Customizable for the vast majority of users. Listening continuously for a long time does not cause pain, earache and is quite comfortable and pleasant.

The plus point is also the minus point of the Buds Q. Possessing a small size and a rather slippery ear tip design, easy to slip out of the ear while practicing, wet or rainy weather, Realme is probably not aimed at people used for sports. Especially during vigorous exercise such as jogging, cycling, push-ups, the headset easily slips out of the ear; the weight is too small, sometimes it is difficult to detect immediately.

However, thanks to the good fit and grip, the headphones have a good wearing experience when sitting in the office or simply moving normally on the street. Its disadvantages can still be ignored.

Connectivity – Battery life

Realme Buds Q has Bluetooth 5.0 technology, R1Q chip with AAC codec for strong connectivity, not up to the highest apt-X standard, but AAC codec is also too good for a TWS of about $45. Advertising is like that; how about the experience?

When connecting, the user lifts the housing out of the case, and the product’s connection request signal will appear on the device. For the first time, it took a while for my smartphone to catch the connection signal of the Realme Buds Q. But the next times will not be as time-consuming.

The company offers the maximum connection radius of Realme Buds Q within 10m. A basic number of TWS lines with Bluetooth 5.0 while in use, with a distance of less than 10m, through many layers of walls, there was interference, the sound was shaky, not seamless.

The device cannot connect perfectly when the headset is separated from the smartphone through many separation layers. Just put the phone on the table, get out of the room 7 to 8 feet away, the sound has started to noise.

With Bluetooth 5.0 technology and AAC codec, powerful R1Q chip, I expected more of the connectivity of the Realme Buds Q. That is a point to improve in this product.

The battery life of Realme Buds Q can reach 20 hours of use, with nearly 3.5 hours of continuous use. With 3.5 hours, watch movies, surf the web, watch online videos, make calls, listen to music.

The company also offers experiments on the time of using this headset. Realme Buds Q can meet 4.5 hours of music playback, 5 hours of gameplay, 3.5 hours of talk time, and 6 hours of video playback. Twenty hours is a relative number, not large but enough for users to have a realistic experience with the sound that Realme Buds Q brings.

Feature

Referring to True Wireless headphones is referring to the features it brings. Realme Buds Q is no exception; this product also carries outstanding features in the price range.

Control is the first feature that needs to be mentioned. With this feature, users can flexibly control their activities with just one finger gesture without searching for smartphones while practicing or on the road. Save time and avoid unnecessary risks.

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To control Buds Q, users can do the following:

– Play/pause music, receive calls: Press 2 times in a row

– Switching songs: Press 3 times in a row

– Reject a call: Press and hold any headset

– Enter/exit game mode: Press and hold both ears.

Touch sensitivity greatly affects the product control feature; the product sometimes does not recognize the command through touch operation. Maybe because the housing has a small design, the touch area is not wide, the user’s hand is too big, etc. There are many reasons to explain this problem.

Realme Buds Q can also control smart applications on users’ smartphones. Buds Q is added to Realme’s AloT ecosystem; just by opening the application, users can customize the control operation on Realme Buds Q according to their wishes. But this also becomes meaningless if Realme does not improve the touch sensitivity of the product.

One advantage of Buds Q that makes it superior to other products of the same price is the relatively low “latency,” which is easily recognized when using it to play games. Games that need sound sensitivity like PUBG, Buds Q can quickly convey the sound of gunfire and footsteps. That is thanks to the R1Q chip that supports real-time transmission technology, reducing latency to 119ms, synchronizing audio and video at the best possible level.

I am not a gamer, but I also realize this product change compared to some products of the same price range; when watching action movies, movies with a fast tempo, sound, and images are almost always there. Similar to each other, without causing discomfort to the user.

The Buds Q’s waterproof standard is IPX4, which is relatively good. With this waterproof standard, users do not need to worry about sweat, dust, rain, humid air that will damage their headphones. This feature is not new nor special, but it is also a pretty big plus at this price range, a “score” feature of this product.

Sound quality

As announced by the company, Realme Buds Q, with a 10mm driver, PEEK & PU composite polymer diaphragm, supports AAC HD audio codec and DBB solution. This “Combo” helps Realme Buds Q have impressive sound quality, especially bass. The bass will be extremely strong; the force is deep, the sound quality is round.

Through experience, the sound quality of Realme Buds Q makes a good impression with its “low” price. Bass, as described, is more powerful than some TWS headphones under $90. However, to say the impressive sound quality is not entirely correct.

Treb is still quite weak; some timbres are still distorted. Experiencing many different songs to test the sound quality. I realized that the Realme Buds Q shows the vocals quite clearly, not overridden by other timbres; the female vocals perform better high notes than the male ones. In sound quality, the strength of the Buds Q is bass; the weakness is the treble range. That is the point that needs to be fixed.

In addition, the product has not yet shown the soundstage as described by the company. When listening to concerts, it is still impossible to feel like standing in an auditorium. That cannot be asked for with such a cheap TWS headset because many over-ear headphones priced at nearly $90 cannot do this. In general, it can be judged that Buds Q has a pretty good sound quality.

Ending

In general, Realme Buds Q has a compact, innovative design, relatively diverse and useful features, enough battery life to meet user needs for a day of use, good sound quality with similar bass strong opposition.