Review of Bluetooth-headset Samsung WEP-500

Contents:

1. Design and construction
2. Wearing
3. Management
4. Food
5. Communication with the phone and sound quality
6. Conclusions

Package Contents:

• Headset
• Cradle for charging and carrying
• Charger
• User

If you remember, with a design WEP-420 at CEBIT, Samsung announced another headset, pictures which are practically absent in the network. It's WEP-500, little things, like something on the plump stud; about it-and will be discussed. I'll note that most likely, my copy is not yet a commercial model, because it has some shortcomings.

Design and construction

Smite a WEP-500 you have your designer bude you come into the store with the intent to buy it? Of course, on the shelf, it stands out strongly among his companions pretty petite size, and not only when viewed from the front, but also is present at the side of subtlety. However, the market has become accustomed to small garniturkam, I doubt that someone will be struck to the core, rather discreet and respect for the will at the same time recognizable corporate design, build quality of this "misipusechki. If looking at the Motorola H9 felt inside are plenty of places, something about the WEP-500 this can not be said, the case is put on the board like a glove on his hand, to feel everything very tightly.

By the way, H9, I remembered not for nothing, technology geeks will surely find similarities between these products. Compare their work rewarding, in principle, we can do it right now. Thus, WEP-500 H9 better quality of voice, sound cleaner. It is more convenient and wear, pierce directly into the brain "stem" microphone H9 is not highly liked by some of the respondents. In my opinion, is better here and design, WEP-500 besides that small, so still and flat, due to which she is also unobtrusive. Opening times greater in H9, in addition there are special pockets cradle with built-in battery; a WEP-500 also has a special box, but it is not equipped with a battery and is only for charging and carrying. While hard to talk about the price of both devices, if about the headset from Samsung has a clear understanding that it will be on sale very soon (one and a half months) and will cost a hundred dollars, about the H9 understanding to see if it is generally on sale, no but we know that it will be worth three and a half thousand.

As you can see, we have included successive cradle, which first appeared in the model WEP-200, its shape varies from model to model, and here he came in a few sides.Inside the cradle is the branch where you insert your headset, once lit display, you can rest easy - charging began.

Let us return to the design. Look at the picture, where a small WEP-500 side by side with his stereotovarkoy SBH-100, I hope you will find yourself ten similarity. Borrowing design of their own products can only speak about what is, what to borrow, and that's good. Repeated, even color - uses the same dark gray and smooth, a rubber, plastic.

The assembly is good, everything is quite plump, heavy, when you look at the device, many immediately say that the trick is made simply, but tastefully, and not without elegance.

Yes, I forgot that we can find on the body of the headset? We can find the volume rocker key on the end, the answer key to the bell, inscribed in a dark gray box, the indicator is located on the nose unit, next to the battery contacts. I found two holes in the microphone, one at the end, the other side - or right two, or a hole in the side intended for other purposes, however, seems to me that it is not. Rubber nozzle on the speaker can be easily removed, you can fasten their other material.

Interviewed Gentlemen number five responded to WEP-500 is predictable - the epithets "small", "Lovely", "klassnenkaya" and flowed from their lips. Oddly enough, but the girls did stand on the device (although fitting showed that they can wear the headset without any problems, unlike H9), but the men it attracted.

Wearing

As you can see in the photos, the speaker is designed not so, as with other babies (Motorola H9, for example), the shape of the podium here is not penetrating, but quite ordinary. Therefore, in-ear headset sits perfectly normal, as normal headphones. Discomfort I felt it was not possible, no matter how I tried wearing two hours clearly showed that the problem with that is no absolutely no. The only thing that I will turn your attention - in the gym training for active WEP-500 is better not to use because it can fly. With points you can use the headset without any problems.

Management

It's all very simple - there is a volume rocker and a multi-key, extremely well camouflaged. Pressing the clear, accompanied by a nice click, click is also quite convenient due to the width of the WEP-500 - it's small, but has a nice circle. With the help of multi-function button to answer the call, dial the last number, activate voice call, switch between the lines.

Indicator light behaved strangely in my sample, there were moments when it burned constantly, there were moments when continuously, as if the headset was constantly in pairing mode.Because of what happened - could not figure out, I sin on a part-charge the headset after I kept it plugged in all night, the problem disappeared.

Food

To the headset charged, need to insert it into the cradle of it, we have discussed above. And then just have to wait until the indicator light on the box will not change from red to blue. On the stated terms of still early, let's see how the device has proved itself in practice.

So, I tested the time WEP-500 in two ways - the normal use during the day and "race" with the music. Clearly, the latter method is intended only for understanding how the device will work in principle (although you must understand that the microphone is not used here, so that indicators can be a bit more). So, here's what happened: despite the tiny size, WEP-500 works confidently within a day, from 9.00 to 21.00 and I used it in a ponytail and a mane, was almost two hours talking. The device then began to show dissatisfaction with the remainder of the charge, and I stuck it in the cradle. Test listening to music showed that 500 I can work "to receive" about two hours of a penny. In general, for a small garniturki indicators are good, important thing that you can talk to her during the day.

Communication with the phone and sound quality

I plug the headset back as far as five vehicles, and all because of the fact that initially failed to establish a connection with only one, this Samsung E590, with him all worked very well and correctly, but with other devices all have been very bad. As I said above, whether due to incomplete charging, or even because of something, but until the light burned constantly, refused to create a pair of SE P990i, Samsung D600, Nokia 7370 and Motorola ROKR E2. Once the headset is lain in the cradle all night, the pairing went like clockwork with all devices, but the best results on the quality of voice transmission have been demonstrated with the E590, with the rest of the phones is not so rosy. Incidentally, it is hard to judge how to behave WEP-500 with your machine, highly recommend the purchase to try it, make a pair and call someone. To pair the need to press the power button off and hold it until the indicator glows steady blue. Code standards, it's 0000, Auto-present. To redial the last number, you must double-click the multifunction key for activating voice dialing - press it once.

Now about the sound.Volume is not excessive, its supply is missing, I would like 25-30 percent louder, although I understand that such amounts should not expect much. Seems to me that there is no DSP-processor, as interlocutors sometimes complain of echo, background noise. The broadcast speech, in principle, not bad - the interlocutors react differently to the conversation through the WEP-500, estimates of the "three-minus" to "four plus", I can appreciate the figure on a flat four.

Conclusions

Let us estimate the pros and cons of a wonderful little headset Samsung WEP-500 and think about who its customer. So, the pluses:

• Adjusted urban design
• Comfortable to wear
• Inconspicuous while wearing
• Interesting box for carrying

Disadvantages are:

• Hours low
• Voice quality is satisfactory

It seems to be plus more, but pay attention to is the main thing, namely, the voice quality. Yes, it is roughly comparable to other devices from Samsung, for example, WEP-200, but pales in comparison with the WEP-420. The only worthy competitor in the market 500th - Motorola H9, if it will go on sale, we compared them higher will not be repeated. Price of the device (WEP-500) will be about a hundred dollars, maybe a little more, it will be on sale in late June and early July.

Who needs it? Not for young people. Not for girls. And not even for technological leaders. It seems to me that this product is addressed primarily to businessmen at the thought I caught myself on the second day using the device. And those businesses that use phones the same brand, for example, D900 (later it will be U600). Incidentally, due to the fact that the case WEP-500 is relatively small, this headset can recruit top-end phones and smartphones, such a "gift" would come in handy. For attentive readers will answer that and WEP-200 and WEP-500 is not the most luchschie garniturostroeniya representatives, but they have a certain fashion phone charge may give pleasure to the buyer device.

PS One of my friends, looking at the WEP-500, a really set out to buy it, because he liked the fact that it's small and hardly visible in the ear. So he wasted my main question being: whether or not to buy? I told him this: if you really like, then, of course, yes. But better to pay attention to the WEP-420, although it more, but in all respects superior to the 500 th on the head.