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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor

Nothing Headphone 1 review: attention-seeking design for your head

Nothing Headphone 1 review showing the headphones stood up on their travel case.
The Nothing headphones stand out from the crowd –and in the street. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian

London-based Nothing’s latest gadget is a set of over-ear headphones that throws out the dull design norms of noise-cancelling cans for an attention-attracting look that is a cross between a 1980s Walkman and Doctor Who’s Cybermen.

The large, semi-transparent cans are certainly a statement piece on your head, with an outer design covered in details, dot-matrix print and physical buttons, but sadly stopping short of the flashing LEDs of the company’s phones.

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