Beats Solo3 vs Beats Studio Wireless Headphones Comparison & Review

With introduction of Solo3 it will be interesting to compare Beats Solo3 vs Beats Studio Wireless, although principally one is over-ear headphone and the other is an on-ear type they are coming from the same principals with Price & Feature difference. Remember that Sol02 has got an upgrade Solo3 but Beats Studio Wireless has not ! Solo3 features Apple W1 chip which delivering significant performance and connectivity improvements.

So lets go with simple specs comparison table for Beats Solo3 vs Beats Studio Wireless colored in Green & Orange for quick understanding which has positive over the other.

Beats Solo3 vs Beats Studio Wireless Headphones Comparison

Let’s look at the major improvements in Solo3 making them powerful than ever

• Extensive Battery Life with new Apple W1 chip
  As a result of using Apple W1 chip, Solo3 scores 300% increased battery life over Studio Wireless is 300% [W1 is also used in Apple AirPods, BeatsX earbuds and PowerBeats]. W1 chip is tuned for an unparalleled battery life to the wireless headphones plus quick pairing to the Apple devices.
  Solo3 = 40 hours of music time vs Studio Wireless = 12 hours !!
  Also Solo3 can be Fast Fueled in 5 minutes to deliver 3 Hours of Playback ! wow !!
• Pairing
  Solo3 : Quick connection to Apple devices [iPhone, iPad] and synchronization to iCloud so as to get other Apple devices connecting to your Solo3 🙂
  Studio Wireless : Old manual pairing method method. [Manually Press the pairing button to activate it, then find Beats in phone BT settings to ask for pairing, highly time consuming and boring !!]
• Comfort of listening for hours
  Major construction difference between the two is earpads, On-Ear vs. Over-Ear
  Solo3 Earpads are designed to be On-Ear-Headphones as against the Beats Studio Wireless which are Over-Ear-Headphones.
  Obviously now it is your personal preference which type of earpads design you like to wear with, but my experience is you get more comfort for prolonged usage with over ear type earcups design.
  
• Listening the Music, the Power of Beats
  Obviously Apple W1 DNA of sound quality peculates into the Solo3 delivering superior tuned sound. Remember Beats is known for super bass over mids & highs making them best for hip hop which also has made Beats fans over other headphones.
• Dual-mode Adaptive Noise Canceling
  The major difference happens to be Adaptive noise cancelling of Beats Studio Wireless over Solo3, but if you have gone through my last review on Beats Studio Wireless where I have specifically written over Beats Studio Wireless vs Bose QC35 Noise cancelling and said that Beats Studio Wireless scores much lower compared to industry benchmarks. So to me it does not score overwhelmingly high over Solo3

So finally both Beats models boast Beats signature sound, since the difference in Beats Solo3 to Beats Studio Wireless Headphones is just $30 price-point becomes less important than the performance & features. With 40 hours of music time & W1 Chip Solo3 still makes an attractive proposition to me.