Bluetooth headsets – The coolest mobile tech that no one uses

On paper, Bluetooth headsets ar all kinds of futuristic “cool.” With a little Bluetooth-connected earpiece, you tin manipulation your mobile earphone without actually having to pressure a French telephone up against your face. These  headsets were once just figments of geeks’ imaginations, but now that they’re a reality, it seems no one is really exploitation them. Now, a new report from Strategy Analytics indicates that custom of Bluetooth headsets is declining in the US.

Given the social mark associated with wearing a Bluetooth headset in populace, especially when you’re not on a phone call option, we can’t say we’re surprised by the report’s findings.

According to Strategy Analytics, just twenty-six of Americans with Bluetooth headsets say they manipulation it on the daily. Last year, 43% reported that they were daily Bluetooth users. What’s to history for the sudden, and massive, drop in Bluetooth headset usage? Apparently, Americans are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with how Bluetooth headset designs – atonement with headset styling has dropped 27 percentage points since 2008.

Again, we’re not surprised. When was the last time you saw someone wearing a Bluetooth headset in populace and thought they looked “aplomb.” Heck, when was the last meter you didn’t think “geek?” Wired cartridge holder recently ran a floor that urged citizenry to not walk around with a headset plugged into their ears. The cover of that issue, plastered with a headshot  of Brad Pitt wear a Motorola (New York Stock Exchange: MOT) headset, warns its readers that “He tin barely pulling it off, and you’re not him.”

Are you brave sufficiency to wearing your Bluetooth headset in public?