Updated

Updated · 9to5Toys · Jun 15

Amazon Cuts Nothing Headphone (a) to Record $151.05, Extending Discount to 4 Colors

Updated

Updated · 9to5Toys · Jun 15

Amazon Cuts Nothing Headphone (a) to Record $151.05, Extending Discount to 4 Colors

Q: Nothing’s headphones boast 135-hour battery life, but what crucial features were sacrificed to achieve this record-breaking feat?

Nothing appears to have achieved the Headphone (a)’s headline 135-hour battery life by accepting trade-offs in refinement rather than stripping out core basics like ANC entirely. The biggest sacrifice was audio performance. Compared with the higher-end Headphone (1), the Headphone (a) drops the KEF-backed tuning and the personalized EQ hearing test, and reviews describe its sound as less detailed, more bass-boosted, and muddier through the mids, with a narrower soundstage and less sophisticated spatial audio. Noise control also appears to be a compromise. The headphones still offer ANC, but it is weaker than more premium rivals and slightly behind the Headphone (1), with fewer microphones and less effective transparency mode. Independent impressions say it handles steady background noise reasonably well but lets in more chatter, traffic, and wind than top-tier models. Build and premium features were scaled back too. The Headphone (a) uses a more plastic-heavy construction instead of the more upscale materials used on the flagship model, and it omits extras such as LE Audio support and officially replaceable ear cushions. So the record battery life did not come free: Nothing largely traded away premium materials, higher-end sound tuning, stronger ANC/transparency performance, and some advanced personalization features to deliver exceptional endurance at a lower price.

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$151.05 is Amazon’s new lowest tracked price for the 2026 Nothing Headphone (a), taking the white model down from its $200 list price by nearly 25%.
Three other colors — black, pink and the newer yellow version — are also on sale at $159, or about 20% off, and all four finishes are now at Amazon all-time lows.
The new markdown beats the prior best tracked deal of $169 across the lineup, deepening a spring discount that had already pushed the headphones lower last month.
Nothing markets the model with hybrid ANC, adaptive noise control, transparency mode, spatial audio and up to 135 hours of battery life, positioning the sale as a stronger value play in over-ear headphones.