TL;DR
- Bose’s QuietComfort SE headphones have quietly appeared on retail listings.
- The QuietComfort SE seems to be a variant of the QuietComfort 45.
- This new mannequin is predicted to have 24 hours of wi-fi playtime.
For those who weren’t paying shut consideration, you’d have simply missed it. Regardless of not formally asserting the information, it appears like Bose is on the point of launch its new QuietComfort SE headphones.
In line with WinFuture, quite a lot of retailers — together with Sam’s Membership and Costco — have detailed listings of the brand new QuietComfort SE headphones. The brand new cans have even appeared on YouTube in a short unboxing and tutorial that reveals customers tips on how to join stated headphones by way of Bluetooth.
So far as we are able to inform from the photographs, it appears just like the QC SE shall be similar to final yr’s QC 45 by way of look. Based mostly on the product description, nevertheless, the QC SE will function higher, light-weight supplies. The outline additionally states that the headphones will supply 24 hours of wi-fi listening and quarter-hour of cost will present as much as three hours of playtime.
Moreover, the QC SE can have noise-cancelling, a wi-fi vary of 30ft, a USB-C charging cable, a 2.5 mm to three.5mm audio cable, and Bluetooth 5.1.
From all the supplies offered, it’s not precisely clear how a lot the QC SE differs from its predecessor. If the listings are appropriate, the QC SE weighs about the identical because the QC 45 at 8.5 ounces, each supply noise-cancelling, they each have entry to Bose’s music companion app with a built-in EQ, and extra. Nevertheless, one distinction is that the QC SE can have a delicate carrying case versus the QC 45’s carrying case which used firmer materials.
If there’s not a lot of a distinction between the 2 headphones, it wouldn’t be stunning if the QC SE offered for across the identical value because the QC 45. In our evaluate, we gave the QC 45 a 4 out of 5 stars for its incredible noise-cancelling and comfy match. Hopefully, the QC SE makes a number of enhancements the place the QC 45 missed the mark.