80
What Hi-Fi?Specialist
“Jabra joins the budget true wireless fray in some style with the Elite 3 buds”
Publisher score: 4/5
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Jabra Elite 3
$79.99 · Qualcomm / aptX · 5 years old
79
Review
Radar
8
User score
Image credit: Official product image
Spec sheet
Key features
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Build and fit
- Weight
- 4.6 g per earbud; 33.4 g charging case
- Wearing style
- True wireless in-ear earbuds
- Water resistance
- IP55
- Driver size
- 6 mm
- Driver type
- Dynamic speaker
- Frequency response
- 20 Hz - 20 kHz music mode; 100 Hz - 8 kHz speak mode
Wireless and connections
- Noise control
- Noise-isolating design and HearThrough
- Charging
- USB-C charging; up to 3.5 hrs charge time; 10 min fast charge gives up to 1 hr
- Battery
- Up to 7 hrs earbuds / 28 hrs with case
- Connections
- Bluetooth, USB-C charging
- Microphones
- 4 MEMS microphones
- BT codecs
- aptX, SBC
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.2
Review evidence
Audio specialist reviews
72
“The Jabra Elite 3 might not have all the additional features you want, but it's cheap, sounds good, and is easy to use.”
Publisher score: 7.2/10
Review evidence
Tech publication reviews
90
Trusted Reviews
“The Elite 3 tick all the right boxes when it comes to sound, design and features, but they lack features found on Jabra's premium earbuds”
Publisher score: 4.5/5
80
Expert ReviewsRead review ↗
“The Jabra Elite 3 get the basics right and are super comfortable, but fall behind some rivals when it comes to advanced features”
Publisher score: 4/5
80
PCMag
“PCMag has product-specific coverage for Jabra Elite 3.”
Publisher score: 4/5 · 2mo ago
80
Laptop Mag
“Entry level buds with high-quality sound”
Publisher score: 4/5
70
TechRadar
“Comfortably reliable, if not exactly exciting”
Publisher score: 3.5/5
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Buying notes
Value todayStrong buy
High review score for the money. 79/100 at $80. Uses the lowest in-stock retailer price we can see.
Worth checking
Call quality in windy outdoor environments.
Score distribution
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Highest90
Median80
Lowest70
Reviews7
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Further reading
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Jabra Elite 3 Wireless Earbuds: Review
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