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Leak reveals transparent, affordable Nothing Ear (3a) with Sony LDAC one day before launch

The Nothing Ear (3a) are available in four colors, including yellow.
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The Nothing Ear (3a) are available in four colors, including yellow.
The Nothing Ear (3a) will be officially unveiled in less than 24 hours. The completely wireless earbuds, featuring a partially transparent design, can already be seen in high-resolution images ahead of the launch, while a leak confirms that Nothing will offer Sony LDAC and 12-millimeter drivers despite the affordable price.

The Nothing Ear (3a) will be officially unveiled on Tuesday, July 7. Less than a day before the launch, Winfuture published high-resolution product images, which are reportedly from a careless online store. These images show the Nothing Ear (3a) in white, yellow, pink, and black.

The design is almost identical to that of the older Nothing Ear (a) ($59 on Amazon). As usual, Nothing uses a charging case with a transparent lid, allowing you to see whether the earbuds are inside the case even when the lid is closed. The earbuds themselves feature a fairly standard shape, with part of the housing made of transparent plastic.
 


Winfuture has already seen marketing materials indicating that the completely wireless earbuds feature dynamic drivers with a diameter of 12 millimeters. The earbuds support Sony LDAC, a high-quality Bluetooth codec that can transmit music at 32-bit/96 kHz, compressed to a maximum bitrate of 990 kbit/s. A touch-sensitive surface on the "stem" allows users, among other things, to record voice memos by touching the earbuds with their fingers.

Since the earlier Nothing Ear (a) models already supported active noise cancellation (ANC), this is likely to be the case for the Nothing Ear (3a) as well. This could give the earbuds a strong price-to-performance ratio, as the completely wireless earbuds are rumored to hit the market with a suggested retail price of €99.
 

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Hannes Brecher, 2026-07- 6 (Update: 2026-07- 6)