Well, bought them anyway, even though the upgrade wasn't much. I'm a sucker for yellow. And something I have noticed in the world of earbuds, there aren't very many yellow earbuds. I've done searches just looking for yellow earbuds. I'm tired of pink and white and black. And also, the yellow pair has an hour more battery life on it than the other, which is big for me. However, I think the black pair is very grown up looking. Kind of elegant. So....I may break down and get that pair if they should ever go on sale. Very nice review. I'm impressed. I started buying earbuds thinking I'd like to review them as well. There aren't many females doing so. But I think I'm too shy. But I'm not the only person though impressed with your review. New subscriber here.
It's good that they're improving their value proposition with the ear (a). I wish my ear (2)s had this new less-sharp & less-peaky microphone quality, for my work calls.
The slipperiness is their biggest drawback, yes, esp if you exercise while wearing them. For me, the trick was in getting ear foam tips to help them stay a little steadier in my ears.
Your fingers just might need to hit the gym though love, cuz ear a case is simply AWESOME… there are a few things that just need to be objective love… Canal fitting, brightness/darkness, preferences regarding the charging technology or even color could be and should be subjective…but not things like water resistance, ease of opening the case, flipping the case, battery, weight and the feel of durability of… well the case again, shouldn’t be…
Reliable LDAC, finally got a Nothing earbud. Got the (a)... It is not as good as the sound quality of HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 3 or HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 2 (avoid 2, it has bad mics) (to give you context, I think the base quality of Sony WF-1000XM5 is misguided audio engineering). The Nothing (a) is more comfortable than the freebuds or any competitor and very very good for the price (and the base quality is very good, I cannot say the same thing for most earbuds that charge more)... Also glad to support a decent company. Also AMAZING and direct review. will SUB for sure... BTW, if comfort is your issue, make sure you get the HUAWEI FreeClip (sound quality is not amazing, but omg you don't even realize they are on you).
I've had my eyes on the Huawei lineup for a while. One of my Android Authority colleagues loves them for the sound quality. Maybe I'll get to try one soon.
Sound quality is great. But aside from the freeclip, their flagship freebuds pro are for sure too heavy. If you are not a sound quality snub, I would overall recommend nothing (a) since the sound quality is like 80% there and they are so much more comfortable.
I’ve had such a difficult time finding earbuds that are comfortable AND have all the bells and whistles. I was a die hard Surface Earbuds fan for their comfort, but with no upgrade on the horizon, their age is showing and it’s time to find something new. I’ve tried the latest AirPods Pro, AirPods, Sony with the hole thingy, Fancy Sony ones, Galaxy Buds, the Samsung jelly bean-looking ones, etc. All of them left my ear irritated and raw after wearing, or they wouldn’t stay in my ears. I heard about these on a blog that recommended them for their microphone, which is super important because I will use these primarily for remote work that requires hours of zoom calls a day.. But I was having trouble finding in-depth reviews of the product that got down to the brass tacks. So many video reviews bury the meat of the message in long videos that are mostly opinion with little support, or are little more than reading the product description on Amazon. Despite the number of earbuds, I’ve tried myself, I would not consider myself someone who knows audio devices well, so I need someone who DOES have that expertise to explain it in layman‘s terms. This video is far and away the best review of any earbud I’ve seen. I love how it gets straight to the substance and every reason that you recommend the earbuds is explained and compared to other devices in a way that is easy to understand. Unlike most reviews that leave me feeling no better prepared to make a purchase than I did at the start, this one absolutely helped me feel very confident in my decision to purchase the earbuds. The little soundbites from the microphone where the perfect length and were exactly what I wanted to hear to make my decision. Half the videos I found didn’t even have that much. I haven’t received mine yet, so who knows if I’ll agree with the reviewer but nonetheless, I appreciate the format of this video and the information provided within it. Thank You for making a really great review video that was genuinely helpful.
Im glad you found this i was looking into buying the nothing ear 2 because I thought it was the newest model but it's not i think it's silly the way they changed the name it's confusing for new buyers
Thanks for the video. You're incorrect the drivers are not the same The ear has a ceramic driver. Wish you would have talked about the sound difference, if any.
I have the nothing ear a in black. They are great value of menu. The control are a little tricky but you get used to them. The call quality is good and also the noise quality. on Amazon their covers are cheap and not good quality wish there were some good quality ones from spigen etc
all i know is i need something because the pixel buds pro and straight trash btw amazon has the fire hd, the fire 8 and the fire max so your example is 🥚
@@lazyhans Be careful here, the Nothing Stick has a very high level of bass, it has improved a lot with several firmware updates. It has a better bass level than the Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro and many other headphones I have.
They're very, very similar, but I would say the Ear 2 are still a better value than the Ear (a) for now (wireless charging, they're getting the new custom equalizer), unless you care about LDAC support, in which case the Ear A are better.
The problem here is that Nothing's "premium" buds are actually budget buds in price. It's not the naming convention that confusing - its the fact that their 'best' buds are by definition and price, budget friendly already. By making a very slightly lower price buds in the 2a, it confuses consumers about the value prop. They have done something quite similar with their phones recently as well where it seems like the Phone 2a is better than the 2, when in fact it isn't - its this type of mixed messages that wont bode well for the brand; and lets not even go into "CMF By Nothing"!
I loved Nothing until I got the Earfun Air Pro 3's! Wow, what a difference at $55 on sale. Earfun connects fast to my Samsung S24 Ultra & other devices & you don't need ANC because they are so loud & comfortable. 60% volume on the Earfun's are like 85% to the Nothing's. Plus all the HD, HiFi, Qualcomm APTx, Codec & the 9+ hours of listening time. Nothing falls short on those topics but most importantly, I've had 2 pairs of the Nothing's where the stems come apart here in Hot SE Texas & it's almost impossible to glue the stems back together. These should be $65 to $70 buds, imo. Great info 🤟
Thank you for the video it was very helpful, i have a question. i own a Samsung galaxy s24. and i own the ear(2) black edition. Should i disable LHDC. to gain the extra battery life? as this feature only works for phones that support it. which (phone 1, 2 and 2a) does. but am not sure if my samsung galaxy s24. supports it. am i just wasting battery by having it enabled? can you maybe check it
I would disable it. The Galaxy S24 doesn't support LHDC (you can go in Developer Options > Bluetooth audio codec and see that the ones it handles are SBC, AAC, aptX audio, LDAC, and SSC). I'm not sure if you lose battery life if the setting is enabled on the buds but they're not actively transmitting over LHDC, but why risk it? Just keep it off.
any and all 'buds' these days are mostly crap and hugely overpriced. so i will just save my western inflation money and let the tech 'mature' (honestly, they are mostly overpriced crap)
Have you not seen how bad inflation has gotten and how much more difficult it is to even get by much less buy things you want?!? Tbh, I'm extremely jealous of people who can buy what they want. It must be nice to be so privileged to be able to get stuff you "want" when a lot of us can barely even afford the stuff we actually "need."
Dropping the safe and simple numbering convention is a really strange move to me. This just makes it more confusing to know which is the newer model.
I use the ear 2 and it's amazing , best fit of all the tws I have tried. For ear 2 owners I don't think there's a reason to upgrade this year
Well, bought them anyway, even though the upgrade wasn't much. I'm a sucker for yellow. And something I have noticed in the world of earbuds, there aren't very many yellow earbuds. I've done searches just looking for yellow earbuds. I'm tired of pink and white and black. And also, the yellow pair has an hour more battery life on it than the other, which is big for me. However, I think the black pair is very grown up looking. Kind of elegant. So....I may break down and get that pair if they should ever go on sale. Very nice review. I'm impressed. I started buying earbuds thinking I'd like to review them as well. There aren't many females doing so. But I think I'm too shy. But I'm not the only person though impressed with your review. New subscriber here.
This is one of the most in-depth and easy to understand videos out there about the nothing ear buds.
Thankyou
Airpods and the Ear series are the most comfortable options for me out there and ANC on the Ears for like £130 is a no brainer.
It's good that they're improving their value proposition with the ear (a). I wish my ear (2)s had this new less-sharp & less-peaky microphone quality, for my work calls.
Enjoyed your video. Was helpful for me. Going with ear (a)
Nice, lovely-designed earbuds, but I can't wait to see the comparison with the OnePlus Buds 3...
thank you ur review helped decide
Great review ❤
Such a good demo, glad to hear they aren't as sharp sounding
The blacked out ones look better imo.
4:27 you couldn't be meore wrong. IPx automatically means no dust protection. IPx2 means some level water protection
They get lost all the time! Which one sticks very well in the ear?? Which one does not get lost easily?
The slipperiness is their biggest drawback, yes, esp if you exercise while wearing them. For me, the trick was in getting ear foam tips to help them stay a little steadier in my ears.
Unfortunately no mention of the cmf buds, also by nothing with basically the same features for much cheaper
I haven't tried the CMF buds, sadly, so I don't have a point of reference with them. AFAIK, they have a different driver too.
How's ANC compared to airpod pros 1st gen?
Its very good. thank god you can tone it down in app. Because the strong ANC is just too much.
Ear 2 or Ear a? Anyone?
She talked about everything except sound quality. Duhh!!
Your fingers just might need to hit the gym though love, cuz ear a case is simply AWESOME… there are a few things that just need to be objective love… Canal fitting, brightness/darkness, preferences regarding the charging technology or even color could be and should be subjective…but not things like water resistance, ease of opening the case, flipping the case, battery, weight and the feel of durability of… well the case again, shouldn’t be…
Reliable LDAC, finally got a Nothing earbud. Got the (a)... It is not as good as the sound quality of HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 3 or HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 2 (avoid 2, it has bad mics) (to give you context, I think the base quality of Sony WF-1000XM5 is misguided audio engineering). The Nothing (a) is more comfortable than the freebuds or any competitor and very very good for the price (and the base quality is very good, I cannot say the same thing for most earbuds that charge more)... Also glad to support a decent company. Also AMAZING and direct review. will SUB for sure... BTW, if comfort is your issue, make sure you get the HUAWEI FreeClip (sound quality is not amazing, but omg you don't even realize they are on you).
I've had my eyes on the Huawei lineup for a while. One of my Android Authority colleagues loves them for the sound quality. Maybe I'll get to try one soon.
Sound quality is great. But aside from the freeclip, their flagship freebuds pro are for sure too heavy. If you are not a sound quality snub, I would overall recommend nothing (a) since the sound quality is like 80% there and they are so much more comfortable.
@@RitaElKhoury-AAHuawei is good, but the app is bad, not good ecualization
They do NOT have the same driver. The Ear have a new ceramic driver.
I’ve had such a difficult time finding earbuds that are comfortable AND have all the bells and whistles. I was a die hard Surface Earbuds fan for their comfort, but with no upgrade on the horizon, their age is showing and it’s time to find something new. I’ve tried the latest AirPods Pro, AirPods, Sony with the hole thingy, Fancy Sony ones, Galaxy Buds, the Samsung jelly bean-looking ones, etc. All of them left my ear irritated and raw after wearing, or they wouldn’t stay in my ears.
I heard about these on a blog that recommended them for their microphone, which is super important because I will use these primarily for remote work that requires hours of zoom calls a day.. But I was having trouble finding in-depth reviews of the product that got down to the brass tacks.
So many video reviews bury the meat of the message in long videos that are mostly opinion with little support, or are little more than reading the product description on Amazon. Despite the number of earbuds, I’ve tried myself, I would not consider myself someone who knows audio devices well, so I need someone who DOES have that expertise to explain it in layman‘s terms.
This video is far and away the best review of any earbud I’ve seen. I love how it gets straight to the substance and every reason that you recommend the earbuds is explained and compared to other devices in a way that is easy to understand. Unlike most reviews that leave me feeling no better prepared to make a purchase than I did at the start, this one absolutely helped me feel very confident in my decision to purchase the earbuds. The little soundbites from the microphone where the perfect length and were exactly what I wanted to hear to make my decision. Half the videos I found didn’t even have that much.
I haven’t received mine yet, so who knows if I’ll agree with the reviewer but nonetheless, I appreciate the format of this video and the information provided within it. Thank You for making a really great review video that was genuinely helpful.
Wow, that's high praise, and I'm glad my review helped you make up your mind! I hope you ended up liking the buds you bought :)
Thanks i made my decision to go for Ear (a). What a value for money 💰 product 👏🏻
Thank you for the in-depth review! I'm going with the Ear because of this but the bumble bee yellow is tempting 🐝
I went for the yellow...
The Ear (a) has a better shaped case
Good headphones
But the names are horrendous
Unfortunate naming, eshops have chaos in it, shame :-(
Im glad you found this i was looking into buying the nothing ear 2 because I thought it was the newest model but it's not i think it's silly the way they changed the name it's confusing for new buyers
I'm sure a lot of people are buying the Ear 2 thinking it's newer than the Ear. Silly decision.
Thanks for the video. You're incorrect the drivers are not the same The ear has a ceramic driver.
Wish you would have talked about the sound difference, if any.
Yess girl in tech
Nothing ear 2024 or airpods pro 2????
Upgrading from the (1) to the ear's....
A very, very good reviewer and presenter! 👍👏 #expert #pro #topnotch
I have the nothing ear a in black. They are great value of menu. The control are a little tricky but you get used to them. The call quality is good and also the noise quality. on Amazon their covers are cheap and not good quality wish there were some good quality ones from spigen etc
all i know is i need something
because the pixel buds pro and straight trash
btw amazon has the fire hd, the fire 8 and the fire max so your example is 🥚
Concise and to the point. Best review on the Nothing ears thus far
Is ear (a) internally the same as cmf buds?
The drivers are different AFAIK.
I kind of want these over Apple air pods for my iPhone 14 Pro Max. Does anyone have these and use them for their iPhone?
¿Vs freebuds pro 3, only in audio quality? Thanks
Loved the review
Why does everyone forget the Ear Stick in their comparison/timeline? They are literally the best of them all.
Really? Why? I have Stick and want to buy this new model, will it be good upgrade?
@@czdjax depends on what you like. Ear Stick is a different type of product with its open fit design and it doesnt seem to get a successor.
@@lazyhans I expecting more bass
@@czdjax since open fit earbuds have poor bass for technical reasons, you can just buy any other product and will be happy then.
@@lazyhans Be careful here, the Nothing Stick has a very high level of bass, it has improved a lot with several firmware updates. It has a better bass level than the Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro and many other headphones I have.
To me, it really sounds like the Ear (a) is the better pick. But the finer EQ tinkering you can do eith the Ear is a must have for me
How do the ear(a) compare to the ear 2? The ear 2 are at the same price right now thanks to discount, so I wonder which ones would be the best deal.
They're very, very similar, but I would say the Ear 2 are still a better value than the Ear (a) for now (wireless charging, they're getting the new custom equalizer), unless you care about LDAC support, in which case the Ear A are better.
In UK difference is just £30 and wondering if is worth to buy ear or ear a
With that small price difference, the Ear is a bit more appealing, if only for the wireless charging and custom EQ.
Can we answer phone calls from earbuds
Yes.
are they compatible with iphone?
Yes.
The problem here is that Nothing's "premium" buds are actually budget buds in price. It's not the naming convention that confusing - its the fact that their 'best' buds are by definition and price, budget friendly already. By making a very slightly lower price buds in the 2a, it confuses consumers about the value prop. They have done something quite similar with their phones recently as well where it seems like the Phone 2a is better than the 2, when in fact it isn't - its this type of mixed messages that wont bode well for the brand; and lets not even go into "CMF By Nothing"!
I loved Nothing until I got the Earfun Air Pro 3's! Wow, what a difference at $55 on sale.
Earfun connects fast to my Samsung S24 Ultra & other devices & you don't need ANC because they are so loud & comfortable.
60% volume on the Earfun's are like 85% to the Nothing's.
Plus all the HD, HiFi, Qualcomm APTx, Codec & the 9+ hours of listening time.
Nothing falls short on those topics but most importantly,
I've had 2 pairs of the Nothing's where the stems come apart here in Hot SE Texas & it's almost impossible to glue the stems back together.
These should be $65 to $70 buds, imo. Great info 🤟
Thank you for the video it was very helpful, i have a question. i own a Samsung galaxy s24. and i own the ear(2) black edition. Should i disable LHDC. to gain the extra battery life? as this feature only works for phones that support it. which (phone 1, 2 and 2a) does.
but am not sure if my samsung galaxy s24. supports it. am i just wasting battery by having it enabled?
can you maybe check it
I would disable it. The Galaxy S24 doesn't support LHDC (you can go in Developer Options > Bluetooth audio codec and see that the ones it handles are SBC, AAC, aptX audio, LDAC, and SSC). I'm not sure if you lose battery life if the setting is enabled on the buds but they're not actively transmitting over LHDC, but why risk it? Just keep it off.
@@RitaElKhoury-AA Yes, i just checked it, it only supports AAC, so i may just disable it in the settings on the nothing app. thank you
Thanks for the excellent review! 🙌 I would also go with the Ear(a).
any and all 'buds' these days are mostly crap and hugely overpriced. so i will just save my western inflation money and let the tech 'mature' (honestly, they are mostly overpriced crap)
Have you not seen how bad inflation has gotten and how much more difficult it is to even get by much less buy things you want?!? Tbh, I'm extremely jealous of people who can buy what they want. It must be nice to be so privileged to be able to get stuff you "want" when a lot of us can barely even afford the stuff we actually "need."
You mistook a youtube comment section for your blog.