JBL Tune 215BT, 16 Hrs Playtime with Quick Charge, in Ear Bluetooth Wireless Earphones with Mic, 12.5mm Premium Earbuds with Pure Bass, BT 5.0, Dual Pairing, Type C & Voice Assistant Support (Green)

Highly Recommended! Over the past 2 years, I have bought 6 pairs of these JBL Tune 215BT earphones, for myself & my family members. They are a perfect workhorse earphones for both work & play. They are such a great deal, that I buy backup pairs just in case they run out of stock. I hope JBL does not stop the production of these amazing buds at this attractive price point.I've used many earphones (both wired, wireless neckband, wireless TWS) including Sony, JBL, Sennheiser, Panasonic, Apple, Samsung Galaxy Buds, OnePlus Bullets & Oppo Enco etc. However, the JBL Tune 215 BT are my default earphones. Here's why:1. For regular use, I prefer open ear design (a la original Apple earphones) rather than in-ear silicon tips. This helps me listen to my own voice better when speaking on calls. It also lets in a little outside noise, so that I'm not completely cut off from external stimuli (Eg: Ringing doorbell, public announcements in metro etc.)2. Good Sound Quality with decent bass. Not too over-powering like some of those cheap Chinese brands. Mids & treble are fine too, with a typical warm audio signature.3. Non-rigid neckband style unlike OnePlus Bullet series, so it remains more discreet and is barely noticable when not being used.4. I also prefer neckband over TWS, as you can simply unplug them and let it lay on your neck rather than carefully place both TWS stems back in their case. In short, the neckband design is more suited for everyday rough & tough use without worrying about misplacing them.5. Multi-point connectivity between 2 devices simultaneously. A premium feature that lets the earphones be connected to 2 devices at the same time. Extremely helpful for working people (connected to laptop & phone at the same time). Can also be used if you have 2 mobile phones, or a mobile phone and a tablet. For example, if you are watching a video on a laptop, but then got a call on your phone, you will be alerted and can seamlessly answer the call.6. Decent Battery Life.7. The buttons on a neckband are more useful & convenient than those on TWS due to the nature of their design. In the end, a proper pushy button will always be more intuitive than touch / tap gestures on TWS stems. This is an important feature for me as I have disabled Absolute Bluetooth volume in my Windows PC, so I need to have separate volume controls for any BT audio that I use.8. Good mic. Again the placement of the mic in neckband style design, means it is much closer to your mouth and will be able to capture your voice much clearer than TWS style stems, which are close to your ears. This is especially true in less than ideal conditions (wind noise, external disturbances etc.) and has helped me a lot in online meetings. In general, a neckand gives you the best of both worlds. The better reliability of old-school wired earphones as well as the move-freely handiness of BlueTooth technology.9. Very durable. I bought my 1st pair in 2021. After nearly 2 years, in 2023, I finally "retired" them and moved on to my 2nd pair. Although the audio was perfectly fine, the rubber eartips had worn out after 2 years of use & were peeling away. This reduced the ear canal seal thereby reducing the bass effect. Hence, I finally decided to "retire" them & write this review as an appreciation of thanks to JBL! :)

Resolution for my problem - Amazon is trying to tell me that 'even if you're unable to use the earphones, still keep that Rs. 1600 of earphones with you but we'll not take it back. So what if your money goes in vain, none of our business.' Never expected anything like this with Amazon atleast. I would recommend to go and buy from the shop because Amazon is also not selling it in any lesser price, moreover, you can bargain for it with the shopkeepers and check it according to your satisfaction then and there.Issue in wearing the earphones - Basically, I'm facing an issue with the fitting of the earpieces and if I'm forcing it into my ears, it's hurting. So wanted to return the earphone and talked to 2 of the Amazon CCE and tried hard to make them understand my problem million times but they're keep on repeating about their policy that it doesn't allow us to initiate a return, if there would've any technical issue then it could've been replaced but either way return is not possible. After requesting for really long she said, "I'm trying to initiate a return for your product but it's showing some error and the system is saying, there's no technical issues in the product".. like how did your system got to know that the product is not having any technical issues when I didn't shared any photos or videos with Amazon. Seriously? Is this how your system works? Also the CCE said, "earphones cannot be returned, so keep it with you or talk to the JBL", So now I have to keep this Rs. 1600 earphones with me as a showpiece because neither I can use it properly nor I can give it to any of my family members as they too are unable to use it because of the fitting problem.Earphones - It has a quiet good audio but I didn't find it that much reliable for calls because I was having trouble listening to the other side person's voice and they're also facing issue listening to me when I keep my head straight and not very close to the mic.Google assistance - Well, it's working quiet good with my Redmi Note 8 Pro but doesn't connect with the Google assistant, although I'm still trying to figure out how to connect with Google assistant.Battery - It took me around 1 hour 15 mins for fully charged from 0% to 100% and when it came to me, it has 50% charging which gone dead after almost 7 hours of use.

UPDATE : 2022-12-23, 10 Months of mild usage.Pros:Battery life, lasts for more than 10 hrs solid.Sound quality is great. Bass heads will be disappointed very much, though there is a strong presence of deep bass. The sound signature is neutral.Good in terms of connectivity & lag.Excellent MIC quality for calls. Probably this is the only target audience for this product.Cons:Long cables.Painful & uncomfortable fit. Won't stay in position if you are on the move, mainly due to long cable.very poor noise isolation, which impacts the quality of deep bass.not loud enough, you will always wish for that extra loudness. You can enjoy the music only when you are idle & in a quiet environment.material quality is a bit let down as well. Rubber coating around the buds have peeled off which adds more pain.I REGRET PURCHASING THIS, NOW IT IS JUST FOR BACKUP USAGE.