- In a galaxy far, far, is that was they say?
Far, far away.
Hey everybody, it's Brenda Stolyar,
Mashable's Tech Reporter,
and today I'm unboxing something pretty cool.
These are the BTS Edition of the Samsung Galaxy Buds+.
And in addition to the Buds+,
there is also a BTS Edition of the Galaxy S20 phone.
Those of you who aren't the ultimate BTS fans,
are probably wondering why Samsung decided to
release these special edition versions,
and that is because July 9th marks the 7th anniversary
that the BTS fandom essentially became the army.
Regardless, let's check 'em out.
Okay, so, on the front of the box
you have the little hearts that are purple
for what the BTS fandom says is, "I purple you"
to show their love for the band,
and then you have Samsung's logo with the BTS logo as well,
also in the signature purple color.
So, it slides out,
and we've got more purple.
If you couldn't already tell, that that is the theme here.
Buds+, and cute little purple glimmery, shimmery accents.
Okay, alrighty.
Which box should we start with first?
Let's go with this one.
Again, you have the BTS logo on the front.
I do not know how to open a box, clearly.
Ooh, all right, so,
right here we have what is a
shell for the actual Galaxy Buds+ case.
It also says, "I purple you,"
and it's got a cute little heart.
It's very shiny, and got the BTS logo on the other.
So yeah, it's a cute little cover which we'll put on.
I'm gonna set these aside right here.
What else do we have?
Some cables.
All right, we've got the type C cable here
to charge the case,
and then we have
let's rearrange this real nice.
That does not look nice at all, but whatever.
This is an unbox, oh, yep, that's good.
And then we have the silicone tips as well,
on the inside, so basically standard accessories
that also come with the regular Buds+.
All right, it's the moment you've all been waiting for.
Dun, dun, dun, dun.
Ooh.
These are shiny!
All right, so again, purple, purple, purple (chuckling).
The purple color.
You've got the heart accent
that I was talking about before right here.
Again, for the millionth time I've said it,
take a shot for every time I say BTS logo on the front,
Samsung's branding right above it.
So, first impressions, this case is very, very nice.
Super metallicky, just, you know,
feels high-end, and pretty unique as well.
I am an Airpods user, so anything that isn't white,
is definitely already a step up.
Let's open them up.
Ooh, there you go.
All right, so here are the Buds themselves.
Now, I thought the Buds had, oh, there we go.
Don't know if you can see it,
but they do have the cute little heart on the side.
So as you can see, you have the purple on the outside.
So, I'm not gonna lie,
I'm pretty surprised that they did go for
the black and purple, as opposed to,
I know there's a lot of purple on here already
you have the shell, you have the charging case,
but I really would have liked them to just be fully purple,
but these still look really nice.
You know, if you're the type that likes to match
your earbuds to your outfits, or just any accessories,
these will definitely be far easier to match
than they would have been if they were all purple.
But these are really, really nice.
Again, this is the charging case.
You've got the type C port right here,
and left and right, in case you can't tell the difference.
This is the complete set.
I think it looks really, really nice.
It's all very uniform.
I do wish I had the phone with me.
Apparently, I saw on Twitter,
if you connect these to the
what I think is the S20 BTS Edition,
you get a cute little animation that pops up,
but we're gonna try it on my regular S20.
I'm gonna say that it still looks really nice,
even with the blue color,
just for those of you that
you know, do like pops of color in your accessories.
Okay, so I'm gonna put these back in their
respective slots here.
Okay, so I think my settings are correct.
It should come up.
Oh, okay, so here we go.
A new device has been detected.
So let's see if this works.
I really hope it does.
Hello, hello?
I don't know.
Okay.
They're connected.
Aww man.
It didn't work.
Well, I'm really, really sad.
Ok, so after doing some digging,
I found out that it is actually possible to pull up the animation on standard Galaxy phones.
So first, make sure NFC is toggled ON in your settings,
and that Android Beam is turned ON as well.
What I didn't realize is that there's and NFC tag built into the bottom
of the smart buds cover.
So, after the settings are all turned on,
tap the bottom piece of the cover on the back of the Galaxy phone,
right where the Samsung logo is.
If you're using the BTS edition, just make sure it's lined up
with the BTS logo.
Once it's connected, follow the prompts
to download the BTS themes onto your phone.
But, if you are using the Standard S20,
or an older Galaxy phone,
I'm almost positive it has to be running on Android 10,
in order for it to work.
After those downloads are complete,
the next time you open your Buds+ case,
you should see the animation appear.
The one thing I will say about them
through just kind of playing around
is they can get a little finger printy,
especially when it's, you know,
this type of metallic.
But I'm sure that you can just quickly wipe them off,
and it's not really something that anyone can see.
Oh my gosh, and there's more.
Whoa.
I do remember that this is supposed to be a thing.
Oh, my god, all right.
So these also come with these cute little photos,
and they're wearing the earbuds.
Wow.
So there you go.
I don't even have to try them on for you.
This is literally what they look like.
I can't believe I almost didn't open this,
thinking that it was just a manual of some sort.
So yeah, those are the Galaxy Buds+.
I'm going to put them back in their little cradle
to charge them up.
As far as price point goes,
the BTS Edition of the Galaxy Buds+
are gonna cost you $200,
which is $50 more than the standard Galaxy Buds+,
but that makes sense, considering the fact
that these are a special edition version.
And I will warn you all that if there's
anything BTS is known for, it is selling out shows,
and arenas,
and I highly doubt that these,
in addition to the S20 phone,
are really gonna be any different.
So I really wouldn't wait too long.
But, if you're still on the fence,
be sure to check out our full reviews
of the regular Galaxy Buds+,
and the S20 over at Mashable.