The best alternative to Apple’s AirPods Pro (and much cheaper)

Apple‘s AirPods Pro are excellent headphones, ranking among the best in their range and with very interesting features such as active noise cancellation. However, its price is prohibitive for many and that is where other options come in such as the Nothing ear (1) , headphones that have triumphed in 2021 and that not only match those of Apple in many respects, but also surpass them in Some.

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How do they compare to the AirPods Pro?

We start by talking about the most obvious, which is design . Both headphones share a form factor, although while the Apple ones offer a pure white design with black sensors, the Nothing ears are offered with the headphones in white or black and with the temples adapted to a futuristic aesthetic that even gives the feeling that they are transparent.

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Its fit to the ear is identical, offering in both cases replacement pads to fit the best possible. Their cases are also different, finding in the AirPods an already classic style and reminiscent of typical dental floss cases, while the others have a transparent case where they also recharge their battery when they are placed.

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Already getting fully into its functionalities, the Nothing ears have USB-C in their case, which already gives them better charging times , in addition to being a much more universal and common standard than the Lightning of the AirPods Pro. In the field of autonomy is where the Nothing wins, which in uninterrupted playback stay in the 4-5 hours of the AirPods, but with the battery in the case they reach 30 hours ahead of the almost 20 of the AirPods Pro.

At the sound level, they are very even headphones that offer very balanced audio levels, shining in the bass with great clarity and without offering distortion or a sensation of canned sound. As far as the microphone is concerned, we must admit that none of them shine especially, finding us also a technical draw here. Its noise cancellation modes are, from what we have been able to verify, the best on the market in this type of headphones. And yes, in this they are also tied.

Price unbalances the balance

It is true that the AirPods Pro have advantages such as their full synchronization with Apple computers, although the Nothing ear (1) also offer full compatibility with all Apple computers and with Windows and Android. Now, it is the final price that ends up unbalancing everything in favor of Nothing and especially for those who seek to save money.

If we go to Amazon, which offer better prices than in official stores and with the same guarantees, we see that the AirPods Pro have an interesting discount of 60 euros , although in the end the 219 euros in which they stay are far from the Nothing . And it is that the latter are currently for less than 100 euros, so they definitely become the best alternative currently to those of Apple.