I didn’t even have to do it twice, it just worked. Setting it all up meant holding the Call button for a few second and pairing my Android phone with the Tone Pro. Pluck the earphones from their magnetic placeholders, comfortably squish them inside the ear, start the music and relax. With the Tone Pro worn around the neck, music is always at hand.

The two earphones magnetically attach inside the hollow ends of the Tone Pro and don’t drop out, even with a vigorous shake. It looks like a melted headset, but is worn on the neck like a fancy piece of jewelry. It’s light, comfortable and hugs the neck without feeling cramped.

It’s the design which will sell it for most. “In 300-meters, slight right” intoned the Tone Pro with the emotion of an android.Īudio playback is perfect, the 400mAh battery is long-lasting but voice calls are fuzzy and there’s some audio lag with video content. “Turn left” she said as I aimlessly drove down Sandton. Instead, Tone Pro speaks each step of the journey. Now, and when driving, I don’t have to look at the GPS anymore. One bonus feature, and something I’ve never considered before, is the Tone Pro’s ability to speak GPS commands. I do like the vibrating though, it’s a neat way of never missing a voice call. VoIP calls, like with Skype, were perfection and the stereo wireless earphones made it feel as if the person was telepathically communicating with me. Bluetooth audio is not the best carrier of voice, but neither are the disgusting and outdated GSM networks we’re stuck with in backwater South Africa. How about phone calls? Well, it’s a mixed bag. So audio playback is excellent, but video is left a little wanting. None of this gets in the way of audio playback and because of the way the Tone Pro is designed - buttons must be hard-clicked - there’s no accidental button clicks to ruin the flow of the music. On the right are the playback keys, with an on/off toggle hidden next to the USB charging port. The initially confusing controls become second-nature after a day or so of use: there’s a call answer button on the bottom left, with volume controls just above it. I only have one band on my phone, namely Radiohead, and they sounded just as depressing as ever. The Tone Pro has aptX sound, an audio codec made for streaming high-quality sound in real-time and the result is terrific audio playback. The delay can be measured in milliseconds, but it was still enough to slightly irritate me. My Tone Pro was paired with an iPhone 5, the LG G3 Beat and a no-name Android tablet the issue was present in all three devices. I tested the Tone Pro with many different types of audio content: music, film and podcast all sound excellent with one niggle, that video content had delayed audio.

The best feature of the Tone Pro is the clear audio with surprisingly meaty bass.

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