Anker Soundcore Frames Review: Discrete smart sunglasses with QUICK-SWAP frames

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With a huge variety of quick-swap styles, the Soundcore Frames offer a unique take on the expanding category of smart sunglasses.
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[@FSafdar]

Anker has been doing some big things lately. Good stuff

[@mistaken4444]

i love these glasses and if you are a glasses user you can have it on all of the time but if someone made a magnetic case for them so when your not using it it charges in the case

[@MillenniumFalcon]

Wow these are wicked cool and man you really rocked the aviator look. I had no idea smart glasses like these even existed. I’ve always had a good experience with Anker products.

[@regginaldwilliams9381]

Superb idea and priced Right.

[@brandonsn5393]

Hey, are you still usinf the clear frames? I really am interested in buying them off of you. The Yonder Frames style that is.

[@dharambasi1928]

These seem like a really interesting product. Nothing but good reviews so far.

[@indiaharrington5143]

Have you tried an Oculus Quest or Rift before? How does these compare with the VR headsets downfiring audio? I have tinnitus problem and can't use headphones. I love the sound coming from my Oculus but can't use them to listen to music.

[@pyr0fr3ak4f1r3]

Finally someone testing my kind of music. 🤘🏼

[@9to5toys]

🤘

[@vitalunboxing7392]

Just got these with extra lenses and I'm loving them. On sale now with extra lens for 150 all in. Get them for the summer asap. Your welcome.

[@jeremyseay5279]

Have you experienced any sound bleeding with the glasses? I hope the split speaker driver approach on each arm would provide more of a bone conduction experience, and less sound being noticable to people close to you. And how was your experience with making and receiving phone calls through the glasses?

[@9to5toys]

You do still get some sound bleeding with the Soundcore Frames. Even in privacy mode with the volume at about 60%, I could hear the vocals from the song that was playing about 5 ft. away. Now, that was in a pretty quiet office setting, so on a busy street it wouldn't be nearly that noticeable.
For voice calls, the Frames worked great. Using Siri to call a contact was easy. Those that I talked to said they couldn't tell I wasn't using the built-in mic on my phone.

[@jeremyseay5279]

@@9to5toys Thank you for the quick reply and great info.

[@t.terrell7037]

Versatility is nice but the priority should be sound quality. How do they sound? Are they better than Bose? Thanks

[@universalsinewave7559]

Bose isn't a proper benchmark brand. It's the best benchmark for now, but if Sony decided to create one, I'd make Sony a benchmark. Assuming that their frames would sound better.

[@endi3386]

If you had to compare this to a price point of normal headphones where would the sound quality land? Is it equivalent to like a $30 of normal headphones?

[@SaintCrownMusic]

Who's making custom frames! If they had some tinting, dust-blocking, safety-rated construction ones I'd lose my mind 👀

[@John-pw8is]

I just luv this idea, very star trek, James bond like, its a pity there's no picture in picture function that shows somewhere on the lenses your audio choices etc,

[@verifiedactualgamer]

Yea I'd rather not pay an extra 800 dollars for a shitty screen, not a pity to me.

[@gowrisivagatta7825]

Are they bone conducting

[@verifiedactualgamer]

No

[@DaleNorenberg]

Phone calls? That would have been good to include in the review.

[@jamie_doubleu]

Popping lenses in and out will ruin them. They'll eventually become loose and fall out. Soundcore frame swapping is far superior.

[@shabanafzal9440]

Interesting idea. But seriously who would walk around wearing sunglasses and listening to music. Unless your at the beach. Living in the UK with cold windy rainy weather that's highly unlikely. So for the UK Market I would say they are useless. In warm sunny countries may be they'll be a hit.
In USA no dount most geeks will get it just for the sake of it. ANKER products are very good like their power banks and earbuds but will this be a hit only time will tell.

[@verifiedactualgamer]

You can get blue light filtering frames or get prescription lenses fitted, far from useless.

[@Hobbes64343]

Second !