Budget ANC earbuds usually make you pick a compromise: silence, bass, or battery. The Soundcore P30i (by Anker) tries to steal a fourth party trick – a charging case that flips open into a phone stand so your next hotel-room Netflix binge does not require a water bottle as structural engineering. Street pricing often lands around $27-$40.
Audio side: 10mm drivers with Soundcore BassUp, adaptive ANC claimed up to about 42dB, transparency mode when you need airport announcements, and app EQ / multipoint via the Soundcore app. Calls lean on a 4-mic AI setup. Wireless is Bluetooth 5.4, weatherproofing is IP54 (sweat and light rain, not pool party).
Battery math is the other headline: up to about 10 hours per charge / 45 hours with the case (ANC off marketing numbers), with a 10-minute quick charge good for roughly 2 hours more listening. ANC-on numbers shrink – treat the big figures as best-case commute math, not a law of physics.
These will not embarrass flagship QuietComfort money, but for desk calls, flights, and “propped phone while I eat sad airport noodles,” the stand case is weirdly useful. Old-school GK ANC nostalgia: Klipsch Mode headphones.
Get the Soundcore P30i (~$27-$40) if you want ANC buds that double as a tiny tripod for your phone.