Oppo Enco Air 2 Review: Comfy to wear, easy to use

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If you have got less than Rs. 5000 to spend on a pair of earbuds, there are hundreds of options from a myriad of brands to choose from. Be it BoAt, Redmi, Realme, or any of the ones you can name, they all offer good packages on the whole. Carving a space in this crowded space is a tough nut to crack but Oppo thinks it can appeal to the masses by differentiating in key areas that matter most to buyers restricted on a tight budget. The Enco Air 2 looks vastly different from the ones you usually get to see in this price bracket.

At Rs. 2,499, the Enco Air 2 appeals highly on paper, especially when you look at all the features you get. As with most earbuds at this price, the bells and whistles are barely there on this one — no fancy ANC system, no noise isolation measures, no wireless charging, and so on. For most buyers looking for a simple no-nonsense pair of earbuds, it works fine. And after living with it for 10 days, I think a lot of you are going to like the Enco Air 2, provided you aren’t hunting for audiophile grade audio or the other aural luxuries.

The Oppo Enco Air 2 differentiates itself from the pack with its AirPods-inspired design — this used to be a given thing a few years ago but post-COVID cost-cutting measures have only given us those button-shaped earbuds at this price. Whether you love or loathe the stem-based design is up to you, but having the microphone sitting on the extended arm certainly helps with voice reception. It also helps keeping the earbuds in place.

But cost cutting seeps in here too and Oppo cancels out the silicone ear-tips as well as the wear-detection sensors. Without the ear tips, the in-ear grip of these earbuds goes for a toss and some of you may struggle in keeping these in place. The