Nothing’s Headphone 1 Copied the AirPods Max’s Dumbest Accessory, and Now I Actually Need One
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Nothing’s Headphone 1 Copied the AirPods Max’s Dumbest Accessory, and Now I Actually Need One
Appleâs AirPods Max are iconic for lots of reasons. Firstly, itâs Apple, so they have just a teensy bit of name-brand recognition. Secondly, thereâs the soundâAppleâs over-ear headphones might look a little boring, but they sound consistently great. Good enough to actually make a $550 price tag work.
There’s also a third iconic aspect, though this one may be notable for the wrong reasons. If you guessed the âiBraâ carrying case, congratulations, you win a free ticket to tech nerd jail. As iconic as Appleâs AirPods Max carrying caseâwhich looks a lot like a braâmay be, other companies apparently arenât afraid to infuse a little AirPods energy into their own accessories, and one of those companies is Nothing.
Hereâs its own personal take on the oft-bullied iBra: a part of some regional drop for those who purchase its Headphone 1 in Dubai. As you can see, itâs the same kind of Apple-style, bra-shaped carrying case that houses both earcups in their own holsters with some Nothing branding slapped on. Itâs hard to tell just from this promotional video, but it even looks like itâs made from a similar material to the AirPods Maxâs pioneering carrying case.
The fact that this is being featured as part of a promotion says a couple of things. The first thing is: you probably wonât be able to buy this off the bat. If I had to guess, the Nothing iBra is, at this stage, a one-off for people in Dubai. On a more optimistic note, however, if the company is already making the case, thereâs always a chance that it could make more of them. That would probably require unexpected demand, though, so if you really want your own Nothing version of the iBra for the Headphone 1, itâs time to make some noise.
Personally, I dig it. Having just borrowed a colleagueâs AirPods Max for a little bit, it was nice to have a carrying case to prevent scratching, even if it looked a little silly. Currently, Nothing ships its Headphone 1 with a felt case, which is fine but not exactly premium-feeling. Granted, the Headphone 1 are also $299 compared to the AirPods Maxâs $550, but a few hundo isnât exactly nothing in this economy.
My vote? Give us the Nothing-style iBra we didnât know we craved.
Source: gizmodo.com
