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WH-1000XM5
Price across retailers
All 2 buying options ↓- Amazon
- Lowest₹24,990
- Flipkart
- +₹509₹25,499
The 15-second summary
The short version. Everything below argues it.
What's good
- Best-in-class noise cancellation
- Exceptional microphone clarity
- Comfortable past three hours
What's not
- Bulky carrying case
- Touch controls falter in cold weather
Buy it if you are
- Frequent travellers
- Open-plan office work
- Long call-heavy days
Look elsewhere if
- Tight bag space
- Studio monitoring
- Workouts — no IP rating
Our verdict
This is the headphone to buy if noise cancellation is the reason you are shopping. The ANC is a clear step ahead of everything else at this price, and the call quality — usually the first thing sacrificed — is the best we have tested. You are paying a premium for that, and the folding hinge of the previous generation is gone, so it travels less gracefully. If you spend more time on calls and commutes than in a bag, that trade is worth making.
Pros
- Best-in-class noise cancellation
- Exceptional microphone clarity
- Comfortable past three hours
Cons
- Bulky carrying case
- Touch controls falter in cold weather
Best for
- Frequent travellers
- Open-plan office work
- Long call-heavy days
Not ideal for
- Tight bag space
- Studio monitoring
- Workouts — no IP rating
PickD Score
9.4 / 10
Exceptional — among the best we have researched.
Ours, and measured against this category's rubric — never against the other products in a round-up. It is never merged with the community rating.
What makes it up
- Sound
- 9.2
- Noise cancellation
- 9.6
- Comfort
- 8.8
- Battery
- 9.0
- Call quality
- 9.1
- Value
- 8.4
Scored 22 Aug 2026
Full specifications
11 figures across 3 groups. Open only if you need them.
Full specifications
11 figures across 3 groups. Open only if you need them.
Audio
- Driver
- 30mm carbon fibre composite
- Frequency response
- 4 Hz - 40,000 Hz
- Codecs
- SBC, AAC, LDAC
- Noise cancellation
- Adaptive, 8 microphones
Battery & power
- Playback (ANC on)
- 30 hours
- Quick charge
- 3 min to 3 hours
- Charging
- USB-C
Physical
- Weight
- 250 g
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth 5.2, Multipoint
- Folds flat
- Swivel only
- Water resistance
- None
Price and where to buy
- View on Amazon₹24,990Affiliate link
- View on Flipkart₹25,499Affiliate link
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How we reviewed this
Last researched 22 Aug 2026
We researched the published specifications, compared this against the products competing with it at the same price, read through independent measurements and long-form reviews, and looked at the pattern in what owners report after living with it. Then we asked the only question that matters: is it worth what it costs?
This is a research verdict, not a hands-on test. Nobody here has used this particular unit. Where we have tested a product ourselves, the page says so in this box — and where it does not say so, we have not.