Nothing Headphone 1 leaks show quirky translucent design

Its surely an aquired taste. | Image: nothing_fan_account

While Nothing is gearing up to officially unveil its archetypal over-ear headphones adjacent week, leaked images and videos person fixed america a bully thought of what they look like. The Nothing Headphone 1 sports an antithetic plan that appears consistently crossed leaks from aggregate sources, featuring a squircle earcup with the company’s signature transparent elements and enactment for what looks similar a 3.5mm audio cable.

Nothing announced successful a video past period that it would beryllium launching over-ear headphones successful “summer 2025,” but remained mostly tight-lipped astir what to expect. What small was teased — including Nothing’s Tom Ridley saying the institution was making “a much absorbing looking brace of headphones that accidental thing astir you,” and Adam Bates suggesting its buttons would diagnostic chiseled designs for each power relation — appears to person been realized successful these plan leaks.

Images shared by Nothing_fan_blog connected Instagram amusement that the earcups for the Nothing Headphone 1 lucifer a mates of quirky cassette tapes, and existent to Bates’ word, determination look to beryllium aggregate buttons to power the music. The images amusement the headphones successful achromatic oregon metallic colorways, and branding for “Nothing Headphone 1” and “Sound by KEF” connected either earcup.

Videos shared connected X by Arsène Lupin besides amusement 2 radical astatine a backstage marque lawsuit trying retired the headphones with what looks similar a 3.5mm wired connection. That cablegram could present improved audio show (compared with Bluetooth) that doesn’t necessitate a artillery erstwhile connected to compatible sources.

It won’t beryllium agelong earlier we get authoritative confirmation astir the Headphone 1 design, specs, and price. According to comments made by Nothing CEO Carl Pei astatine the London SXSW conference, it’s acceptable to beryllium announced connected July 1st alongside the brand’s incoming flagship phone, the Phone 3.