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- Sony unveiled new $230 wireless noise-cancelling earbuds called the WF-1000XM3.
- The WF-1000XM3 are essentially the wireless earbud version of its "Bose-killer" WH-1000XM3 headphones.
- They're more expensive than Apple's AirPods, but they come with more features, and maybe better sound.
- They're available for preorder starting Friday, July 5, with a full release in the first week of August.
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Sony just announced its new $230 WF-1000XM3 wireless earbuds on Friday, and they beat Apple's $160 AirPods on almost all fronts - at least on paper.
At $230 - $70 more than Apple's cheapest AirPods, and $30 more than Apple's most expensive AirPods - that should be expected. But the WF-1000XM3 come with features that could make that extra cost worthwhile.
And the WF-1000XM3 are in the same series as Sony's WH-1000XM3, the "Bose-killer" headphones that compete with Bose's QC 35 headphones that have been considered the gold-standard in wireless noise-cancelling headphones.
I briefly tried Sony's new WF-1000XM3 wireless earbuds, and I came away wishing that Sony just left me with the demo pair. (I'll be getting my hands on a pair to review soon, though, so watch out for that.)
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