Review: Jawbone Prime

Some time ago we reviewed the Jawbone Bluetooth headset by Aliph and establish it to exist an all-around quality headset with splendid audio quality and noise filtration. A few months ago, Aliph's released the successor to the original, the Jawbone Prime.

Stated Aliph CEO and co-founder Hosain Rahman in a printing release:

"We watched our customers closely and saw how they struggled to be heard in extreme noise environments. So, we focused our engineering team to go deeper on the tough problems like crying babies, pounding jackhammers, beeping elevators and the similar. As a result, we are excited to announce Jawbone PRIME, with orders of magnitude better racket suppression, so our customers can proceed their conversations wherever they happen to be."

We were curious if the Jawbone Prime performed as well as the original Jawbone did and took the Jawbone out for a examination drive with the AT&T Fuze.  After the interruption, you can encounter product shots and our observations in using this new Bluetooth headset.

Out of the Box

The Jawbone Prime is a solidly constructed, slick looking Bluetooth headset. Information technology comes packaged with various sized ear buds (with and without loop), a wire thin ear claw, a leather wrapped ear hook (dubbed "premium ear hook"), USB charge cable, wall charger adapter, and a very thorough user manual. The Jawbone Prime measures 2.1 inches long, 1 inch wide and 0.half dozen inches thick. The Bluetooth headset weighs in at 0.4 ounces.

There are no external buttons on the Jawbone Prime number and just like the original, volume keys would take been squeamish. The Prime does have two buttons nether the diamond cut surface. A paper thin LED sits on the surface of the Prime that helps confirms certain features. The only problem I had with the LED is that when y'all press the forward button your thumb covers it upwards making information technology difficult to confirm characteristic activations.

Voice Activation Sensor and Racket Assassin

The cornerstone of the Jawbone headsets is the power to filter out background dissonance and to provide the all-time audio feel ever. They do this through two key features, the Vox Activation Sensor and the Noise Assassin technology.

The Voice Activation Sensor is the little white nub on the bottom of the Jawbone Prime that rests against your cheek. While the two microphones of the Jawbone Prime does a skillful task of picking upwardly audio, the Vocalism Activation Sensor (VAS) helps notice when your speaking and captures the frequencies of your spoken language to amend the audio quality.

The Dissonance Assassin 2.0 is existence touted as an improvement from the original Jawbone in that in the noisiest environments (six to 9dB) it filters out more dissonance while keeping the user'south voice natural. By default, the Noise Assassin is active merely information technology tin can be disabled.

Jawbone as well utilizes a Acoustic Vocalism Activeness Detector (AVAD) that acts equally a neglect-prophylactic mechanism should the VAS not come into contact with your face. With the original Jawbone, the VAS had to be in contact with your face up to operate. With the Prime, information technology works best if the VAS is in contact with your face up but will role otherwise.

Functioning

Setting upwardly your Jawbone Prime is a slice of cake and the Owner's Manual walks you through the process rather nicely. From finding the right sized ear bud to pairing the Jawbone Prime with the AT&T Fuze was effortless and took only a few minutes. The Prime has two buttons beneath the surface of the headset. There is a vertical indention in the design that separates the buttons' location.

To the front of the indention is the button that controls the ability, reply/end, LED disable functions. The button to the rear of the indention controls the Noise Assassin feature, Call pass up, cycles through the volume, redials the last number and initiates vocalism dialing (phone dependent). Unlike taps, presses and holds of each button distinguish the characteristic it controls.

The first time you turn on the Jawbone Prime (pressing the front button and holding it for two seconds) the headset goes into pairing way. It is and so a matter of getting your phone to recognize the headset and, if necessary, enter the super cloak-and-dagger code. The Jawbone Prime tin be paired with up to viii devices.

While having the buttons concealed beneath the surface makes for a sleeker appearance, I would have liked to have seen a dedicated power and volume controls. While the rear button cycles through preset book levels, I found myself initiating redialing or vocalisation dialing while cycling the volume. A defended power button is user-friendly, eliminates the need to press/hold a button and you can tell at a glance if your headset is on or off.

The Jawbone Prime was comfortable to wear and light enough not to experience like your ear was weighted down. Choosing the correct sized ear bud is of import and every bit the box mentions, the ear hook is not required. Nevertheless, while the headset rides comfortably and deeply the ear hook adds to the secure ride without creating discomfort. One note with regards to the unlike styled ear buds is that the ones with the loop push the Jawbone towards your confront just enough to keep the VAS in contact with your cheek. The buds without the loop have a tendency to allow the VAS to loose contact with your face up.

While the science behind the Jawbone Prime number sounds impressive, the crucial measure is how it performs with every day use. Sound and audio quality was very good. Dieter did a demo (see video beneath) on the noise filtration when he reviewed the original Jawbone and I'd accept to rate the Jawbone Prime number's performance just as good, if non a hair better, than the original.

The machine stereo wasn't an upshot, driving with the car windows downward wasn't a trouble and surrounding traffic racket wasn't noticeable.  The Jawbone Prime filtered out the background dissonance extremely well, putting my vocalisation at the forefront.

Aliph reports battery life for the Jawbone Prime to be approximately eight days of standby fourth dimension and 4.v hours of talk time. Based on battery performance during my examination drive, I won't dispute Aliph'southward claims. The LED lite will begin to flash red when the bombardment level begins to get low and with the ability to charge the Prime through a USB port on a computer or with the wall charger, power shouldn't be a problem. Oh, and instead of going from ruby to dark-green during a charging bike (approximately fifty minutes) the Jawbone Prime'southward LED goes from red to white.

Overall Impression

Personally, I'm partial to Bluetooth Speakerphones such every bit the Jabra SP200 for the motorcar but if Bluetooth headsets are your preference the Jawbone Prime number should definitely brand your short list.

Voice and audio quality was amongst the all-time (if not the all-time) I've experienced in a Bluetooth headset. The absence of to a higher place-surface buttons took a little time to get used to. While I would take liked to have seen a dedicated power or volume control, that'due south more of a personal preference than a detraction from the headset.

The biggest drawback on the Jawbone Prime might be the cost. At just under $120 it is the more costly Bluetooth headset on the marketplace. It is the "Cadillac" of headsets and while the operation and build quality is impressive, justifying the cost is an individual choice. Y'all tin can find just as nice a headset at a lower cost (eastward.m. the Motorola H15) but I don't know if you'll match the Jawbone's operation.

The Jawbone Prime comes in three metallic color schemes (platinum, coffee (brown) and black) and the Jawbone Prime Earcandy Edition is available in four vibrant colors (lime green, scarlet red, yellow, and lilac). To see what styles are in stock, head on over to our favorite accessory store.

Source: https://www.windowscentral.com/review-jawbone-prime

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