- Cuff-style design for people who don’t like in-ear buds
- Bluetooth 5.4 and 12mm dynamic drivers
- $29.99 for early birds, $59.99 after
If you’re a fan of open earphones but don’t fancy the price tag of the Bose Open Ultra earphones, Soundpeats would like to have a word in your ear: the company’s new PearlClip Pro earphones are a fraction of the price and have just been unveiled at CES 2025 And if you’re quick, you can pick up a pair for a tenth of the price of Bose’s open-back earphones, the Bose Ultra Open Earphones.
The new buds go on sale January 20th at Amazon, but if you sign up on Soundpeat’s website between January 9th and 19th, the price drops from the recommended $59.99 to just $29.99.
So what do you get for such a ridiculously low request fee?
Soundpeats PearlClip Pro Earphones: key functions
The PearlClip Pro earphones are very light at just 5.85g and feature a cuff-like design that Soundpeats says helps prevent uncomfortable ears. Unlike ear hook models (see the Shokz OpenFit Air or Oladance’s option for what we mean), you also don’t need to hook them over the top of your ears to get a secure fit.
The drivers here are 12mm dual-magnet dynamic drivers, and the knobs have automatic left/right channel matching to deliver a consistent sound even if you don’t quite get the fit right. Bluetooth is 5.4, and the companion smartphone app lets you customize the touch buttons and EQ settings.
The battery life is promised six hours from the buds and a further 18 hours via the charging case. You can recharge from flat in 10 minutes to get two hours of playtime.
We’ve previously reviewed Soundpeats’ earphones and found them impressive for their price – so for example, while the Soundpeats Air 4 Pro don’t quite live up to the standards of the AirPods Pro 2 they’re designed to compete with, they’re not bad when you consider that they are less than a third of the price of Apple’s product. We’d expect a similar situation with these buds: the Bose models will no doubt sound better, but given the choice between £299 buds and £29 buds, the budget option looks awfully tempting…
The new Soundpeats PearlClip Pro can be pre-ordered now for $29.99 and will be available at Amazon US for $59.99 starting January 20th. Pricing and availability for other markets has yet to be announced, but if you could get the lower price tag where you are, it would run them around £23.99 or AU$48. And it’s impressive any way you look at it.
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