- Huawei Freearc is there, offering ip57 protection with dust and water
- This is Huawei’s second open option after Freeclip, but the first design of the firm “Shell”
- They are affordable – and there is an additional saving if you buy now
My main problem considering the earphones open? In fact, there are two things: something that will survive an attempt particularly sweaty / soaked in rain to improve my best (abyssal) 5K, and something that will not fall from my ear during the aforementioned attempt.
While the brand new Beats PowerBeats Pro 2 certainly claimed to have sorted the latter when he arrived at an eagerly awaited arrival of February 11, their IPX4 rating will not necessarily tackle the first. Oh, and they come at $ 249 / £ 249 / $ 399 in. I want something that costs only £ 99 – or £ 75 if you act quickly – and offer IP57 protection, which means you could drop one in the pool, let it languid in a meter of water for 30 minutes and wait for music after you after you “Did you caught?” Meet Huawei Freearc.
The open headphones are large in 2025 – and this set will not break (the bank)
Are the Huawei Freearc some of the best open headphones I have seen? Well, I have not yet had the chance to test them completely, but on paper, there is a lot to celebrate, especially for this money.
The open category focused on sport increases incredibly quickly, and I predict that Huawei did the prices so competitive. According to Huawei, a company that has seven R&D installations specific to audio (one with a breath laboratory. Headsets are the fastest growth product in audio industry, with a growth rate of 600% year by year.
This is the second stab of Chinese technology specialist at the ear opening, after the Freeclip in the form of a round of December 2023. But it is the first time that Huawei has tried a shell -shaped design which slides on your outer ear so that the pilots slip close Your auditory duct, but don’t cover it – think of Shokz OpenFit Air or Oladance. Huawei tells me that his engineers have worked exceptionally hard on the new “optimal triangle design at 140 degrees”, which marries a delicate gravitational balance and data of more than 10,000 auricules curves, in something Huawei calls a ” Pont design C “. This “C” is mainly 8.3 g of liquid-Silicone rubber covering a nickel wire in titanium of 0.7 mm, with a high sensitivity pilot unit of 17 x 12 mm at one end and a battery to the other (behind the ear).
Leave your phone in your gym locker
Another big sale argument for me here is the design of the double antenna for stability with long ranges. Although you only obtain the SBC and AAC support of the Bluetooth 5.2 chipset codec (so no codecs higher resolution such as LDAC or Aptx), your cited range is 100m inside or 400m outside , which means that you can leave your phone in your bag by running track – or in the locker at the gymnasium. And it’s a huge bonus if, like me, you prefer not to transport your smartphone during training sessions.
There is also an AI algorithm for both microphones, to help eliminate wind and windy ambient noise during calls, and the life of your battery is a very competitive more than seven hours, or 28 with the case . Have I mentioned that they also support sliding ear gestures for the volume?
The Freearc Huawei are available in pre-order from today (February 18) in your choice of black, gray or green. In the end, they will be at the price of £ 99.99 – but pre -order now and you will get £ 25 until March 3, only in a Huawei store. The full range of products will be officially launched on March 4, with a launch offer of £ 20 reduction once they have hit the shelves until April 1. I am still waiting for the official prices of the United States and Australia, but I must say, predict a big blow at these prices …
