Where’d you get it for $50? That’s a sweet deal.
If you make use of the ANC and Ambient modes (which I think a lot of people will), it’s definitely worth it. Especially since the core wireless performance and stability is excellent. I do think Samsung might have some quality control issues… I had an instance where the connection suddenly dropped after being extremely stable and like you, the right side died way faster and didn’t charge up properly. It only happened once so I hope it’s not a forebear of what’s to come. Also as you can see in my graphs, there’s a bit of channel imbalance. This is actually my 2nd Buds FE. The first one was even worse. There was no bass at all in the left side.
Also regarding the glossy case… totally agree. That was my biggest disappointment when I unboxed it actually. I was hoping for something a little more matte. But apparently with some of the other Galaxy Buds, the matte coating would wear off so the glossy is better. I got used to it pretty quick so I guess it wasn’t a big deal in the end for me.