Plantronics Discovery 925: iPhone Accessory Review

Posted by Cyprian on July 5th, 2009 at 09:37pm Comments

iPhone Accessory Review: Plantronics Discovery 925
Reviewed by: Cyprian Peters
-Official website
Price: $149.95

Now I know I shouldn’t start out a review by saying I don’t like the type of product I’m reviewing but I will anyway. Bluetooth headsets are just not my favorite things in the world. They often feel terrible in your ear, the call quality is way below par and you look a bit goofy wearing it. The Discovery 925 managed to do well in the first two of these categories but I still feel goofy wearing a headset.

I had pretty high expectations for this headset before I received it, knowing it was from one of the better companies in the headset business, Plantronics. There are a couple really awesome things about this headset. The first is the earpiece.

I have a couple pairs of earbuds with microphones on them and as convenient as it is to take calls while listening to music, talking with your ears plugged is just terrible. It’s like you’re underwater. With the Discovery 925, your ear doesn’t get plugged. It’s sort of hard to explain how the earpiece works but is sort of sits in the outer part of your ear without actually going into your ear canal. I was sort of skeptical, but you can do some good head shaking and running and it won’t come out. It’s not that noticeable and I found I could wear it for an extended period of time without any discomfort. It comes with three different sized earpieces.

Before I get to the second awesome thing about this headset, I’ll talk about the sound quality. Bluetooth devices aren’t known for providing the best sound quality but this one does a pretty good job. On my end, the sound was flawless. I could hear the person on the end perfectly clear every time, with no hints of static or any other interference. It really sounded like they were right next to me. Unfortunately, as I’m finding with my bluetooth devices, the people on the other end don’t have is as good. I had a couple people who were in a crowded restaurant and they couldn’t hear me too well and I ended up switching over to my iPhone. Other than those certain situations, audio quality was fine and others said they could hear me just fine.

The other awesome thing about this headset, and what really sells it for me is the case it comes with. The case for this actually doubles as a charger! All you need to do is plug the case in, clip in the headset, throw it in your pocket and you’ve got a charged headset with you wherever you go. It works very well. The case is leather and has nice stitching on it and even has a magnet on the front flap to hold it closed. This is probably the best thing about the headset.

The headset itself has two buttons. The main one is the call control and the little one is the volume. There are some fancy features that you are able to activate with the combination of these buttons. Battery charge check, redialing, transfer to handset, and of course, answering and hanging up on calls. It comes with a USB to micro-USB cable for charging with your computer as well as an AC adapter.

I can’t say this headset makes me a believer in bluetooth headsets, but it brings me an awful lot closer than I was before. If you can afford it, check it out. It has plenty of cool features not to mention the awesome case/charger.

Score:
9/10

 

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