Review of Bluetooth-Headset Jawbone 2

Package Contents:

• Headset
• Charger
• User
• Four removable bow, extra tips on the speaker

Frankly, I do not quite understand what guided the company Aliph, engaging in pricing. Just Headset for six and a half thousand rubles is unlikely to be in demand. And if you absolutely unbearable, the buyer can easily choose the first model of the company, which personally I prefer due to its massiveness, brutality, an interesting design. I started with an ulterior motive prices, because in our country are actively selling this accessory began with the arrival of informal phone iPhone, that's when every self-respecting bookseller stuff for "iPhone" felt obliged to add to the assortment of officially recommended headset from Aliph - it was the first Jawbone . Interestingly, the second model came to us on the market almost immediately after the announcement, about the first remembered only because of the iPhone, well, and the second too, like how to cool. Turned out to be so: here is a stall somewhere in the "Gorbushka, there sits uncle with all" ayfonovskim "junk, my uncle is the Jawbone four thousand five hundred and Jawbone 2 for six thousand. Yes, even the original headset from Apple is always present, too, for five thousand, and then maybe more. You can still say that this is the best headset for the iPhone - do not believe in this nonsense, I tested with this device scores of different products and I can safely say that the best headset to choose very hard.

And yet. Dear buyers. I want to tell you that the margin with a price tag that's sour reaches two hundred, three hundred percent. If, say, you are unbearable buy seems to be the officially recommended thing for "iPhone", refer to the western auctions, stores, or ask to bring friends. Same Jawbone 2 in stores of American and European operators and the operators will not twice as cheaply. And anyway, what's the point? I'm not understand. Understand only one thing: the company probably will try and impose our market tricky conditions with a price - such as a premium product for a lot of money. It is hardly necessary to give in, such a product you sell one piece a month, and it is still optimistic. Seasons suite at some time in retreat, it comes to practical solutions.

Well, now let's look closely at the Jawbone 2.

Design, construction

To some degree most of the claims to the first Jawbone came down to the fact that she is too healthy. I wrote the review that I just love the size, the headset was a little space, but very stylish, fashionable, unusual. Black so do an excellent male enhancement, and gray, too, and in red too personal. Not for women, so (too much), but here are the hearts of men that thing warmed. As can be seen, the second model fairly thin and has already become. Although the thickness has not changed, rather chubby little thing. Perforated front were replaced by scars, it is not lacquered, so the whole mat. Plastic quality (more like), assembly is excellent, it is interesting that the name of the headset is back, next to the speaker.Overall impression of the design is not any controversy, it was good, the headset is beautiful, very different from anything on the market.

Packing traditional, like an accessory is a kind of pedestal. It is interesting that there are companies that have boldly borrow from this experience. For example, a very similar box at the Jabra BT530, however, there is not such a big plastic box. Well, well packaged separately additions to the headset were taken in the JX-20, also in the etui of black construction paper.

If we talk about all sorts of chips, they occur in sufficient quantities, it is the bow, each of which has a designation, the letter (as they are separated by size), there is an inscription on the box NOISEASSASSIN (such as the killer of noise), one of the etui is the tab, to be a handy pull out of the box - apparently made under the influence of packaging on certain products from Apple. All this seems to be little things but little things pleasant.

Headset weighs just over ten grams on the ear is not felt. I tested the version in black, but there are other colors.

Way of wearing, comfort

If the first Jawbone can be worn only with a bow, then you can try without it. Although it will not at all, the design does not have to jump or an active pastime. Bow is inserted into the slot on the podium speaker, complete four bows of different sizes, I was approached by the smallest. As you can see the bow unusual leather looks rich.On the ear headset sits comfortably, there is no discomfort. But again, if you really are thinking to buy, be sure to try on, then it all cunning. The trick is that the headset must touch your face sensor on the inside, I wrote, why is it needed and what it was doing in the review of the first Jawbone. If, however, does not go, then I would recommend to forget Jawbone 2 and buy something else.

Groove for the strap not have to wear a Thing in a shirt pocket or pants.

Management

In fact, there is one big button - it is the whole front panel. However, it turns out that two keys - a region with one side of said Noiseassassin and is responsible for the inclusion of "shumodava" button in the middle is responsible for receiving the call. Many of the actions carried out by pressing two buttons at once. For example, it goes into pairing mode, etc. If you press and hold the "killer noise during a call, the sound of a cyclical volume changes. You can click the button five times and then turns off the indicator light on the front panel, it is narrow, but it's too good. Could be carried over to the back part.

I will not translate into practice, except to say that the management is not all intuitive, does not always happen immediately push it right. I am glad that when you first start Jawbone 2 automatically goes into pairing mode. But, in general, with control tugovat, like the first Jawbone.

Here wrote "tugovat", but thought and decided to make it clear. At Jawbone 2 the idiotic management system ever seen in the last year. Entering into pairing mode is completely unclear, moreover, when you press invisible buttons, finger close indicator. When wearing the device in jeans, is to sit down, so she turns - buttons a bit too sensitive. I just do not understand this approach. Simply, there are already some standards that comply with most companies. For example, to pair, press and hold the power button - almost all headsets it works. But no, the guys in the Jawbone does not eat bread for nothing, why do like everyone else, have their own way. My rating management headset is simple, to sound it again - idiotic.

Operating time

In my Jawbone 2 connector, it has decreased since the first model, this is due to the overall fall in the housing. Included is a USB-cable and network adapter, keep in mind that our forks in a box no. Nevertheless, the headset is perfectly charged from the USB-port laptop, the only interesting feature of these parts is lost in such a case. The fact that the Jawbone 2, as some headsets Nokia, there is the possibility of rapid charging, where an hour the battery is fully charged.The second option - for half an hour reached eighty percent of the charge, is good too. It is clear that this should be considered in relation to charging via AC adapter.

Claimed battery life is four hours of talk time, in fact, this figure is slightly less, you can count to three and a half hours if constantly running noise reduction system. Not a very good result, even not good. And especially sad that such a car charger will not find in the afternoon with fire.

Voice quality

About the technology implemented in Jawbone, I told here, need to repeat all over again I do not see. Changes affected the design, supply, but not all, associated with the transmission of speech. After such things as the Plantronics 925, Motorola H15, as a not particularly pleased with the sound muffled and unnatural Jawbone. That's all inference. Product has been tested with iPhone 3G, connection is fast, reliable connection, all the basic functions work perfectly fine.

Conclusions

Well, now, for such a product are asked to six and a half thousand. Despite all the beautiful posters, all there "Editor's Choice" and "Best Product", I will say this: the headset ridiculous time for a device this size, management arhineudobnoe, voice quality is just good, but someone may seem dull and unnatural. That's at least cut me, the first Jawbone represented the natural product with a capital "P". It was a good thing, and I still do it safely recommend for use, or as a gift. As for Jawbone 2, then recommend it to buy can not. Especially for six and a half thousand.