Dear Santa,

I’d like to gift a couple of Nothing Ear (1) Black Ed. to my childhood friend. He works for a big electronics company and owns their crappy wireless buds. They are so bad even he complains about how stupid their design is. The little shafts of the buds tend to point 45 degrees out of his ear due to the misfitting in his ear, which looks super weird. The fitting is horrible and the sound quality is not very nice.

Last year he decided to spend his money on a new pair of AirPods Pro. Only one week later going home from the club he lost them. Interestingly they pinged his Find My AirPods-app in a nearby building but since then they have not revealed themselves again. With a bad track record of not holding on to the last pair, he is now too cheap to buy himself a pair of new buds since he rather spends money on making the cash grow in stocks and crypto.

He is a truly warmhearted guy that unfortunately had a troublesome childhood with poor connection to both his dad and mom, spending his Christmas Eve alone if none of his friends show up.

My own Christmas gift to him will be his first-ever NFT from the Galaktic Gang collection that I just minted.

A pair of Ear (1) would truly put a smile on his face since it would mean something cared for him when everybody was away with their families during Christmas. Thanks Santa, for considering to gift my friend a pair.

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My brother who lived in India until August end wanted a pair of ear(1) so badly. At that time there were early drops for investors alone. So before my brother leaves, I wanted to gift him the master piece. I quickly ordered through the community. I waited for soooo long. They told that the product will be delivered in one week. But due to logistics issue, the product arrived 2 weeks later. Until then my brother left the country. I couldn’t do anything. So I gave him my pair of wired headphones before leaving.

When he saw me holding the ear(1) through a video call, he got a little disappointed. But he didn’t told me that. He wanted to buy it so badly and he started looking for flash sales. In Canada the stock is very less at that time. So couldn’t get them. Again the black edition launched. As he is a student he couldn’t buy it due to the expenses he had. I thought of sending the black edition as a gift from here. But the customs cost is very high. If there is someone I wanted to gift this, it would be to my brother.

I’d like to gift ear(1) to my wife, who has been the most amazing mother to our two growing boys (3 year old and a 5 month old). She is really into her ASMR/relaxing sounds and by giving her the amazing ear(1)s, she would be able to enjoy this relaxation time in a bit more peace and quiet. She’s currently stuck with the basic iPhone earphones you get in the box, which really wind me up!

Furthermore, and a more selfish note from me, it also means she can do her Facetimes via earphones and not on loudspeaker, which is annoying as F 😆

I’m gonna be a bit cheeky here but I’d love for @anunayC to get a pair of the ear (1) black edition for quite a few reasons.

We met through the OnePlus community like many here and just got talking actively around the introduction of Nothing. Although we’ve known each other for only a year or so, he’s always been very kind and supportive. His latest act of kindness was getting me into the community 😉🫂 He’s also probably one of the most enthusiastic people I’ve spoken to when it comes to Nothing, which is pretty evident from how active and contributive he is in the community.

SUPER FUN FACT: He’s the top listener on Spotify in India. That’s 1 out of 2,000,000+ users. From that fact, it’s obvious that Anunay loves music (a bit too much if you ask me 🙈). What’s the best gift for a person that listens to music at the same frequency of breathing? You guessed it 😉

My gift would go to my very close friend Lennart.  

Our friendship started to really get closer when we spent three months abroad in a boarding school a year after we met. Being neighbors in Germany where we both grew up, we started spending much more time together inside and outside of school, growing a close bond. After moving out of his parents’ house, he lived with my family for about 6 months until he moved into his own apartment.

Lennart, who is now more of a brother to me, applied to study in Australia (a country he always dreamt of living in) in 2019. But as 2020 came and COVID introduced travel issues, not even his university acceptance would grant him entry into the country with the tightest boarder restrictions. Finally, after 1.5 years of online university, he just moved to Australia last week. 

Now I think he would enjoy a pair in this giveaway so that I can hear him clearly thanks to the three hybrid mics, and we can stay in contact despite the big time zone difference. I’d like to give him this gift as a present to new success in a new country. 

Rudi

Thanks for the tag Rudi! I missed this thread.

If I were to win this giveaway I would love to gift a pair of ear(1) to my twin brother. He’s an auto mechanic who just completed his professional certification. He loves his job and spends lots of late nights doing extra work to help out at his garage so I don’t see him as often as I used to, but the times we spend together are still the best when we can.

Just last week he cut his hand open badly enough to need 11 stitches while repairing our washing machine that had stopped working so he’s had to take time off of his job for a little while. He could really use something to cheer him up so Nothing would be the perfect gift 😉

Thanks to the Nothing team for doing awesome things like this and happy holidays to everyone in the Nothing community 🖤

      Dear Mr. Santa,

      If I were to win this give away, I would really want to gift ear(1) to my dad. He recently got retired and he just turned 60 yesterday (21 Dec)!!! He worked for 33 years away from his family and is one of the best people to learn from.

      He spends most of his time learning stuff on YouTube or listening to music. The new earbuds could really help him try the wireless tech and yeah … He would love it!!

      Merry Christmas to the Nothing team and community!! 🎅🏻

      Thanks for the tag!

      Even though it is a bit cheesy, I would gift the ear (1) to my girlfriend. She recently moved to Germany from the UK to start her masters and move together despite all the added pain brexit brings to this. All this, just to have to study online from home while I am also working fully remote, meaning she is attending classes and studies while I am on calls quite a few times a day. As a student and a bit of a cheapskate, she didn’t want or get decent headphones yet. As it looks like online studies will stick around a bit longer I think the ear (1) will bring quite a bit of added lifequality as a decent headphone with ANC will block most of the noise and she will be able to focus better and attend classes with better quality audio. I am once she has some, she wouldn’t want to miss them anymore.

      Indeed, Merry Christmas to everyone here and the Nothing team!

        A special thanks to @Rudi for taking the time to start this thread and for taking his energy to make it possible - even with some very, very - very! - questionable puns, ha. And a thank you to everyone who shared their messages, some beautiful pieces of heart so far. Here’s my participation:

        For my brother.

        We grew together to grow apart and together again. Life happened: moving, uncontrollable pieces, with me always eight years ahead of him. Sans Spotify, my discoveries trickling down to him, one band at a time, most of them sticking to this day.

        Music then, useful and well-timed centerpiece. My brother then, a force who moves. To be the example inspired by the example, a swirl of good intentions trying to not disappoint. Music - then - as the excuse to start any given conversation that landed in two-way advice.

        “How is life? Have you heard the latest from Porcupine Tree?”

        “Yes” or “No”, it doesn’t matter. We will listen to whatever the other recommends. It’s the “oh, that reminded of” afterwards that counts. That share bringing two brothers together, jump-starting the sporadic reunion, from the triviality to the deepest we can dig to help.

        Time can have its own tide. Music is our oars against it.

        This computer where I am typing this exists because of his help. We influence the best versions of ourselves and the ear (1) would be a way to influence the way he consumes music. They certainly influenced the way I consume mine, the same bands that he listens to before asking how life is.

          May b I am a bit late, but still want to add my entry. Want to gift it @harsh . He used to have such good conversations here earlier. It was so nice to follow the first ear(1) launch with all including Harsh. Lets gift ear(1) to him, so that he can cancel the noise and hear all of us clearly and with transparency.

            I left this for late because the team has been totally startled by how amazing and moving your stories are!

            But now Carl handed me the golden envelope and without further ado, the winners of the first community Christmas giveaway are:

            SteveW

            Felix

            Cheetosdust

            And…because they’ve been THAT good, I’ve asked for Santa Carl to look deeper into his sack.

            So there’s another pair and this one goes to Mel RobIgo.

            Congratulations to the winners and commiserations to all that participated, you’re a truly caring community. 🎅

            I’ll be in touch in the new year to ship those gifts to you. 😉

                      Rudi

                      Very cool, nice to wake up to (:

                      Haven’t told my girlfriend yet, so it will be a real surprise when it arrives next year.

                      Merry Christmas everyone!

                        Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄

                        Such a beautiful heartwarming thing, to celebrate winning a special something for your special ones.

                        Congratulations @SteveW, @Felix, @Cheetosdust and @RobIgo, truly happy for you guys, please don’t forget to share with us the reactions when you deliver your surprises!

                        OMG!!! Thank you so so much. I couldn’t keep the secret from my wife Mel and she’s absolutely over the moon! Thank you @Rudi and @Carl they will be very appreciated and received! Congratulations to the other winners! Merry Christmas everyone!

                        Rudi

                        Wow this is so awesome! Thank you so much @Rudi @Carl and everyone in the community. You guys are amazing, and I’m really grateful for this. I’m going to have to explain to my brother what I mean when I say I’m giving him Nothing

                        Happy holidays all!