Prime Members: Sony WF-1000XM3/B Earbuds + $20 Amazon Gift Card Expired

What do you think is a better buy, these for essentially $128 or the "renewed" version of these for $80 [amazon.com]? Even if the renewed ones perform just as well as the new ones, I worry about the battery life of a used electronic product like this which would essentially lower it's life span? Is it worth about $50 more to pay for the brand new ones?

I have the Jabra Elite 65Ts and think they are amazing. Are these that much better in sound quality? (excluding the noise cancellation feature, of course)

Also, with the new XM4s out now, do you expect these to drop in price even further? or is this about as good as we're gonna get in price? (both the brand new and renewed ones)

They're also cheaper cause the XM4s just came out and are better in every way but price.

I have a pair. It has random disconnecting problem. Sometimes one of headphones would disconnect. Extremely annoying. The case is also very bulky.

Have used these for 1.5 years. Picked them up for around $200 at best buy and bought their 2 year warranty. Used the warranty for the $200 in store credit so I could upgrade to Sonys next model when it came out. Highly recommend going that route as after a year and a half, battery life on these would last maybe 2-3 hours instead of the 6 hours (using anc) when I first got them.

As far as the earbuds go though they were great. Worked well, got them to drown out office noise at work from people making calls all day. Never had an issue with sweat or water damaging them. Always sounded great. Call quality was good and as well and no one really had any issues hearing me during business calls. The only negative I had was keeping them in my ears when doing things like mowing the lawn, or yawning, looking too far to the right or left etc. They were very comfortable but would occasionally pop out if I didn't keep my face steady. It wasn't a big deal for me but was a tiny annoyance. Not enough to return or not love them though. The new models however do a MUCH better job with both ambient sound and noise cancelling and stay in my ears well. I can hop around, run, turn, smile, cough etc and they won't fall out. I actually kept the old silicon ear buds in the earlier model because I liked them better than the memory foam so it's definitely the round style over the paddle style and not just due to a different ear bud.

Anyway. In 2 years I'm going to upgrade them again with best buys $250 in store credit when battery life starts to fail again so rather than save the $50 dollars on Amazon, you'd be better off just paying for them somewhere that has a warranty. I def recommend the Sony ear buds though (either one) if your on the fence.

interesting strategy, do you mean the $70 geek squad 2year warranty and claim it in for credit as battery degrading?

interesting strategy, do you mean the $70 geek squad 2year warranty and claim it in for credit as battery degrading?

Have used these for 1.5 years. Picked them up for around $200 at best buy and bought their 2 year warranty. Used the warranty for the $200 in store credit so I could upgrade to Sonys next model when it came out. Highly recommend going that route as after a year and a half, battery life on these would last maybe 2-3 hours instead of the 6 hours (using anc) when I first got them.

As far as the earbuds go though they were great. Worked well, got them to drown out office noise at work from people making calls all day. Never had an issue with sweat or water damaging them. Always sounded great. Call quality was good and as well and no one really had any issues hearing me during business calls. The only negative I had was keeping them in my ears when doing things like mowing the lawn, or yawning, looking too far to the right or left etc. They were very comfortable but would occasionally pop out if I didn't keep my face steady. It wasn't a big deal for me but was a tiny annoyance. Not enough to return or not love them though. The new models however do a MUCH better job with both ambient sound and noise cancelling and stay in my ears well. I can hop around, run, turn, smile, cough etc and they won't fall out. I actually kept the old silicon ear buds in the earlier model because I liked them better than the memory foam so it's definitely the round style over the paddle style and not just due to a different ear bud.

Anyway. In 2 years I'm going to upgrade them again with best buys $250 in store credit when battery life starts to fail again so rather than save the $50 dollars on Amazon, you'd be better off just paying for them somewhere that has a warranty. I def recommend the Sony ear buds though (either one) if your on the fence.

Best buy is price matching with the $20 gift card (but it's a best buy gift card).

2-Year Accidental Geek Squad Protection is available at $37. I'm thinking about using your strategy but my concern is they eventually say normal expected battery degradation won't be covered or something. thanks for sharing your process

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony...Id=6359820

Also, I normally don't pay for things when they come out and wait for a sale but I really liked the xm3 and was excited for these. If something better comes along and has a sale, I could potentially upgrade to something else for just the cost of the warranty. Depends on how close to that 2 year window I am and new prices. I save the date in my phone and usually hit the store a week or two before it's up. They didn't give me a hard time at all for returning due to bad battery life. Didn't check it or anything. Just kept original packaging and made sure the buds were in there.

If your phone support LDAC codec, these def the best sounding one. Especially for FLAC library.

These earbuds don't have LDAC.

Can I use this bud during my workout? Do they water/sweat proof.