Samsung's Galaxy Buds 3 Pro just hit their lowest price in months, dropping to $165 at Amazon and Best Buy - that's $85 off their usual $250 price tag. The deal applies only to the silver model and expires today, making this a time-sensitive opportunity for anyone eyeing Samsung's flagship earbuds that directly challenge Apple's AirPods Pro dominance.
Samsung's Galaxy Buds 3 Pro are making their biggest price statement yet, hitting $165 at major retailers after months of staying closer to their $250 launch price. The timing couldn't be better for holiday shoppers, with Amazon and Best Buy both matching this significant discount that saves buyers $85.
The catch? This deal only applies to the silver colorway, and Amazon is marking today as the final day for this pricing. That creates urgency around Samsung's most direct challenge to Apple's earbud dominance.
What makes these earbuds particularly compelling is their unabashed embrace of the AirPods aesthetic. Samsung ditched their previous bean-shaped design for elongated stems that mirror Apple's approach, and the result actually works better. The stems provide a more secure fit and house touch controls that respond reliably to taps and swipes.
But Samsung didn't just copy Apple's homework - they added some genuinely useful tricks. The voice control feature stands out as particularly clever. You can simply say "volume up" or "next song" without any wake phrase, and the earbuds execute commands through your phone. It's the kind of seamless integration that makes you wonder why more manufacturers haven't implemented something similar.
The audio quality represents a meaningful step up from Samsung's previous generation. The Verge's Chris Welch noted in his review how the sound signature emphasizes both bass and treble without muddying the mids. For Galaxy owners, the integration runs even deeper with automatic device switching between phones, tablets, and laptops within Samsung's ecosystem.
Call performance has also seen improvements, which matters more than ever as remote work continues reshaping how we use earbuds. The microphone array handles voice pickup well enough for extended meetings, though Samsung's noise cancellation still trails behind what Apple achieves with the AirPods Pro.
That limitation becomes more apparent when you consider the competition. While Samsung's transparency mode excels and their adaptive audio feature intelligently blends noise cancellation with ambient sound, the pure ANC performance doesn't quite match Apple's second-generation AirPods Pro, let alone the newer models.
