Ear

So instead of continuing with the "ear" nomenclature, they went back to numbers. That makes me think that the Nothing ear 2024 didn't sell well and one of the reasons could be the confusion about branding among the public.

The company def going bankrupt. Its hardware isn't great, prices are too high, and products disappoint. The Nothing Phone 3 looks terrible and has outdated hardware, the Nothing Ear 3's cool feature is ruined by a bad mic, and now there's annoying bloatware. They are digging their own grave.

The nothing ear 3 (it seems to be their newest model available here in germany) is 180€. How is that better than airpods?

I doubt either of them is going to last a very long time. I had the Nothing Ear (a), and the battery lasted me about two years before the right earbud refused to charge beyond 70% and would run out after about an hour of use. However, that's with what I'd consider fairly heavy usage, as I used them

https://www.soundguys.com/nothing-ear-3a-review-159720/ https://www.soundguys.com/cmf-buds-pro-2-review-big-features-small-price-smart-dial-123206/ Soundguys has tests on both, imo not at all worth upgrading. I considered ear 3a purely because of LE audio but it doesn't have that anyway...

Im glad you had a good experience. I also have the same ear (a) and while I was initially very happy for the first year, they've since let me down. The battery in the left earbud specifically has spontaneously gone to shit, as in it only lasts for about 15 minutes, while the right earbud still goes