Buttons are in right now—at least if you’re a designer at Nothing, they are. On its Headphone 1 (the first pair of Nothing-made over-ear headphones ), there are all sorts of doodads. A paddle for track selection; a tic-tac-shaped wheel/button for volume and ANC; a pairing button (okay, this one is boring, but still, it’s a button). Even on its recently released Phone 3 , there’s a button on the back of the phone for doing really useful stuff with its “Glyph Matrix,” like… playing spin the bottle. No matter what the use case is, Nothing is clearly intent on bringing back tactile input, and it looks like the upcoming Ear 3 wireless earbuds are in on that trend, too.

There’s a lot to unpack in this picture of Nothing’s Ear 3, but the main thing that jumps out is a big, obvious “T

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