Bose is nearing the announcement of its newest flagship headphones and earbuds, based on leaked photographs printed by MySmartPrice. Each merchandise will reportedly be branded beneath a brand new “QuietComfort Extremely” title after they ship within the coming months. The QuietComfort Extremely headphones appear like a mashup of the Noise Canceling Headphones 700 and QuietComfort 45; they lean extra closely on the latter’s total design, however you may see some premium upgrades to the scarf and ear pads.
The $400 Noise Canceling Headphones 700 had been introduced again in 2019. Technically, they’re nonetheless the corporate’s top-of-the-line product, so the timing is about proper for a sequel. However the truth that Bose got here again two years later and introduced the QuietComfort 45 at a not a lot decrease $330 was all the time a touch to me that the NC700s didn’t fairly resonate with shoppers as a lot as the corporate may’ve hoped. They’d a very overhauled look in comparison with Bose’s fashionable QuietComfort headphones, all-new contact gesture controls, and couldn’t fold down for compact storage.
It’s not clear to me, primarily based on these leaked photographs, whether or not the QuietComfort Extremely headphones remedy the folding situation, however not less than they stick nearer to Bose’s design DNA — presumably with some noise cancellation and sound high quality enhancements in tow. Is smart as the apparent subsequent step.
The QuietComfort Extremely earbuds strike me as a extra curious case. Bose launched the QuietComfort Earbuds II not even a full yr in the past, and we’re already getting a brand new mannequin? I’m of the opinion that the QC Earbuds II nonetheless have the perfect total energetic noise cancellation of any earbuds. However some clients have reported stability points and disconnections with them, and Bose has by no means been capable of ship options like multipoint Bluetooth.
Maybe the QuietComfort Extremely buds will borrow the perfect from the QC Earbuds II and make up for the weaknesses of their predecessors. They give the impression of being largely equivalent, retaining the silicone stability bands that assist maintain the earbuds firmly in place. That blend of grey and black is a shade choice that the QC Earbuds II don’t are available in, so these are positively a brand new product.
Bose has sufficient model cachet — that is the corporate synonymous with noise cancellation tech — that customers will inevitably be drawn to those new merchandise each time they’re formally launched. However I’m curious what developments the corporate has made to maintain waging a powerful struggle towards Sony’s WH-1000XM5, Apple’s AirPods Max, and different premium noise-canceling contenders. As for once we may know extra, Bose has a latest sample of asserting {hardware} in late summer time / early fall, so it shouldn’t be too prolonged of a wait.
