Following up on its first over-ear headphones launched final 12 months, Nothing has simply introduced Headphone (a) as a extra inexpensive choice with added colours and, one way or the other, longer battery life too.
Nothing Headphone (1) was the model’s first time increasing past earbuds and into over-ear headphones. And, in our overview, we discovered that they had been a stable choice, particularly for the worth, with good lively noise cancellation and nice battery life.
So what’s new with Nothing Headphone (a)?
Moreover the decrease beginning worth of $199 (in comparison with $299), Headphone (a) additionally drops the load all the way down to 310g, whereas delivering frankly insane battery life. Nothing says that, with ANC off, Headphone (a) will run for as much as 135 hours on a single cost. That’s up from 80 hours on Headphone (1).
However you’ll nonetheless get the identical controls with a curler, paddle, and button. Nothing can also be including help for utilizing the button as a distant set off for the digital camera in your related telephone, configurable by the Nothing X app. You’ll additionally nonetheless get adaptive ANC and wi-fi hi-res audio, in addition to LDAC help. There’s Google Quick Pair help on Android, after all. The sound specs are fairly acquainted too – 40mm driver, ANC as much as 40dB (with two much less microphones), and so forth – however with out tuning by KEF.
Nothing says that it has designed these headphones with deeper bass, together with “AI-powered Dynamic Bass Enhancement” to spice up decrease frequencies. Nothing says it designed this with the choice of the “youthful era” in thoughts.
Nothing Headphone (a) can be found for pre-order at this time with open gross sales on March 13. Black, white, and pink colours will all be commonplace choices, whereas the yellow is a restricted version launch out there beginning on April 6. Pricing lands at £149 / $199 / €159.
Keep tuned for a full overview within the coming weeks.
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