Muchacho Polaco

A couple years ago, we purchased the Incredible the weekend it was released. It has proved itself to be an excellent phone over the years and still operates at a level on par with many new phones released today.

We recently upgraded our phones to the Samsung Galaxy S3. This is the next best thing since the Incredible years ago. Generally we’re not early adopters, but our last couple of phones have put us into that camp. So far we’re extremely impressed. They are lightening fast and nothing on the market even comes close. The next iPhone to be released (the i5) will technologically behind this phone.

This seems like a good purchase.

According to the back:

– Colorful and trendy
– Lightweight and comfortable for longer use
– Fashionable design
– Stereo quality
– Standard 3.5mm Plug
– Perfect cable length to minimize cable tangles

My analysis:

– They’re white, so referring to them as colorful is confusing. Sure, white is a color, but having one color doesn’t make something “colorful”. They’re identical to every other set of headphones I’ve ever seen, so if conformity is the trend, they are certainly trendy.
– They are definitely not heavy and are relatively comfortable.
– If they’re trendy, then they’re by definition fashionable. I suppose they could have added a number of other synonyms to increase the size of their list.
– Stereo quality? Doesn’t that just mean that the sound comes from 2 or more speakers? Yes, it definitely has that.
– Standard plug. Very helpful. No adapters needed.
– The cable is about 3 feet long. This is more than adequate.

Overall opinion:

The sound quality is utter garbage.  That sort of steals the thunder of the wonderful features listed above. But hey, they were only 99 cents, so no loss on my end. It amazes me that things like this can still be produced for under a dollar. Well, at least that’s possible in China where these came from.

Tonight we are on the eve of a dental hygiene revolution in our house. Our new Phillips Sonicare toothbrushes are charging as I write this. In exchange for $120, we have been promised whiter, healthier teeth. Actually, we made the purchase because our dentists (and friends) Fabiola and Joel tell us these brushes are really the way to go. We’ll see what happens.