DIZO launched the DIZO Buds P, the company’s first TWS wireless earbuds, in India last week. It has Bluetooth 5.3 support, features low-latency gaming mode, fast charge and promises up to 40 hours of total playback. After using it for over a week, here is the review of the Bluetooth earbuds.
Box Contents
- DIZO Buds P with the charging case in Shady Blue colour
- USB Type-C cable
- User guide
Design and Build
Starting with the design, the headset comes in a pebble shaped charging case that fits in your pocket. You can see the charge indicator on the front. This case has a matte finish that feels smooth to hold and doesn’t attract fingerprints. The charging case measures 52.3×56.1×25.4mm and weighs 31.5g (Charging Case+Buds) that makes it compact to carry it in our pocket.
You don’t have a function key, since the buds directly pair with the Bluetooth devices. In addition to the Blue colour, it also comes in Dynamo Black and Marble White colours.
The USB Type-C port is on the bottom port of the case.
The headset has a plastic body with glossy finish. The earbuds weigh about 3.5 grams, which is light. These feature a half in-ear design. It fits your ears perfectly so that they don’t fall off your ears easily, even when running or cycling. The earbuds also have IPX4 water resistance rating to prevent splash, rain, and sweat in everyday use scenarios, but you can’t use it when swimming.
You can also see the charging contacts on the bottom. There are also microphones near the contacts for calls and ENC.
There are touch controls on both the earbuds on the top of the stem that lets you play or pause music, go to previous or next song, launch voice assistant and accept or reject calls, but you can’t control volume or turn off the earbuds. Check them out below.
Connectivity, Pairing, and Controls
The DIZO Buds P supports Bluetooth 5.3 with SBC audio codec. The connection range is around 10 meters, which is common in most headsets, but the connection quality is good. The pairing process is very easy, simply keep the Buds from the case, and it automatically shows up on the phone. Now, open the Bluetooth settings on the phone and connect to the DIZO Buds P. You can take the earbuds out of the case and start using.
The touch controls are easy to access.
| Function | Left earphone (L) | Right earphone (R) |
| Play / Pause, Answer call / Hang calls | Double tap | |
| Reject incoming call | Press and hold for 2s | |
| Next track | Triple tap | |
| Enter or exit gaming mode | Press and hold both earbuds for 2s | |
The headset doesn’t have Smart wear detection, so it can’t automatically pause the music when taken out and resume when you put back.
You can customize the controls from the settings in the realme Link app on Android, but the company says that the app doesn’t work for iPhone, particularly for this headset. You can change actions for the double tap, triple tap, touch and hold one bud and also touch and hold both the earbuds easily, but there is no option for volume control.
Audio Quality, Call Performance and Call Noise Cancellation
The DIZO Buds P packs a 13mm bass boost driver, which offer good audio output. In addition to Dynamic and Bright modes, it features Bass Boost+ Mode that is targeted at users with a heavy bass. Volume was good as well, and it is loud enough in 60% or 70% volume. There is a volume enhancer option that further increases the volume.
It packs the Sub band Coding (SBC) that is capable of bit rates up to 328 kbps for listening to 320-bit MP3s. This is common in Bluetooth devices with Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP). Difference between audio quality in SBC and AAC is minimal, but the latency is more with SBC, which is not suitable for gaming.
However, this comes with a dedicated gaming mode for that which useful when gaming since it reduces the latency, and I could feel the difference. The company says that the latency is reduced to 88ms in the gaming mode during internal testing. It is also easy to enter the gaming mode when you long press on both sides of the earbuds. You get a notification when you enter and exit the mode.
Wish it had AAC, which is present in some headsets in the price range. Audio quality is good with clear vocals and good amount of bass, thanks to the 13mm driver that handles high, middle and low frequencies well.
The earbuds offer a decent amount of noise isolation even though it has n half in-ear design, but you can’t compare it to an in-ear headset. The earphones also reduce the background noise to a certain extent that helps in a crowded or noisy environment and wind when you are travelling, thanks to its ENC noise-cancelling algorithm. However, when riding in a cycle or running, the wind noise affects calling. You can’t expect much in a budget headset.
Battery Life
The earphones with a 40mAh battery promise 7 hours of standalone battery. During my use, I got about 6 and half hours in about 70% volume, so it is decent. It also has fast charging support. The company says that you get 4 hours of playback on 10 minutes of charge (earbuds and charging case combined). This is very useful when you need a quick charge.
With the 480mAh charging case, it promises up to 40 hours of total battery life. The green light in the case indicates that the battery is full, and when it turns red, it is less. Since the case doesn’t pair with the phone, there is no way to measure the charge left in the case using the realme Link app. Charging the case takes about 2 hours to charge fully over a USB Type-C cable, and the buds take over one hour to charge when placed in the case.
Conclusion
Overall, DIZO Buds P is a decent budget true wireless headset for the price, if you like a half-in-ear design. It offers good audio quality, has custom touch control option via realme Link app that you rarely see in the price rage, comes with a gaming mode and the battery life is good as well. Even though it has Bluetooth 5.3 that offer a good connectivity, wish it had AAC support. It is available for purchase from Flipkart for Rs. 1599.
Pros
- Good audio quality with Bass boost+ option
- Bluetooth 5.3
- Custom touch controls via app
- Low-latency gaming mode
- Good battery life with fast charging
Cons
- No AAC codec support
- Doesn’t support realme Link app for iPhone
- Call noise cancellation could be better