Samsung is urging up to publish a new pair of Galaxy Buds, with the alleged Galaxy Buds 3 switching up the design to not only look more like AirPods, but even choose an identical case.
As we’ve known and seen already, Samsung is changing up the design of its upcoming Galaxy Buds 3. Instead of using the exact “bean” design that’s been in place for the past few generations, the organization looks to be combining a “stem” to the earbud. This design was first made famous by Apple’s AirPods but is pretty common throughout the market, with others such as the Nothing Ear also utilizing it.
But what we didn’t know earlier was that the case is also varying.
In a post on X, it published two pictures captured from Coupang, a Korean retail website, which represents the case for the Galaxy Buds 3. The case ditches the square-ish design of the past few generations for a rectangle that has a glassy lid to represent the two earbuds in place. The stem of each earbud goes down into the case, and the lid opens up horizontally to show the earbuds.
It’s a very ugly design from what Samsung was operating previously, but identical at the same time.
That’s because it looks virtually the same as Apple’s AirPods Pro. The shape of the case and the size of the lid are nearly identical, just with a various color and that already mentioned transparent lid.
Is that an issue? Probably not. Apple’s AirPods cases have long been revered for their hard designs, but it’s certainly interesting to watch Samsung going for such a close copy after, for years, coming up with its own common designs.
Samsung is expected to publish its upcoming Galaxy Buds 3 alongside new foldables and smartwatches at an program on July 10.