Huawei Freebuds 5i review

Huawei Freebuds 5i review: Huawei continues to expand its product range with computers and accessories and develop it with each new model, apart from phone models in every segment. The company’s new product, Huawei Freebuds 5i, which is the guest of our review corner, draws attention with its much better features than the previous model. Now, let’s take a look at these improved features and the usage experience of the TWS headset in our Huawei Freebuds 5i review content.

Huawei Freebuds 5i review

First of all, when we look at the design of the headset, we have to say that it comes with a very stylish charging box. The model I use has dark tones. In terms of design, I can say that it looks like marble and pebble with its dotted structure on it. It has a smooth surface and a stylish appearance.

This box, which is charged with a Type C cable, has a reset button on the side and you classically perform reset and pairing operations via this button. It connects very fast as it uses the Bluetooth 5.2 standard. I tried it on both Huawei Mate 50 Pro and Apple iPhone 11 devices and used both without any problems. Of course, it is possible to pair the headset directly, but you need to use the AI ​​Life application to take advantage of the extra features.

When we remove the earphones, we see that a brighter design has been achieved compared to the box. Huawei is already doing good work in design and they have used that quality structure in this headset as well. The earphones have a short body structure and have rubber tips. In other words, besides active noise cancellation, we also have passive noise cancellation feature. There is also the Huawei logo on the body of the earphones.

The magnet structure in the box is strong, but they are not hard enough to bother you. The earphones snap into the box and come off easily. These headphones, of course, have touch control features, including volume. In addition to features such as classical song skipping, the ability to adjust the volume by swiping provided a nice advantage.

Huawei Freebuds 5i is 18% lighter than the previous model. The company originally aimed to provide a good sound experience with an affordable headset in the 4i model. In the Freebuds 5i model, they came out at an affordable price according to the features it has, but I have to say that it is at a much better level in terms of features. In other words, it has a sound quality that will leave many high-end headphones behind.

Although the new model takes on a lighter structure, it has better capacity in terms of battery performance. It also has a 60% better battery capacity than the previous model. Each earphone has 55 mAh and the charging case has 410 mAh. With this battery capacity, a total of 30 hours of life is offered. Frankly, I forgot when I last charged it while using it. A playback experience of around 7 hours was offered only on headphones. Of course, when you activate the noise canceling, this time can be reduced by another hour.

At this point, the charging time is also very important. Because even in the 15-minute charging time, the company has managed to catch these times. It takes 90 minutes to fully charge the headset. We can say that this shows us that it gives a very good performance since it falls under 100 minutes. By the way, this headset does not support wireless charging. I can honestly say that I started looking for this feature when it had very good features.

Equipped with a 10mm dynamic driver and polymer composite diaphragm, these headphones really do a good job in terms of sound quality, especially at mid and high frequencies. On the deep bass side, of course, it is not as ambitious as the Pro model, but it has sufficient performance for its price.

There is also support for three different modes on the noise canceling side. Active noise canceling already has a good enough performance to cut outside noise to the maximum. In addition, you can turn off the noise canceling completely through the application, or you can prevent yourself from being completely disconnected from your surroundings by switching to awareness mode. In addition, there are three different settings for the noise canceling mode as general, comfortable and maximum.

You can also make adjustments such as bass and treble boost through the application. Its performance on the noise canceling side may not be the best, but it is very good for the price. So much so that, as I said, it is at a level that can compete with earphone models that have a much higher price.

Conclusion

As a result, the Huawei Freebuds 5i model has managed to come a long way, especially compared to the previous version. Such headphones are generally offered at a more affordable price for users who cannot get the Pro model and do not differ much from the previous generation. Huawei, on the other hand, has almost crossed out this tradition in this model and has created a product that can fall in love with many headphones with better prices.

With its IP54 rating, the Huawei Freebuds 5i, which you can use very comfortably while doing sports, has managed to become a model that stands out with its active noise canceling performance, HarmonyOS software, fast connection, sound quality, control comfort and design.

Huawei Freebuds 5i technical specifications

Dimensions

• Per headphone:
• Height: 30.9mm
• Width: 21.7mm
• Depth: 23.9mm
• Weight: Approx. 4.9 g ± 0.2 g
• charging box
• Height: 48.2mm
• Width: 61.8mm
• Depth: 26.9mm
• Weight: Approx. 33.9 g ± 1.0 g

Audio Technology

• Active Noise Cancellation
• Call Noise Canceling
• Transparency Mode

Sensor

• Hall Effect Sensor
• Cap Sensor

Driver

Connection

• Bluetooth Compatibility: BT 5.2
• Pop-Up Pairing: supported
• Simultaneous Bluetooth connection with dual devices: supported

Battery

• Battery Capacity
• Per earphone: 55 mAh (min)
• Charge state: 410 mAh (min)
• Playing Time
• Music playback on 1 charge: 6.0 hours (with ANC enabled)
• Music playback on 1 charge: 7.5 hours (with ANC disabled)
• Music playback with charging case: 18.5 hours (with ANC enabled)
• Music playback with charging case: 28 hours (with ANC disabled)
• Charging Time
• About 60 minutes for headphones (in the charging box)
• About 110 for the headphone-less (wired) charging case

Controls

• Press Control: Press twice/long press
• Scroll Control: Up/down

Splash, Water and Dust Resistant

Box contents

• Headphones
• charging box
• Silicone ear tips (three sizes)(Available in large, medium and small sizes. A medium pair is added by default.)
• USB-C charging cable
• Quick start guide (including safety information)
• Warranty certificate