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Launch: Nokia Essence Bluetooth Headset – just the music

Published by Ian Delaney on August 24, 2011

HONG KONG – Today, Nokia launches the Essence Bluetooth Stereo Headset, a brand new accessory designed to let you make the most out of the entertainment potential of your Nokia smartphone or any other Bluetooth enabled music player. This is our highest performance in-ear headset to date, featuring stunning 99.8 per cent noise cancellation in the lightest, smallest package available.

The Nokia Essence stands out from other headsets through its Active Noise Cancellation technology, eliminating 99.8 per cent of background noise. This makes it ideal for any music lover, but especially for plane and train journeys or when you really need to block out any distractions while you’re working.

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The headset works with any Bluetooth phone, but is especially useful with Nokia’s latest smartphones since it includes Near-Field Communication (NFC) to pair with a tap of your phone on the controller. Of course, the Nokia Essence also includes call handling and offers buttons for both that and for moving through your music.

How does noise-reduction work?

If you listen to music using regular earphones and there’s noise around, then you’ll probably have to turn up the volume very loud. Even then, you’ll probably still be able to hear outside noises and might even be doing harm to your ears. Noise-cancelling headsets contain microphones that listen to the sounds around you, then create an opposite sound which is blended in with your music. This “reverse-noise” is intended to cancel out the noise around you. The extent to which this works depends on the quality of the microphones, the responsiveness of the electronics and the quality of the algorithms that create the noise-cancelling effect. With the Nokia Essence each of these ingredients are the best we’ve ever produced.

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  • MaskedMarvel

    I like the concept, and I agree that there is a need for great sounding bluetooth headphones. But with only 10mm drivers, these headphones are going to have weak bass. You can’t get a strong bottom end from 10 mm drivers. It’s physically impossible. If you are going to listen to music such as pop or rock, or almost any style of music with a drum beat, you want headphones with 40mm drivers. I wish Nokia would make compact bluetooth, behind-the-neck style headphones with 40mm drivers. They should be behind-the-neck style in order to be compatible with bicycle helmets and other helmets. Such headphones are currently not available to my knowledge.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Donaldson/682945546 Mark Donaldson

    Not true. It depends completely on the acoustic load. For an in-ear device 10mm offers enormous LF power. The comparison with 40mm drivers is not relevant at all.

  • Anonymous

    when is it launching in India, i hope it improves my Lumia 800 audio quality.

  • Anonymous

    When the heck is this going to be released? Please let us know!!!