Aliph Jawbone

Launch price £80.00

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Stuff says

Not only is the Jawbone the coolest Bluetooth headset to grace a lughole, no hubbub will penetrate its shield and wreck your gabfest

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It’s very rare that a Bluetooth headset will provoke a pang of lust inside the Stuff team. Actually, make that never. But there’s a first time for everything and the coolly named Jawbone from American outfit Aliph has managed to get our auditory organ burning for some wireless action.

The hype radiating from the Jawbone was felt by Carphone Warehouse, which promptly bagged the exclusive UK right to hawk it in the high streets. One look at the Jawbone and you can see why – its grilled façade, bowed profile and curved under carriage is rather becoming.

But it’s not just its unique design that garnered the overtures – the Jawbone packs special noise cancellation technology devised with the help of the U.S. Military.

License to grill
Jawbone photos may give the impression that its grill is fashioned from metal, but the whole headset is plastic fantastic with the underbelly made from medical-graded material for soft-touch against your skin.

This makes the Jawbone extremely lightweight. Four changeable ear loops of varying sizes and rubber-covered hooks also increase comfort and make it a snug fit – you could do your most violent Bohemian Rhapsody head-bang in the car and this baby wouldn’t dislodge.

Rather than sabotaging the headset’s smooth planed front with buttons, designer Yves Barbier has integrated the talk and ‘Noise Shield’ keys as pressure pads. These two hidden mechanised buttons are all you need to pair, adjust the volume, redial, voice dial and activated/de-activate the Noise Shield feature.