Samsung's WEP870 Bluetooth headset comes with earbuds, bundles of joy

Nothing too exhilarating here, but if you're looking for something new to sit atop the peak on your ear, Samsung's got a new trio it'd love for you to consider. The most interesting of the three is undoubtedly the WEP870, which marries a noise-canceling Bluetooth mono headset (with BT music streaming) to a set of earbuds. As with the less thrilling WEP850 and WEP470, this one also features multi-connection technology in order to pair with up to two BT devices at once. The 870 steps things up with an LCD screen to display battery level, call status and BT connection status, while the other two handle calls and little else. All three are available for purchase right now for $89.99 (WEP870), $69.99 (WEP850) and $39.99 (WEP470).

[Via HotHardware]

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 19th 2009 8:28PM]

These look nice, but I'm still looking for something smaller...

[Wwhat Posted Aug 20th 2009 7:31AM]

Look medical to me, people will give you a seat on the bus.

[MrErv Posted Aug 19th 2009 8:30PM]

I'm looking for the implanted chip in my ear canal so I don't need ear buds

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 19th 2009 8:34PM]

Exactly, now that would be awesome, or maybe something the size of a hearing aid.

[moush Posted Aug 19th 2009 10:43PM]

Why even put it in the ear canal? Just get something implanted in your brain so you don't need to worry about hearing stuff with your eardrum.

[Dante of the Inferno Posted Aug 19th 2009 8:45PM]

I'd say Sony has them beat with their DR-BT30Q. Pads beat out those wretched buds any day.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 19th 2009 8:54PM]

A little off topic but Jabra had a bluetooth headset that was supposed to launch back in may....
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/04/03/jabra-halo-hands-on/
Any word of when this will launch? I was waiting to pick it up, but never heard about it. Plus when they announced the Halo they also announced a Bluetooth speaker as well which did hit retail by June.

[Streetfights Posted Aug 19th 2009 9:15PM]

How is the sound quality of BT headsets? I've never heard a2dp from decent phones before.

[Wwhat Posted Aug 20th 2009 7:34AM]

I hear some implementations of stereo BT headsets have a hiss, but the sound itself is generally not complained about too much, just make sure you get a version without the hiss.

[ilikespie Posted Aug 19th 2009 9:38PM]

Bluetooth headsets are nice and all, but where are the bluetooth adapters that allow you to plug in you're own 3.5mm headset? I saw one awhile back (like 2006 or so) but the model was out of production and couldnt find anything similar.

[Wwhat Posted Aug 20th 2009 12:24PM]

There are various version available, Although it's true some are around for quite some time, and they can be hard to find in some shops, but there's always ebay and amazon and such, here's an example search:


Just goto amazon and type 'bluetooth stereo' in the search box, make sure you type both words to get the right results.

[Wwhat Posted Aug 20th 2009 12:25PM]

The link was refused by engadget, seems they don't like amazon, hence my instructions to do it yourself.

[Ephemeral Posted Aug 20th 2009 9:12AM]

Looks like a stethoscope.

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[Professor Kaos Posted Aug 20th 2009 2:26PM]

Never looked at samsung as having nice MP3 players, this one being no expeption.