New Delhi: CMF has launched its first portable speakers, the Speaker S and Speaker M. The S costs $59 in the US and the M costs $109, with UK prices set at £49 and £99. That’s well under the roughly $80 and $120 a Sri Lankan retailer listed a few days ago.
The pricing isn’t the only thing that changed. The leak had the Speaker S at 12W, 40mm drivers and IP54 splash resistance. The official versions are rated at 10W and 35W, carry IP68 and use Bluetooth 6.0. Leaked specs often turn out wrong, but they rarely turn out this much better.
The smaller Speaker S runs a 45mm full-range driver with dual passive radiators, putting out up to 10W RMS across 70Hz to 20kHz. The Speaker M is where it gets serious. It pairs a dedicated 25W woofer with a 10W tweeter for 35W RMS, reaching down to 60Hz. That’s a big jump from the S, and the $50 gap between them starts to look reasonable.
Then there’s the shape. Both speakers still look like milk cartons, with a gabled top, a handle on the M and a chunky contrasting volume knob. The front panels and knobs are swappable, and CMF is releasing official 3D design files so people can print their own. I’d call that the most interesting part of the launch, though how many buyers will actually fire up a 3D printer for a speaker is another question.
The software side is decent. An adaptive tuning algorithm adjusts output and EQ in real time, and the Nothing X app offers Ultra Bass, a Wide Soundstage mode and four EQ presets: Balanced, More Bass, More Treble and Voice. There’s also Stereo Mode and Party Mode for linking speakers, NFC tap-to-pair, Google Fast Pair, Microsoft Swift Pair, dual-device connectivity and USB-C audio. Auracast is supported too.
Battery life is rated at up to 18 hours at 50% volume with Ultra Bass on, and a 10-minute charge adds about an hour. Treat that 18 hours as a best case. Ultra Bass and louder volumes will cut into it, and I wouldn’t assume otherwise until reviews land.
Colors are White, Dark Grey, Orange and Turquoise. Sales start today through Nothing’s website and select retail partners.
On paper, IP68, Bluetooth 6.0 and Auracast for $59 is hard to argue with. Whether the sound holds up against the usual JBL and Anker competition is the real question, and only testing will answer it.
