Alternatives to airpods

looking for earbud design with no wires sound quality doesn’t have to be great but I do make a lot of calls so the microphone is a higher priority for me.

a lot of audiophiles will tell you to just go with the fiio UTWs and buy some wired IEMs to attack to

also what kind of phone do you have.

an iphone 8
im also a noob at audio terminology

im guessing you dont want the airpods because of the price?

that fiio product is hard to get so it probably wont work for you but if you really want no wires and a simple experience those airpod pros really are good

i also hear anker soundcore has some decent wireless for the price

If no wires is a must, my go-to for throwing something in my pocket is the Soundcore Liberty Air 2 for true wireless earbud/phone. Pretty exaggerated fun tuning, but sound good, and the microphone is good as long as it’s not too windy.

The fit took me a little getting used to, and the design isn’t for everyone, but I switched from AirPods to Surface Earbuds from Microsoft and I’ve been pretty happy with them. They don’t compete with my iems and headphones, but for podcasts, youtube, and calls they are great. Once you get used to the fit, you pretty much forget they are there, and the battery lasts a lot longer than the AirPods did. My only minor complaint is that removing an earbud doesn’t pause what you are listening to the way it did on the AirPods.