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Urbanista launches the Urbanista Copenhagen earbuds

Urbanista, the Swedish lifestyle audio brand, announces the launch of Urbanista Copenhagen, their latest and most stylish true wireless earbuds, inspired by the city renowned as the capital of Scandi cool.

Priced at 69 EUR / 69 USD / 69 GBP / 699 SEK MSRP, Copenhagen boasts full compatibility with iOS and Android devices.

Effortless motion 

Designed for life in motion, Copenhagen’s minimal true wireless design gives you the freedom to listen to your favourite audio on the move without the hassle of wires. The stylish Copenhagen earbuds are powered by up to 32 hours of truly wireless playtime with a sleek charging case that holds up to 3 extra charges.

The earbuds are supported by Urbanista’s mobile companion app, available on both Google Play and Apple App Store. The app provides customisation options to personalise your listening experience such as EQ settings, touch control preferences and monitoring battery levels.

Effortless style

With their simple yet elegant aesthetic, Copenhagen subtly elevates your every look. Inspired by the city’s soft colour palette, the earbuds are priced at 69 EUR / 69 USD / 69 GBP / 699 SEK MSRP and are available in 4 stylish colourways: Midnight Black, Pure White, Sage Green and Dusty Pink, that instantly recall effortless Scandi chic.

Tuomas Lonka, Brand and Marketing Director at Urbanista comments: “The Urbanista Copenhagen earbuds are a truly beautiful product inspired by Scandinavian design. They are one of the most stylish earbuds we have launched, with elegant seasonal colours, the Urbanista Copenhagen product is as much a fashion accessory as it is a fantastic audio product.”

Effortless comfort

Urbanista Copenhagen brings the perfect balance between form and function, the earbuds sit weightlessly in the ear for comfortable all-day use. With their stable, barely-there fit, the earbuds are the perfect accessory for life in motion.

Urbanista’s Audio Engineer Axel Grell comments: “Urbanista Copenhagen are earbuds designed to compliment your everyday travels, routine and style. That goes for the sound too, using Urbanista’s sound signature, Copenhagen are a pleasure to listen to. While understated, they boast strong bass without being too overpowering and provide crisp and clear mids and highs.”

Watch the full Urbanista Copenhagen “Effortless Flow”

Urbanista Copenhagen is available now at: www.urbanista.com/copenhagen

Key features: 

●      Total playtime 32 hours

●      Noise-reducing microphones

●      Touch controls

●      Voice assistant support

●      Water resistant (IPX4)

●      USB Type-C charging

●      Bluetooth© 5.2

●      App support

Specifications:

●      Driver type: 12 mm dynamic, moving coil

●      Driver sensitivity: 115±3 dB SPL/mW @ 1kHz

●      Driver impedance: 32 Ohm ±15 %

●      Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz

●      Microphone type: MEMS

●      Microphone noise cancelling: Dual-mic ENC

●      Bluetooth© version: 5.2

●      Bluetooth© profiles: A2DP, AVRCP, HFP and HSP

●      Audio codecs: SBC and AAC

Urbanista launches the Urbanista Austin

Stylish and compact Urbanista Austin produces a powerful sound combined with eye-catching new colours that complete any look. The small true wireless earbuds are available in two new colours, Lavender Purple and Lake Green, and in the classic Pure White and Midnight Black colourways. Designed for life in motion, Austin lets you enjoy wireless audio wherever you go – the earbuds are protected against splashing water and designed for comfortable everyday use. Urbanista Austin is your new go-to audio companion for any occasion, whether it’s for listening to podcasts on the go or needing a boost from your favourite music for your morning walk.

Features

IPX4 – 20HRs playtime – Touch Controls – Bluetooth 5.0

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Urbanista Phoenix: True Wireless Earphones Powered By Light With Endless Playtime That You Control

Urbanista, the Swedish lifestyle audio brand, announces the launch of Urbanista Phoenix, the world’s first true wireless, active noise cancelling earphones powered by light. Following a successful partnership with Exeger to launch the Urbanista Los Angeles headphones, Phoenix advances the use of their ground-breaking Powerfoyle™ technology to a new level, with true wireless earphones that deliver an endless playtime experience which the user controls. If you have not seen this technology before and how it works check out our Urbanista Los Angeles review

Unleash the Power of Light

With Urbanista Phoenix you can experience a truly true wireless future with no need for cords or charging cables. Integrated with ground-breaking Powerfoyle™ solar cell material, the earphones’ streamlined charging case continuously recharges when exposed to all forms of outdoor or indoor light, meaning that the earphones will provide endless playtime when placed back in their case for charging and continuously exposed to light. The earphones also feature advanced hybrid active noise cancelling technology and noise reduction microphones that filter out ambient sounds, so you can enjoy music and crystal-clear calls without distractions, even when in crowded spaces.

Tuomas Lonka, Urbanista’s Brand and Marketing Director, comments: “It’s a privilege to continue on this path of innovation together with Exeger and use the latest in solar cell technology to bring ground-breaking audio products to market. Our Los Angeles self-charging headphones were so well received by customers and consumers alike, that we knew right away that we wanted to apply this futuristic way of consuming audio to a true wireless design. Urbanista Phoenix really is a market leading product, and we are excited to see how these shape the future of our listening experiences in years to come.”

Urbanista phoenix

Giovanni Fili, founder and CEO of Exeger adds: “We are incredibly excited to launch the world’s first Powerfoyle-powered true wireless earphones together with Urbanista. The Los Angeles headphones set a new standard and as users around the world are treasuring not needing to charge their devices in the wall, they are craving category expansion.” Powerfoyle is the world’s only fully customisable solar cell and consequently uniquely positioned to power audio products given the extensive design requirements. Both end-users and our customers benefit immensely when a whole product line up is offered”, he continues.

Unleash the Power

Urbanista Phoenix’s true wireless design allows you to enjoy your audio wherever you are, without any restraints. You can always easily connect the earphones to your Bluetooth device of choice with the earphones’ new multipoint connectivity feature which enables you to connect Phoenix to up to two devices simultaneously. Virtually weightless, the earphones sit lightly in your ears so you can listen to music and podcasts with minimal distractions, and intuitive touch controls and intelligent voice assistance let you effortlessly take charge of your tunes while enjoying full freedom of motion.

Urbanista Phoenix is compatible with the Urbanista mobile companion app that puts you in complete control of your audio experience. The Urbanista app, available on Apple App Store and Google Play Store, gives you deep customisation options, including EQ controls to adjust the audio to meet your taste. The companion app also provides information on how to get the most out of the product’s playtime, including visual indications of solar charge levels and usage, and the option to customise the earphones controls and voice assistant.

Axel Grell, Audio Engineer for Urbanista, comments: “Phoenix advances technology to create a cutting-edge, innovative audio experience and we have worked hard to develop a sound stage to match. These earbuds are designed to deliver a crystal clear and transparent sound with a punchy bass that doesn’t overpower the mids and highs. With the ability to provide an endless audio experience, Phoenix also delivers sound that will have you listening comfortably for hours on end.”

Unleash the Style

Inspired by the breath-taking desert scenery of one of the sunniest places on earth, the earphones come in two iconic colourways, Midnight Black (black) and Desert Rose (pink), lighting up your ears with superbly radiant sound. The custom fit silicone tips provide sound isolation while securely cushioning the earphones in your ear and an IPX4 water resistance rating allows you to safely and confidently use the Phoenix earphones come rain or shine.

Read more about Urbanista Phoenix true wireless earphones and sign up for updates at https://www.urbanista.com/phoenix

Urbanista Phoenix key features:

●      Solar and ambient light charging with Powerfoyle™
●      Hybrid active noise cancelling
●      Transparency mode
●      Multipoint connection
●      Playtime 8 hours
●      Total battery reserve 32 hours
●      Microphone noise reduction
●      In-ear detection
●      Automatic power off
●      Touch controls
●      Voice assistant support
●      IPX4 water resistant
●      USB type-C charging
●      Bluetooth 5.2 version
●      Urbanista mobile app compatible
●      Available in Midnight Black (Black) and Desert Rose (Pink)

Priced at 129 GBP, 1499 SEK, 149 EUR, 149 USD MSRP, Phoenix boasts full compatibility with iOS and Android devices. See more 

Tech Review – Urbanista SEOUL gaming earbuds

We are now seeing more earbud manufacturers delivering gaming earbuds which is a good thing but for gaming my main go-to are headphones but this has changed recently having tested some earbuds aimed for gamers and this is one pair that can easily be recommended too and a good move from Urbanista.

On that note though these are excellent for music too and with their app that has got more to offer than it did on the Solar powered Los Angeles headphones they offer the consumer a great product to get enhanced in either music or gaming due to the 70ms latency touted on the box cover and from testing whilst gaming they do deliver and this is a good thing and they are also very affordable.

These are also small earbuds with a stem and are clean and come in a range of nice colours too which again is a good thing for the consumer giving them some choice they have a secure fit giving decent passive noise isolation once you have applied the right tips which you should do every time you get new earbuds.

The controls work well and with the app you can also customise these to suit your needs and we go through all this in the video review below so you don’t have to. There is a small area to touch but like any earbud this size time will sort you out on muscle memory and you will be a pro like your gaming is hopefully in no time.

On the gaming front you do have a normal mode and gaming mode to toggle between and the earbuds shine with both, great bass to be heard here highs lows and mids are fine and you also have more options in the app to toy around with to get your desired soundstage.

Overall these are a great pair of earbuds for the music lover and gamer giving them a hybrid approach and their first go at this has been executed really well plus you get an app which for me is always a bonus and gives that bit more confidence in the brand.

KEY FEATURES
Mobile Gaming Earphones
70 ms Low Latency for Mobile Gaming
Playtime 8 hours
Total playtime 32 hours
Noise Cancelling Microphones
Automatic Power Off
Touch Controls
Voice Assistant Support
Wireless Charging
App Support
Water Resistant Earphones (IPX4)
USB Type-C Charging
Bluetooth® 5.2

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First Look – Urbanista SEOUL gaming earbuds

Urbanista are a brand that deliver quality audio products at affordable prices and we here are a big fan of their products, mostly known for their colorful products the company has catered for the music listener over the years, this time around these earbuds are for the gamers out there which is a nice move and I look forward to checking these out, gaming earbuds now are a growing product on the market with many manufacturers now beginning to add them to their product portfolio and we will see some of those here soon on techbuzz so stay tuned for those, check out the latest earbuds below and if you have any questions fire away.

Unrivalled Immersion
Priced at £89.90 / €89.90 / $89.90 / 899 SEK / 899 NOK / 899 DKK MRSP, Seoul boasts full compatibility with iOS, Android and other devices with Bluetooth® support, such as Nintendo Switch, and combines Urbanista’s trademark minimal Scandinavian design with a choice of four stylish colours, inspired by Seoul’s high-tech lifestyle: Midnight Black (black), Electric Blue (blue), Vivid Purple (purple), and Pearl White (white).

 

Urbanista Seoul Key Features

  • 70 ms latency mode
  • Noise-cancelling microphone
  • 8 hours Playtime
  • 32 hours of Total Playtime
  • Wireless charging case holds up to 3 charges
  • USB Type-C charging
  • Touch controls
  • IPX4 water-resistant protection
  • Siri and Google Voice Assistant
  • Silicon tips included in 3 different sizes

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Urbanista Seoul Now Shipping: True Wireless Earphones that will Elevate Your Game

Urbanista, the Swedish lifestyle audio brand, announces that Urbanista Seoul, mobile gaming ready, true wireless earphones, are now shipping. Designed for gamers on the go, the sleek and compact Seoul earphones offer low latency and superb audio quality, making them the perfect partner for mobile gaming with flawless style.

Unrivalled Immersion
Priced at £89.90 / €89.90 / $89.90 / 899 SEK / 899 NOK / 899 DKK MRSP, Seoul boasts full compatibility with iOS, Android and other devices with Bluetooth® support, such as Nintendo Switch, and combines Urbanista’s trademark minimal Scandinavian design with a choice of four stylish colours, inspired by Seoul’s high-tech lifestyle: Midnight Black (black), Electric Blue (blue), Vivid Purple (purple), and Pearl White (white).

Every moment counts when you are in the zone and the sound signature for Urbanista Seoul is designed to provide an immersive experience. Axel Grell, Audio Engineer, comments: “Detail is at the heart of the sound stage for Urbanista Seoul. Detection of small movements and sounds gives the feeling of living through your game and that can make the difference between winning and losing. With Urbanista Seoul, the crystal clear and transparent sound is designed to make sure your head is in the game.”

Seoul’s impressive connectivity provides low latency audio so you can play your favourite mobile games, or watch movies, with minimal delay (70ms). Boasting up to eight hours of playtime, and a wireless charging case that provides three additional charges, these true wireless earphones will instantly elevate your game.

Unrivalled Freedom
Seoul’s in-ear design has a universal fit with customisable silicon tips so that you can comfortably enjoy games, music, or your favourite videos, for as long as you desire. You can instantly switch between gaming and music modes with just the tap of an earphone to choose the best possible audio experience for your most immersive mobile gaming and music listening moments.

CEO Anders Andreen comments: “The mobile gaming industry has exploded in recent years. At Urbanista, we always design products to complement our customers’ lifestyle. Seoul is a multi-functional product which allows you to enjoy your casual mobile gaming experience as well as music listening, at home or on the go.”

Unrivalled Experience
Urbanista Seoul is compatible with the Urbanista mobile companion app (www.urbanista.com/app) for both iOS and Android users. The app will help users change smoothly from Gaming Mode to Default mode, change their EQ, update firmware and configure the earphone’s controls.

Urbanista Seoul is available now at: www.urbanista.com/seoul

Urbanista Seoul Key Features

  • 70 ms latency mode
  • Noise-cancelling microphone
  • 8 hours Playtime
  • 32 hours of Total Playtime
  • Wireless charging case holds up to 3 charges
  • USB Type-C charging
  • Touch controls
  • IPX4 water-resistant protection
  • Siri and Google Voice Assistant
  • Silicon tips included in 3 different sizes

Urbanista Wins Red Dot And iF Design Awards With The Urbanista Los Angeles, The world’s first solar-powered headphones.headpon

Urbanista the Swedish lifestyle audio brand, is proud to announce that it is the winner of this year’s iF DESIGN AWARD and Red Dot ‘Best of the Best’: Product Design Award. In 2021, the brand launched the world’s first solar- powered wireless
headphones that are set to revolutionise the audio industry. Urbanista Los Angeles has also recently been listed in the consumer products category for Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas 2022 Awards.

Red Dot ‘Best of the Best’ Product Design Award 2022

This year, Urbanista Los Angeles solar- powered headphones have been awarded with the Red Dot ‘Best of the Best’ Product Design Award. Designers, design offices and manufacturers from around 60 countries entered their products in 2022. The Red Dot Jury made of 48 international members has evaluated almost 20,000 products “in search of good design and innovation”. Only those products that won over the experts with their outstanding design quality won a distinction. With
Urbanista Los Angeles, Urbanista sets a new standard in the design industry.

iF DESIGN AWARD 2022

Urbanista Los Angeles Solar – Powered Headphones, won in the product discipline and audio category in the iF DESIGN AWARD 2022. Each year, the world’s oldest independent design organisation, Hannover- based, iF International Forum Design
GmbH, organises the iF DESIGN AWARD. Urbanista Los Angeles won over the 132 member jury, made up of independent
experts from all over the world, with its revolutionary technology that converts light into energy for a nonstop audio experience.

iF design award
Red dot award

The competition was intense: almost 11,000 entries were submitted from 57 countries in hopes of receiving the seal of
quality. Anders Andreen, CEO at Urbanista, comments: “We are honoured that a product like Los Angeles keeps winning
awards. These headphones are an advancement in technology that our industry has been waiting for and we at Urbanista are proud to deliver this groundbreaking technology to the market. Solar- powered technology will be at the forefront of audio technology for the foreseeable future and we are excited to drive this advancement in the audio space.”

See our full hands on review of the Multi Award Winning headphones and see how they work for yourself, this is super cool technology and the future of what is to come.

Video Review

Tech Review – Urbanista Los Angeles solar powered headphones

I love my earbuds and headphones and have a big collection and love to try things new and over the years we have seen new things come along and give more value to the customer, for example ANC and Hearthrough are two such technologies that have now become a staple feature and this have even creeped down to earbuds under the hundred euro mark whereas these where features you would pay much more for when they became a thing..

But what about solar powered headphones then you might ask and what is the benefit here over just plugging them in with a cable Thing is I have used these since launch and not ONCE have I had to use a cable to charge and this is just fantastic in my eyes and one less cable and socket to be worried about.

What is Powerfoyle

The patented Powerfoyle material harvests all forms of light, indoor and outdoor. It is commercially available used in the world’s first self-charging headphones, Urbanista Los Angeles and also the first self-powered bicycle helmet, POC Omne Eternal. So this basically means you can charge your headphones when you have light inside or outside as you will see demonstrated in the video below or you can see a snippet HERE from my headphones, this is really cool and I hope to see this implemented more in tech in the coming years.

 

 

Charging

Since I have got these headphones I have not had to charge my headphones once because of two things mainly then what happens naturally.. Seen HERE is my headphones on my bedside locker and then I have my window up top during the day and I work from my office table placed right beside my window which means the headphones are constantly getting a charged.

Urbanista now have an app

Finally Urbanista now have an app however it falls short on features which is a let down for me however I will let them off this time and hopefully they improve this over time and this for me will enhance the user experience and give them more qudos in the headphone space their products do sound great in general out of the box but having a better EQ experience would enhance the game altogether. The app is visually pleasing but that is as far as it goes and a start, so guys come on give us some more…

Build and fit

The Los Angeles take much of their design from the Miami only this time round the headphones have solar powered built in on top of the headband you can see both pairs side by side in the unboxing video. I felt these where a little tight to begin with however no seem fine and are a comfortable pair of cans to enjoy using for many hours.

Controls

Controls are clean and simple the main controls for me are small for my huge hands but I got use to them over time, all features are present for controls and we go through all this in the video review below everything is kept simple here and the fact I have big fingers should no affect most people who decide to buy these on my status overall they offer a clean experience with an easy tap to control your headphones.

Urbanista Los Angeles techbuzzireland

Battery

Not much to say here being frank, you are basically limitless on this which is just great

Sound

Pretty much the same as the Miami no complaints here and again the ANC works really well indoors and outdoors and from my usual test run they passed with flying colours, they do have some bass thrown in there too and for all my giving out about the app the listening experience is great to be fair they are loud, punchy and no distortion on max volume and no lag latency noted over testing for 3 weeks you will not be dissapointed.

Conclusion

If you liked the Miami you will like these but the thing is about upgrading from those to these, same design and similar audio experince but I have to say yes they are worth the upgrade with not having to charge them or worry about charging them at all and this not being biased it is embracing in the latest technology but Urbanista for me over the years I have been testing have always been a solid product and this puts them afront adopting new technologies and lets see who follows behind them, as of yet nobody has in the headphone space.

Urbanista Los Angeles Key Features

  • Virtually infinite playtime
  • Always charging when exposed to light, both outdoors and indoors
  • 80 hours of battery reserve
  • Hybrid active noise cancelling
  • Ambient sound mode
  • On-ear detection
  • USB type-C charging
  • Bluetooth 5.0
  • Siri and Google Assistant
  • Compatible with iOS, Android and Windows
  • Urbanista Mobile App Compatible
  • Available in Midnight Black (Black) and Sand Gold (Gold) 

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Turn Up The Love This Valentine’s Day With The Perfect Pair From Urbanista

For a limited time only get a free Urbanista Lisbon true wireless earbud with the purchase of any Urbanista Los Angeles solar-powered Headphones

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Swedish lifestyle audio brand Urbanista, announces an attractive deal. This year, purchases of Urbanista Los Angeles – the world’s first solar-powered wireless headphones – will include a free Urbanista Lisbon true wireless earbud, ensuring that you can share all of your favourite music with your loved ones. The discount will be automatically applied at checkout when both items are added to the shopping cart. The package is available for  £169 / $199USD / SEK1999 /  EUR199 MSRP and will be available from 1ST February until 14th February at www.urbanista.com/valentinesday

Urbanista Los Angeles Solar-Powered Headphones

Urbanista Los Angeles, the world’s first solar-powered headphones, are the perfect sounding pair of headphones for your loved one. Using advanced green technology, Los Angeles converts any light into clean, endless energy for virtually infinite playtime. 

Enhance Your Experience with the Urbanista Mobile App 

To allow customers to get the most out of their product experience with Los Angeles, Urbanista launched their mobile companion app that is available at http://www.urbanista.com/app for both iOS and Android users. The app provides information on how to get the most of the product’s playtime, including visual indications of solar charge levels and usage and the option to customise the headphones controls.

Urbanista Los Angeles Key Features

Virtually infinite playtime

Always charging when exposed to light, both outdoors and indoors

80h battery reserve

Hybrid active noise cancelling

Ambient sound mode

On-ear detection

USB type-C charging

Bluetooth 5.0

Siri and Google Assistant

Compatible with iOS, Android and Windows

See the full review 

Urbanista Lisbon True Wireless Earbuds

Urbanista Lisbon, our most compact wireless earbuds yet, are so light and comfortable that you’ll barely notice they’re there. Lisbon comes in five stylish, monochrome colours that work with every style. To get your free pair of Lisbon, add both items to your shopping cart and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout.

Urbanista Lisbon Key Features

True Wireless Earphones

Compact design

9 hours Playtime

27 hours of Total Playtime

Wireless charging case holds up to 2 charges

Touch controls

Universal GoFit wing included

Bluetooth 5.2

USB Type-C Charging

Compatible with iOS and Android devices

Siri and Google Voice Assistant

See the full review