TechAudioHeadphonesSony’s next-gen affordable earbuds have leaked, and the difference is clearThe successor to the Sony WF-C700N has turned up in an official database with a very un-Sony designWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechAudioHeadphonesSony’s next-gen affordable earbuds have leaked, and the difference is clearThe successor to the Sony WF-C700N has turned up in an official database with a very un-Sony designWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The successor to the Sony WF-C700N has turned up in an official database with a very un-Sony design
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Quick SummaryImages of new Sony earbuds have been spotted in a regulatory database and appear to be the successors to the WF-C700N.Specifications are still sketchy but there seems to be a new, rather retro colour option.
Images of new Sony earbuds have been spotted in a regulatory database and appear to be the successors to the WF-C700N.Specifications are still sketchy but there seems to be a new, rather retro colour option.
Images of new Sony earbuds have been spotted in a regulatory database and appear to be the successors to the WF-C700N.Specifications are still sketchy but there seems to be a new, rather retro colour option.
Images of new Sony earbuds have been spotted in a regulatory database and appear to be the successors to the WF-C700N.
Specifications are still sketchy but there seems to be a new, rather retro colour option.
When it comes toSony’s headphones and earbuds, you know what they’re going to look like. Form often follows function and colours are solid and sober. So, the newly-leaked YY2986 earbuds, which appear to be the successor to the excellentWF-C700Nin-ears, come as a bit of a surprise – one of the colour options seems to be a rather retro transparent blue.
(Image credit: The Walkman Blog)
(Image credit: The Walkman Blog)
What we know about Sony’s next-gen earbuds
The buds look very like the Sony WF-700N in-ears, but this time there’s no physical button. You get a proximity sensor instead, that is believed to be for the play/pause control. There’s a small hole in the back, most likely for pressure equalisation, and the case is a slightly elongated version of the one you get with the predecessor. There’s an LED on the front and a pairing button and USB-C port on the back.
The colour options revealed so far include the inevitable black and white, plus a pastel pink and a 90s-iMac-style transparent blue.
The Walkman Blog can’t recall Sony ever offering transparent earbuds before now, and I’m not aware of any either. The transparency isn’t just for the earbuds, the case is transparent too, and that makes it clear that there isn’t a wireless charging coil there. So, the case is going to be charged the old-fashioned way with a USB cable.
Specifications are largely secret so far, but a previous filing with the US FCC did reveal some battery details. For now at least, the battery appears to be the same one as in Sony’s WF-C700N and WF-C510 earbuds, with a larger battery in the case.
The blog suggests that could mean as much as 24 hours of battery life in total. And the same filed data with the FCC indicates Bluetooth LE with 2Mbps transfer speeds.
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We don’t yet know when these new buds will surface, but the FCC filing has a confidentiality expiry date of June 2025, so we’d expect to see the headphones launch well before then.
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