Terrible experience with multiple pairs of buds
I'm highly invested in the Samsung ecosystem - whole family has Samsung phones (I'm using the S25 Ultra), Samsung smart watches, tablets, smart TV and in general we're happy with all of those. However, I've had 4 sets of earbuds and have had issues with all of them - fist I had the Galaxy buds 2, they lasted the longest, about 2 years, before they gave up. The sound just became cracking noise. Then I had buds FE, buds 3, and then another pair of buds FE that I'm currently using, none of which lasted a full year before having issues. On all thre sets, after a while, one of the buds stopped working - the left one just stopped working on my current pair. I'm pretty much giving up on galaxy buds, I'm looking for a pair of buds that will be reliable - I don't need premium soound quality, it's a mix of online video calls, phone calls, watching shows/movies and some music. But I need them to be robust and reliable and hopefully last for at least several years. I might be willing to invest in buds 4 pro but at this point I'm disappointed in Galaxy buds overall. For those of you that have buds 3 pro, would you say they're worth it in the long run?
Posted Mar 6, 2026, 3:48 PM UTC