Sony WF-C710N vs Sony WF-SP700N

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WF-C710N compared with WF-SP700N

	SonyWF-C710N	SonyWF-SP700N
Overview
Released
Released	April 2025	April 2018
Sound
Type
Type	In-ear	In-ear
Noise cancelling
Noise cancelling	Yes	Yes
Transparency mode
Transparency mode	Yes	Yes
Driver size
Driver size	5 mm	6 mm
Bluetooth codecs
Bluetooth codecs	SBC and AAC	SBC and AAC
Drivers
Drivers	5 mm driver	Closed dynamic 6 mm drivers with CCAW voice coils and neodymium magnets
Noise cancelling detail
Noise cancelling detail	Dual Noise Sensor technology; Ambient Sound Mode adjustable in 20 levels, with Voice focus and a Voice passthrough setting; Adaptive Sound Control; Quick Attention Mode	Digital noise cancelling; Ambient Sound Mode offers Normal and Voice settings
Audio features
Audio features	DSEE upscaling; 360 Reality Audio; custom equaliser in the app	EXTRA BASS tuning and app equalisation; Quick Sound Settings recalls preferred equaliser and ambient settings. Bluetooth transmission range 20 Hz–20 kHz at 44.1 kHz sampling is not a measured acoustic frequency response.
Battery
Listening time (maker's claim)
Listening time (maker's claim)	Up to 8.5 hours	Up to 3 hours
With the case
With the case	Up to 30 hours	Up to 9 hours
Wireless charging
Wireless charging	No	–
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to 12 hours with noise cancelling off (AAC), 40 hours with the case; with SBC, 8 hours with noise cancelling on; 8 hours with Ambient Sound Mode on (AAC); talk time up to 4.5 hours; the equaliser and DSEE shorten battery life	Maker claim up to three hours playback with AAC, whether noise cancelling or ambient listening is on or off. Manual specifies SBC at two hours with either enabled and 2.5 hours with both off. Up to 3.5 hours talk time; eight hours standby with noise cancelling or ambient mode and 35 hours with both off. SoundGuys measured 2.58 hours at 75 dB SPL.
Charging case
Charging case	USB-C; about 3.5 hours to fully charge the case and earbuds, 1.5 hours for the earbuds alone	Micro-USB charging; approximately 1.5 hours for the earbuds and three hours for the case. The fully charged case provides approximately two further full charges, for nine hours total at the three-hour AAC claim.
Fast charging
Fast charging	5 minutes of charging gives about 1 hour of playback	Fifteen minutes charging provides approximately 70 minutes playback
Design
Weight (each earbud)
Weight (each earbud)	5.2 g (better)	7.6 g
Water and sweat resistance
Water and sweat resistance	IPX4	IPX4
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.3	4.1
Two devices at once
Two devices at once	Yes	No
Controls
Controls	Touch sensor on each earbud (by default the left switches noise cancelling and Ambient Sound Mode and holds for Quick Attention Mode; the right plays and pauses, skips tracks and holds for the voice assistant; tap four or more times for volume), reassignable in the app; Quick Access to a music service; IR sensors pause music when an earbud is taken out and switch the earbuds off after about 15 minutes	Physical buttons for playback, tracks, calls and noise modes; TechRadar reports no earbud volume control. The maker manual confirms calls and the call microphone use the left earbud.
Microphones
Microphones	Microphones on the outside and inside of each earbud, used for noise cancelling, Ambient Sound Mode and calls; Precise Voice Pickup Technology with AI noise reduction for calls	–
Fit and ear tips
Fit and ear tips	Hybrid silicone rubber earbud tips in XS, M and XL (M fitted); either earbud can be used on its own	–
Case weight
Case weight	About 38 g	Approximately 45 g; maker earbud weight is approximately 7.6 g each
Water resistance detail
Water resistance detail	IPX4 for the earbuds	IPX4 splash resistance applies to the earbuds; the charging case is not water resistant
Works with
Works with	Sony | Sound Connect app for iOS and Android; multipoint connection to two devices; Bluetooth 5.3 Class 1, about 10 m range; A2DP, AVRCP, HFP and HSP	Bluetooth A2DP, AVRCP, HFP and HSP; no multipoint. NFC pairing via the case with compatible Android phones. Sony announced Google Assistant support as a future update; its current manual documents Google Assistant and Alexa with updated software. Sony's US announcement was 8 January 2018 and stated spring availability; Japan specifies 28 April 2018, while Sony Europe's announcement specifies June. April is retained at month precision, without treating a review date as a verified first-sale day.
Colours
Colours	Black, White, Pink, Glass Blue (translucent)	Black, White, Pink and Yellow
In the box
In the box	Earbuds, charging case, USB-C cable (USB-A to USB-C), hybrid silicone rubber earbud tips in XS, M and XL, documents	–