iFixit, a company known for its technology products, has dissected Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds Live wireless headphones. Not at all officially she calls Galaxy Beans, the word “bean” is actually printed in every earbud – which shows that at some point the company completely named these earbuds the vegetables they look like.
Compared to other wireless earbuds like Apple’s AirPods Pro, iFixit points out that the Galaxy Buds Live are not difficult to open, and in fact some of the easiest buttons they have ever dissected. Inside, you can clearly see “bean left” and “bean right” on the cable that connects the two halves of each earbud.
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Image: iFixit
iFixit also found that the battery is a standard size and not too cumbersome to replace, but you need to gently lift the glued driver before you can remove the battery. The Galaxy Buds Live uses a 3.7v CP1254 lithium-ion battery, a button battery that is unfortunately difficult to find online, according to iFixit.
iFixit also discovered in the release that the Galaxy Buds Live’s wireless charging case includes a 1.81 Wh battery, which says “is substantially larger than” the batteries found in wireless charging cases for both the Galaxy Buds and Buds Plus – which makes sense considering Samsung’s battery life claims. The company says the Galaxy Buds Live includes up to 29 hours of battery life when both the earbuds and the charging case are fully charged, compared to 13 hours for the Galaxy Buds and 22 hours for the Galaxy Buds Plus.
The organization awards Samsung’s latest wireless earbuds with an eight out of ten in repairability. That’s not surprisingly, previous Galaxy Buds were some of the more repaired wireless earbuds that iFixit had seen.
