We know the
HX1 is good --
possibly the best -- but is it $160 worth of good? That's a question that we'd frankly rather not have to answer -- we'd be more comfortable with a "is it $120 worth of good" type of situation -- but a poster on HTCPedia has showed up bearing pictures of a retail HX1 in the wild (obviously intended for Asian distribution) along with a hot rumor that it'll be a Sprint exclusive launching within the next month for a whopping $159.99. We're guessing the technology Moto licensed from Invisio wasn't cheap (Invisio's forerunner, Nextlink, was renowned for making excellent but exorbitantly expensive headsets in Bluetooth's early days), but no matter how good the HX1 is, it's tough for the average phone owner to justify spending more on their handsfree than they do on the phone itself. For now, we're hoping this rumor doesn't pan out, but just in case, you might want to start socking away twenties instead of buying 2,000 Nintendo DSi points every other day. Seriously, what are you using them on, anyway?
posted Aug 10th 2009 9:30AM
For a $160 it better give me an ear job.
these days, when you can often get a phone for $99 or less, and often free, do they really expect to sell this by the boatload? this is just flat out ridiculous.
I was planning to buy this thing on the day it goes retail but $160? Come on...
At that price I'll keep my Plantronics Voyager Pro thank you very much
$160???? This is just too much. Well, I will keep the new Motorola H790 that I just got. This piece has been performing real good.
GuessI will have to pass on this noe.
"It's tough for the average phone owner to justify spending more on their handsfree than they do on the phone itself" Well if it's the best, and the tech is groundbreaking is it really intended for "the average phone owner?"
It would be nice if it were released at the same time as the sprint touch pro 2
It's out at sprint.com - $110.49 with an instant discount.
I agree that for $160 these had better be undestructable... I saw these online and they looked way better(www.budsoblue.com). Plus they are headsets so you can listen to music in stereo and take phone calls in Mono.
I will be purchasing this unit, and deprecating my (well loved) H15 to the PS3.
I LOVE THE H15. This headset, however, is icing on the MotoPure cake.