Tom Bedford

The Xiaomi Buds 5 have a distinctive sonic balance and look, but they don’t fit well and the buggy app requires you to jump too many hurdles in order to use them.

The SoundMagic P58BT ANC are cheap and barebones noise cancelling headphones that offer respectable audio chops, but an almost-staggering lack of features in this day and age.

The Sony WF-C510 are the brand’s cheapest earbuds, but you wouldn’t be able to tell if it wasn’t for the price tag.

The CMF Buds Pro 2 are bargain earbuds that look intriguing, but their distinctive feature doesn't stick the landing.

The Fairphone 5 is the most accomplished Android phone yet from the biggest name in eco-friendly mobiles, though this move into the premium sector may lose Fairphone some fans.

The Earfun Air Pro 4 offer a rare conundrum in cheap earbuds, as they have too many features leading to a confusing user experience.

The OnePlus Nord CE 4 Lite fixes its predecessors’ mistakes, but doesn’t do much else to put its head above its numerous competitors.

The Nord 4 is another iterative update for the line, with no big changes over the Nord 3, but it remains a competitive mid-range mobile with a few great features.

The OnePlus Buds 3 are easy to like with plenty of features, but their overtly bass-heavy sound makes them hard to love.

There’s ‘AirPods clones’, and then there’s the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro… but what they lack in originality, they make up for in top features and stellar ANC.

The Reno 12 Pro replicates Google's smarts and ticks many other boxes too.

The Jabra Elite 10 Gen 2 are Jabra’s last-ever true wireless earbuds, but their high price, tinny audio and unimpressive feature set means it’s a raspy swan song.

The Asus ROG Phone 8 costs a lot and has some solid features, but a lack of refinement makes it hard to recommend for gaming.

The Edifier QR65 are ostensibly desktop speakers, but with limited PC support, they work better as general media speakers.