Realme Buds Air review: Ask yourself why you want wireless headphones

NEW DELHI : From a geek and reviewer’s perspective, an outright copy of famous tech products leave you with two options — outright scorn or intense scrutiny. But since realme didn’t choose an obscenely high price tag for the realme Buds Air, intense scrutiny is what I will go with.

There’s no denying that this is a straight-up copy of Apple’s Airpods, albeit with a cheap and plasticky feel to it. Despite realme’s audacious proclamation on the charging case that this is “designed by realme”, there’s really nothing original about the design.

But the design is what makes these worth covering after all. Without that, they’re just another pair of affordable true wireless earbuds and have all of the issues that others in this price segment face. So, what you really need to ask yourself is what you want a wireless pair of headphones for.