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Microsoft has injected some, er, colour into the wireless noise-cancelling market… Simon Lucas spends some time with the Surface Headphones
2 WEEKS WITH MICROSOFT’S SURFACE HEADPHONES
• DAY 01
Whatever your feelings about the brand, there’s no denying it’s been pretty fascinating to observe Microsoft’s recent and ongoing reinvention.
Going from terminally uncool dad-dancer to hip and sexy dancefloor dominator in just a few moves is no mean feat – and it’s nearly all down to Microsoft’s current range of Surface PCs, laptops and tablets.
Now Microsoft is looking to crash a new party: premium, wireless, noise-cancelling headphones. And this is despite having no heritage in this area, and knowing that the existing competition – notably the Bose QC35II and Sony WH-1000XM3 – is about as fierce as it gets.