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Updated January 10, 2024·
The 1More Sonoflow headphones offer a better overall sound quality, longer battery life, and active noise cancelling, making them great for immersive music experiences and air travel. They're also less expensive, which can be a significant advantage. However, they might be bulkier to carry around compared to the smaller Sony Linkbuds. The Sony Linkbuds don’t have active noise cancelling and score lower in sound quality, but they offer an open design which can be preferred for awareness of your surroundings and have a better build quality and mic score, making them possibly better for calls and use during exercise. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the 1More Sonoflow
Good for music
Very good for air travel
Advantages of the Sony Linkbuds
Good for exercise
Good for podcasts and audiobooks
Key differences
Music
7.2/10
6.6/10
The 1More Sonoflow is good for music, while the Sony Linkbuds is only fair.
Phone Calls
5.0/10
6.8/10
The Sony Linkbuds is only fair for phone calls, while the 1More Sonoflow is poor.
Podcasts and Audiobooks
6.0/10
7.8/10
The Sony Linkbuds is good for podcasts and audiobooks, while the 1More Sonoflow is only fair.
Noise Reduction
8.3/10
2.5/10
The 1More Sonoflow is very good for noise reduction, while the Sony Linkbuds is poor.
Battery
40.0 Hours
5.5 Hours
The 1More Sonoflow has 40 hours of battery life. The Sony Linkbuds has 5.5 hours of battery life.
Cost
$100
$178
$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
The 1More Sonoflow has a price of $100 and the Sony Linkbuds costs $178.
Build Quality
8.5/10
9.3/10
The Sony Linkbuds has excellent build quality, while the 1More Sonoflow has very good build quality.
"The SonoFlow is cheap and fun, without going too far into being overly warm or annoyingly grating, or sharp sounding. The ANC features are lovely with strong app integration and excellent battery life."
"The Sony LinkBuds is definitely the most unique audio product to release so far in 2022, and it largely executes well on it's unoccluded design. However, it's hamstrung by all the same things as other unsealed earbuds."
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About 1More
Music lovers, young or old, frugal or affluent, deserve to hear music as it was meant to be heard, as the artist intended it to be heard. Everyone deserves to hear more. That’s how 1More, a China based company, describes their mission. Their products are all tuned by Luca Bignardi, a sound engineer who’s worked side by side with artists such as Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini and Andrea Bocelli, in an effort to offer premium quality audio devices at midrange prices.
About Sony
Sony is a multinational corporation, based out of Japan, with over 75 years of experience in the consumer electronics industry. In the audio market, Sony has been a trendsetter several times throughout its history. In 1979 they released the first-ever portable music player, the Sony Walkman, followed by the Discman 20 years later. Today, Sony is one of the leaders in the wireless headphone and earbud market, especially in terms of Active Noise Cancellation technology.
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