Helix - Earphones Hidden in your Cuff

July 23, 2015

The Kickstarter site is a great place to find innovative ways to experience portable music. This month sees the launch of the Helix Cuff, designed by Mika Nenonen, a former lead industrial designer at Nokia.

Wearable fashion accessory. How 'bout the earphones?

What's So Special
1. Wearable fashion accessory and Bluetooth 4.1 earphones
When you don't need the earphones, just stash it back in the fluoroelastomer-based cuff. This fancy material is also used in the Apple Watch strap btw.

Strap 'em back

2. iOS / Android / Windows Phone support
It always helps when you support most of the mobile operating systems in the market.

Ain't she a beaut?

3. Charging time
Less than one hour. This is pretty fast though the flipside is the playback time is a rather meagre 3 hours.

Proof that helluva lot of time was spent on the conceptualization process

Availability
Their estimated delivery is December 2015. The good thing is they can ship worldwide.

Pricing
There is the Black and White Classic editions. And then there's the Gold Edition for a premium look (and price).

We reckon a few women will love this

They tag the Helix at an MSRP of USD 199. For now, they have 12 pricing configurations (yes, you read that right). You can get the full breakdown on the site so we'll dive into a selected few.

1 Classic Helix Cuff - USD 99 (SGD 135)
1 Gold Edition Helix Cuff - USD 269 (SGD 368)
Shipping Cost (worldwide) - USD 25 (SGD 34)

Beam me up, Scotty

Stephen Tong

Gadget nut. Music lover. Passionate writer! My love for music started during the cassette / MD era. This blog started in 2007 but things got into full swing in 2015 'cos I wanted to dive into digital marketing and rediscover audio.

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Hayley BickfordOctober 22, 2018 at 12:06 PM
I was the first to hear about this Bluetooth headset hidden in the cuff, but unfortunately, it is not popular in the market.
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