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Plantronics
Plantronics BackBeat 500
Key specs
Battery Life Wireless
18 hBelow average18 h
7 h82 h
below average for on-ear headphones — based on 42 of 63 we've cataloged.
Weight
153 gBelow average153 g
6 g318 g
below average for on-ear headphones — based on 52 of 63 we've cataloged.
Battery
- Battery Life Wireless
- 18 h
- Battery
- Yes
Design
- Weight
- 153 g
- Foldable
- Yes
- Headband Type
- Adjustable over-head
Build
- Material Chassis Primary
- Plastic
- Material Ear Cups
- Memory foam
- Material Cable
- Reinforced
- Material Headband
- Memory foam
Connectivity
- Headphone Jack
- Yes
- Bluetooth Codec
- SBC
- Bluetooth Version
- 4.1
- Cable Type
- 3.5mm single-ended
- USB Charging
- Yes
- Multipoint Devices
- 2 devices
Microphone
- Microphone
- Yes
Sound
- Acoustic Design
- Closed-back
- Driver Count
- 1
- Driver Size
- 40 mm
- Frequency Response Signature
- U-shaped
Features
- Control Type
- Physical buttons
- Inline Controls
- No
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