Samsung Galaxy Buds (2019) vs Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H5 (2016)

The Samsung Galaxy Buds is a great Earphone for its $59 asking price.

The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H5 (2016), however, is merely passable at its $154 price point. If you're considering buying a Earphone in the $150 range, you might want to check out some of its competitors.

The Samsung Galaxy Buds has impressed reviewers from two sources that are among the most highly trusted on the internet, namely CNET and Tom's Guide. It did great in their objective hands-on roundups - it earned the "Best value Samsung" and "Best cheap truly wireless earbuds" awards from CNET and Tom's Guide, respectively. That's high praise from such reputable sources.

As for the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H5 (2016), it wasn't able to earn a top spot in any roundups from trusted sources that conduct their own hands-on testing. Nevertheless, it managed to impress reviewers at PCmag, Headphone Review, Tech Advisor, and Techradar enough to make it onto their respective shortlists.

To get a better idea of how they fare when compared directly to each other, we analyzed review scores of sources that tested both. Tech Advisor, for example, preferred the Samsung Galaxy Buds, while PCmag rated both of them the same.

We also took a look at which sources had the best things to say about them. We learned that the Samsung Galaxy Buds got reviewed the highest by Head-fi - it gave it a rating of 10, while the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H5 (2016) most impressed reviewers at PCmag, which gave it a score of 8.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review ratings and observed that the Samsung Galaxy Buds, with its 7.7 average, performed considerably better than most Earphones - the mean score for the product category being 7.3 out of 10 - while the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H5 (2016) managed an average of 7.2.

There's one caveat here - it might not be entirely justifiable to do a direct Samsung Galaxy Buds vs. Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H5 (2016) review average comparison since they aren't priced the same and more expensive products tend to get higher review scores from some sources.