How to Spot a Fake Motorola H700 Bluetooth Headset

I was nearly tempted to buy this in Lelong for RM80...it's a fake...be careful. Here is a very useful guide from eBay.

How to Spot a Fake Motorola H700 Bluetooth Headset

The counterfit item looked fantastic. The logo was on securely. It has the correct light sequences as described in the manual (Red to Yellow to Green when charging. Purple when pairing. Flashing blue when in use.). I had no problem at all charging and pairing it with my phone. If you didn't have an original item next to it to compare, there is no way an average person can tell the difference. There are some differences between the two items, as subtle as they may be. Let me go over those differences now.

1) The boom microphone: The Motorola H700 has a microphone that flips open and close. That's how to turn the headset on and off as well as answering the phone.


- On the fake headset, the hinge is stiffer than the original and it sort-of pops open when you open it.
- On the original headset, the boom mic opens much smoother.

2) The earpiece: The H700 earpiece consists of a harder plastic fused with a softer rubber designed for comfort when it goes on your ear.


- On the fake item, the rubber part is much softer, it doesn't stay on your ear as well.
- Also the underlying structure of the plastic parts (where the two pieces are joined together) are different . You can see it a little bit in the picture.

3) The buttons: There are three buttons on the headset, the main button with the icon of a phone on it and the two side volume buttons.


- The volume buttons in the fake headset are slighty larger. They also have more play from side to side.
- The phone icon which is a recess on the main button is carved deeper on the real headset.

4) The text imprints: On the inside, there are text imprints that include a serial number, FCC ID and IC ID numbers along with a quality control marking.


- The real headset actually has a serial number, the fake one does not
- The real headset has the word "Motorola" imprinted on it
- The real headset also has a blue round symbol on it. I am not sure what that is but it's not on the fake one.

5) Sound quality: The sound quality is night and day between the two headsets. The fake item has lots of static, the volume is low, volume control is erratic. I tested the sound coming in an going out on the fake headset. The sound is fuzzy and the tone is higher and a little distorted.