Amazing headphones, comparable to the Sony wf-1000xm5, with superior comfort and call quality, at 2/3 of their price. There are very few and small differences between them. Personally, I do not like stem-type headphones, I find them clumsy and impractical, but the placement of the microphone closer to the mouth and a little further away from the other two helps a bit. I had the Huawei freebuds 5 for the summer, which along with the Sony linkbuds S, I consider them as the most reasonable solutions on the market. You expect the wf-1000xm5 to be better in everything, in sound, battery life, sound isolation, and call quality. They are not, the known problems of Sony, with random disconnection of the left earbud, higher battery consumption of the right one, and sometimes distorted voice during calls in noisy environments like the road, these remain, as well as the fact that the transparency mode is not completely transparent. These made me try the Huawei as well. They indeed have a little less battery, but who uses them for more than 5 consecutive hours without putting them in the case for at least a while? And if there is a day with an hour of calls, an hour of exercise, and 3 hours of movement with music, there will never be without a break to put them in their case for a while, and even if it is brief, you still have many hours of use available. The sound (volume) depends a lot on the device, some Samsung devices intentionally lower the maximum volume (as per European regulations, for our own good), switch to the America region and you will see that no one can withstand the maximum volume for more than a few seconds, even if it is 5-10% below the Sony wf-1000mx5. The sound quality also depends on the source (streamed or locally stored). The impressive thing about the Freebuds 3pro is the amazing feel and clear listening they have in all conditions, especially the way they handle calls. For me, this is a priority, as this is the main job of mobile headphones. Overall, the freebuds have no major flaws, they have a good and secure fit that does not tire and does not fall even during jumps and running, you do not worry (unlike the freebuds 5), they have excellent ANC (although they do not have the foam material of Sony) and a transparency mode with a more natural feel, approaching the levels of airpods. Their stems are very close and compatible with masks. Very balanced and rich sound distribution, with the ability to increase the bass to annoying levels if you want. Quality and stable connection, with a wide range of 3rd party companies (Samsung, OnePlus, Nubia) quality sound with Ldac codec in all and never hesitated in any to connect to higher quality sound, even with headphones of the same company some make noise when you put the phone in your pocket or even interrupt the sound momentarily. (and force you into a connection that sacrifices quality for stability). They have a new chip that optimizes performance in these categories (quality, connection, stability, noise cancellation algorithm) and it is indeed noticeable from the first moment. The only downside is at the beginning, the hassle of finding, downloading their app outside the play store, which even for me, who have a Huawei watch and already had the app Gallery, needed searching to be able to install an extra plug-in, the AI life app, to unlock all the device's capabilities.
You do it once, but then you have a device that looks into the eyes of devices worth 300-350 euros, in a way that they turn red.