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Few hardware startups have ramped up to a full product line as quick as Nothing . The London - based firm announce on Tuesday yet another take on earbuds with the Ear Open . As the name suggestions , these are open - pinna devices , designed to keep a sentiency of situational consciousness , rather than the drown - out - the - macrocosm approach of participating noise cancelation .
The new buds ply $ 149 , the same terms as the society ’s Ear 2 and $ 50 more than the budgetEar A , and $ 20 more than thenew AirPods 4 ( sans ANC ) . Also like the Ear 2 , the novel Open provide part - establish entree to ChatGPT enquiry good manners of the Nothing X app .
Like other open - ear headphones , the newfangled brace are design for instance when the wearer needs to learn what ’s going on around them . That could be a bike ride or a perambulation through the city street . Some sound outflow is inevitable with earpiece that do n’t have cups or cut-in to supply passive noise canceling .
Of that , Nothing lay claim , “ This capable design is engineered with a Sound Seal System and directional speakers to minimise profound leakage , insure privacy while delivering a perfectly balanced soundstage . ”
The Open for certain maintain the focus on panache that has defined Nothing ’s products since the outset . They very much carry over the design language of the party ’s capitulum products . That ’s nice , as open - spike headphones often tend to see like they were fished out of the bin at Dollar General .
Nothing says the buds are 30 % easy than “ typical earbuds . ” They ’ll also get eight time of day of playback on a explosive charge and a total of 30 hours when the case is factor in in .
Preorder open up Tuesday . They ’ll start ship to the U.S. , Canada , the U.K. , and Europe on October 1 .
