Huawei FreeBuds Neo review: Stylish design and dependable noise cancellation

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PhoneArena
PhoneArena
Phonearena team
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• 1mo ago

There's a new member in Huawei’s FreeBuds line – the brand-new FreeBuds Neo are here to target the younger crowd and slot right beneath the FreeBuds Pro, but above the mainstream FreeBuds. At a price of €129 (around $140), this is a self-respecting pair of earbuds that exudes style and confidence. The FreeBuds Neo tries to win over the younger crowd thanks to a bold, fashionable design and a focus on noise cancellation performance. One of the coolest things in these earbuds is the new light...

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago

I think a 7 is fair enough. You still have to use the crippled HarmonyOS and that glossy color is just a bad choice if you ask me.

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Rad Slavov
Rad Slavov
Phonearena team
• 1mo ago
↵Bruce_Wayne said:

I think a 7 is fair enough. You still have to use the crippled HarmonyOS and that glossy color is just a bad choice if you ask me.

No, you don't need HarmonyOS. These work with both Android and iOS.

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meanestgenius
meanestgenius
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago

Huawei makes some great wearables. The 8.0 grade is more deserved than 7.0. HarmonyOS isn't crippled like that beta and buggy platform we all know about. And Huawei wearables are platform agnostic, so they work with iOS and Android powered devices. People that actually know about Huawei products know this, as opposed to those that keep making false assumptions.

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago
↵RadSlavov said:

No, you don't need HarmonyOS. These work with both Android and iOS.

Thank you for clarifying that point. I was under the reasonable impression that HarmonyOS was necessary to fully utilize the buds as that is the case with some devices.

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago

Implying that HarmonyOS is untroubled while dodging the reality that it requires an isolated domestic safety bubble...in CHINA—all while taking potshots at the Pixel's polished, universally supported ecosystem—is pure projection. Keep cheering for a hardware-locked badge of honor that the rest of the world has to side-load just to stay relevant outside of China. 😏

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