The market for wireless headphones has grown remarkably since Apple launched the AirPods and subsequently with the advent of the AirPods Pro, And along the way, many brands have shown that they are capable of doing things quite well at reasonable prices, such as Huawei.
Carl Pei, ex-founder of OnePlus, launches the Ear headphones (1) under the Nothing brand, with the aim of offering a good quality / price ratio. Let's take a look at this new and tough rival that has come out of the AirPods Pro and that promises to offer a quality result below 100 euros.
These new Ear headphones (1) come with Bluetooth 5.2 for wireless connection, active noise cancellation (ANC), IPX4 water resistance and a box that has wireless charging and USB-C port, without having to pay a single euro more. Unfortunately, at the moment the "fast pairing" or assisted pairing will only be compatible with Android devices, remember that Carl Pei is a lover of this Operating System.
For noise cancellation they bet on three microphones and we found three different modes: Máximo, Light and a kind of Transparency, so as not to completely disconnect from the outside.
They will offer in theory almost six hours of autonomy with active noise cancellation deactivated and around 34 hours in total if we have the charges offered by the case. In the event that we activate the noise cancellation we will have about 3 hours of autonomy, 24 in total if we have the charges from the box. The case is transparent and in design they remind us of Huawei's AirPods Pro and Freebuds 4 in a mix.
Obviously they will have their application to adjust the equalization, option to "Search" and software updates. At the hearing aid level we have 11,6-millimeter drivers adjusted by the Swedish company Teenage Engineering. ANDThe price will be 99 euros and will reach 45 different countries on August 17.
Nothing ear data sheet (1)
NOTHING EAR (1) DIMENSIONS:
Headphone: 28,9 x 21,5 x 23,5mm
Case: 58,6 x 58,6 x 23,7 mm
WEIGHT:
Headphones: 4,7g per headphone
Case: 57,4 g
HEADPHONE DRIVER:
11,6 mm
DRUMS:
Headphones: 31 mAh per headphone
Case: 570 mAh
Up to 34 hours of autonomy
Wireless charging
CONNECTIVITY:
Bluetooth 5.2
Profiles A2DP, AVRCP, HFP
AAC and SBC codecs
COMPATIBILITY:
Android 5.1 and higher
iOs 11 and higher
WATERPROOF:
IPX4
TOUCH CONTROL:
Yes
ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION:
Yes (-40 dB)
AMBIENT SOUND CANCELLATION:
Yes
PRICE:
$99
Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity is responsible for connecting these headphones to all types of equipment and mobile devices, and Nothing has an application for Android and iOS with which we can control the equalizers or customize the touch gestures with which to control the playback functions.