Soundcore Q20i
Amazon's #1 over-ear headphone, 73,732 ratings at 4.5, and forty dollars.
- Battery life WITH ANC
- 40
- Codecs
- —
- Weight
- 258
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57,702 ratings at 4.5 for $19.99 — and a spec table with the draft notes still in it.
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| Battery life | 10/10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cancelling | 0/10 | |
| Sound | 5/10 | |
| Comfort | 6/10 | |
| Calls | 5/10 | |
| Value | 9/10 |
Third best-selling over-ear headphone on Amazon. $19.99, 57,702 ratings, 4.5 out of 5 — a better score than the $298 Sony and the $359 Bose on this same page.
And then there is the spec table. Under «Carrying Case Material» it says, in full: «Most likely a durable material such as nylon, polyester, or leather.» That is not a specification, it is somebody's draft answer, published and left there. Below it, «Built-In Media: Blu-ray». Below that, «External Testing Certification: yes».
The Bluetooth version deserves the same scepticism. The listing claims 6.0 on a product first sold in 2021, three years before the standard existed, and the bullet quietly hedges it in a bracket. What is probably true is the battery: 65 hours is the longest claim on this site, and the reviews back it up more often than not.
For twenty dollars you get 40 mm drivers, a folding frame, a 3.5 mm cable for when it dies and two-device pairing. You do not get noise cancelling — the table's «Sound Isolation» is the padding — and you do not get a spec sheet anybody proofread.
Anything marked «—» is a figure the manufacturer doesn't publish. We don't fill those in by eye.
| Type | Over-ear |
|---|---|
| Form factor | Closed-back over-ear, folding, Bluetooth and 3.5 mm |
| Active noise cancelling | No |
|---|---|
| Cancelling type | None. The table says «Sound Isolation», which is the padding |
| Transparency mode | No |
| Driver size | 40 |
| Driver type | Dynamic, dual unit |
| EQ in the app | No |
| Battery life, ANC off | 65 |
|---|---|
| Battery life WITH ANC | — |
| Total with the case | — |
| Fast charge | — |
| Wireless charging | No |
| Replaceable battery | No |
| Bluetooth version | 6.0 |
|---|---|
| Codecs | — |
| Two devices at once | Yes |
| Latency | — |
| 2.4 GHz dongle included | No |
| Microphones | 1 |
| Weight | 180 |
|---|---|
| Water resistance (IP) | — |
| Folds | Yes |
| Warranty | 1 |
| Carrying Case Material: «Most likely a durable material such as nylon, polyester, or leather» | That is the entire content of the field, copied here word for word. Somebody left the draft answer in and published it. It has been sitting on a listing with 57,702 ratings. |
|---|---|
| Built-In Media: Blu-ray | Another Amazon field, on a Bluetooth headphone. |
| External Testing Certification: yes | Yes to which test, by whom, is not stated. |
| Bluetooth 6.0, on a headphone first listed in 2021 | The bullet hedges it before you can: «There are updates for both the old and new Bluetooth versions, but this will not affect the quality of the product or its normal use». Bluetooth 6.0 was ratified in September 2024. |
| Frequency Range: 20 Hz – 30,000 Hz | A wider range than the $298 Sony three rows down, which does not publish an audio range at all. |
| The weight, twice | The bullet says 0.38 lb, which is 172 g. The table says 0.18 kg, which is 180 g. They are close enough that we publish the table's figure and note the gap. |
| The 6 EQ modes are a button, not an app | There is no app on this listing. You cycle the modes on the earcup. |
A summary of the reviews published on Amazon.com as of 2026-09-08.
4.5 out of 5 from 57,702 ratings. The praise is overwhelmingly battery and price, and a striking number of reviews say they bought a second pair. The complaints are about the earcup plastic and the headband over long sessions, plus a recurring note that the microphone is weak on calls.
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Amazon's #1 over-ear headphone, 73,732 ratings at 4.5, and forty dollars.
$49.57 for a headphone listed at $179.99 — on a page that says it takes 50 hours to charge and weighs 99 grams.
Its frequency response field says 2.4 GHz. That is the Bluetooth band, on a $298 audiophile headphone.