I’m an old-fashioned guy & I love the simplicity of a mono BT headset. I currently use a Philips SBH-1603 which was purchased from Amazon for around 900rs. It recently got drenched in rain & refused to power-on, thats when I bought the Jabra headset as a replacement.
Considering the Jabra is 300rs more expensive, I did have hopes that it will be an improvement upon the Philips. But sadly - it was not. Don’t get me wrong - the Jabra does exactly what it says. But the Philips SBH-1603 was just better.
Heres how:
- Does not show the battery level on the phone once connected. The cheaper Philips did.
- Talk time is around 6hrs, Philips had 8hrs
- The main button is very oddly placed. Pressing it for accepting or rejecting calls is a pain.
- The power on/off button is a toggle slider behind the earplug. That’s just poor design.
What does it do well?
- Sound quality is spot on
- The mic is sensitive & no issues with voice reception. No complaints from the other side.
What could have been better?
- The placement of the action button & power on.off switch
- The charging port is on the top. should have been at the bottom
- I can live with 6hr talktime but I would want to know the battery charge level on the phone
Honestly, I would still recommend my trusty Philips SBH-1600/1603 over the Jabra. This is still a good product which is constructed well and should do its job well. I guess I had higher expectations for something which costed more.