True wireless in-ear headphones becoming popular as more smartphones ditch jacks

Globally, 130 million units of TWH were sold last year. PHOTO: SAMSUNG
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Student development officer Hui Chew, 33, bought a pair of true wireless in-ear headphones (TWH) last month.

He joins a growing number of consumers who are ditching wired and conventional wireless headphones for a set of TWH, which are earbuds with no connecting cables.

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