Peter Ha is reporting live from a Motorola conference where they’ve just unveiled two new Bluetooth headsets. Their latest, the Motopure H15, was found to have the best overall audio quality from independent tester Metrico. It has next gen Crystaltalk noise reduction for a more natural sounding voice and it is wind-resistant. There are dynamically adjusting speakers built-in and a RapidConnect flip design.
The ‘phones have multipoint dual pairing that let you connect two phones at once for 4.5 hour talk time. A 15 minute charge equals 1 hour talk time and a desktop charging stand is included. The black styling is reminiscent of the PEBL.
The next model is the Motorola H780 with multipoint pairing, 7 hour talk time, candybar shaped. Both headsets ranked 1 and 2 in independent testing.
More as we get it.
Here is some unadulterated audio between Peter Ha and I using the headsets.
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Was the new Blueant also tested? I’m interested in a sound quality and feature comparison between the v1. Also my personal experience with the battery life on Motorola devices has left a bit to be desired, but that was on older low end models.
“The next model is the Motopure H780 with multipoint pairing, 7 hour talk time, candybar shaped. Both headsets ranked 1 and 2 in independent testing.”
According to the px, don’t you mean Motorod?
ugh. another fugly headset. These companies don’t get it. you can have whatever technology you want, but if it doesn’t look good nobody is going to wear it. The sound quality was not very good from that recording and doesn’t sound differentiated between any other headset moto makes!
I have a headset and I have bluetooth in my car. In my car, I choose my car’s Bluetooth because it’s easy and is always connected as soon as the engine turns on. However, everywhere else, I use the Jawbone. It’s definitely as wearable as it gets for headsets and that technology is hard to beat.
I don’t know who Moto is making products for, but they are definitely not making products to be worn. These are an eye sore.
Looks Junior Varsity. I’m sticking with what I already got.
I wouldn’t be caught in public wearing that headset. I laugh at guys who take themselves so seriously while wearing a piece of junk on their ear. The black headset looks like something I would buy at Office Depot to keep papers from blowing off my desk.
The sound quality for these devices is solid, however not great. I’ve tried every headset on the market, and while the H15 is a good addition to Motorola’s product line, it really can’t compare to Jawbone. Aliph technologies has it right.
The question that needs to be asked here is why isn’t there a standard for testing? Motorola comes out today with a claim from a “3rd party” that they paid for. Why isn’t there some sort of industry standard around headsets? There is so much noise in this space without a true validator. In terms of phones, we can be subjective on functionality; however with headsets it’s all about your vice. I would love to see a test with other like headsets. Bring on the H15, Platronics 925, Jawbone, and Samsung WEP. Let’s do some serious testing on capabilities. Why doesn’t TechCrunch certify this test?
For all we know Moto rigged these tests or spun them in their favor. The audio posted on here sounded like crap so i have a hard time believing that they have as great sounding voice quality as they claim.
by vice i meant voice.
As a Jawbone user, I find it disappointing that the press release’s claim that independent testing was simply copied into this article. I work in a different product industry and we pay independent testers who skew the results our way on a monthly basis. Every mature reporter in the press should recognise this. Users probably won’t.
The H15 is a POS. I purchased about two weeks ago, callers on the other end claim that it sounds like crap. I’m sitting in my silent office, no background noise. I left myself a message on my machine just to see for myself and yeah, it sounds like crap.
Did a Google search to see if others were having the issue and came across this site — I had hoped maybe I just got a bad one, but after listening to the recording above it’s clear that they all sound like this. How disappointing.
I cannot imagine a truly “independent 3rd party” test would rate this thing #1.