OnePlus Buds Z2 launch looks imminent as new renders appear

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Not content with introducing the new and high-finish OnePlus Buds Pro, OnePlus plain has a 2d generation of its cheapest earbuds on the way.

The extremely reliable leaker Steve McFly — AKA OnLeaks — has posted unofficial renders of the OnePlus Buds Z2 which are, according to 91mobiles, "based on existent-life images."

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The OnePlus Buds Z is the company'due south cheapest true wireless earphones, with a price of just $49.99 (or $59.99 for the charming merely now sold out cartoony model with fine art from Steven Harrington). They were generally pretty well received because the competitive cost point, though obviously don't accept nice-to-have features similar active noise counterfoil (ANC) and the like.

Every bit yous can run into from the accompanying images, design wise very footling has changed for the second generation. The eartips look a little different and are now slightly angled, but otherwise the buds are duplicate from the originals, correct down to the familiar looking charging case.

That tip change could be meaning though, with 91mobiles speculating that the angled arroyo will ensure a better fit. The site also notes that the cutouts on each earbud could indicate sensors for automobile-wear detection and some kind of noise isolation.

Judging by the company'due south pedigree in the true wireless sound field, the earbuds could well be worth looking out for. In our recent OnePlus Buds Pro review, we described them as "shockingly skillful for the price", and while you lot shouldn't look that level of excellence in a production a third of the MSRP, it may well be enough to ensure that the OnePlus Buds Z2 earn a place on our listing of the best inexpensive wireless earbuds yous tin can buy.

At the very least, they may make you question whether information technology's worth spending an actress $xxx on the regular OnePlus Buds.

91mobiles has heard that the earbuds will be unveiled next month, which makes sense as it's a year on from when the original OnePlus Buds Z went on auction. It as well fits with what leaker Yogesh Brar previously predicted when he wrote that OnePlus is "expected to announce some new accessories at the next launch." That won't be the OnePlus 9T — which is rumored to be cancelled — Brar is instead predicting some other member of the inexpensive Nord line of smartphones.

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