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hey I'm David Connelly executive editor cnet.com and I'm here with the bose soundlink bluetooth mobile speaker 2 this is a slight upgrade to the original Bluetooth speaker from Bose that speaker was very impressive and earned an editor's choice this one offers slightly ever so slightly better sound that's because Bose has updated the transducers in the system it's also adjusted the algorithm a little bit with for its digital processing and that gets it a little bit more refined sound aside from that the only other differences are the cover that converts into a stand now has a bifold design it splits in half and lastly this now remembers up to six devices for bluetooth pairing so it makes it slightly easier to pair devices it automatically remembers them really the speaker's claim to fame is that it is very small and compact and it delivers big big sound also pretty refined sound so this is a very strong compact bluetooth speaker there's some other speakers that have come on to the market in the mean time for instance the jawbone big Jambox that model has a speaker phone in it so if you're looking for a speaker phone that's gonna be a better option probably they offer a comparable sound slightly different it depends upon your taste which you're gonna like better but they are very close in terms of sound quality this one I like the design better because it's a little bit more portable I like how the cover folds up and protects it the jam box on the other hand does have better battery life this one has about three to four hours of battery life at very high volumes at more modest levels it gets about 6 to 7 hours that's pretty decent as gonna get you through most of the day if you're playing it at moderate volumes all in all a very good compact bluetooth speaker you can't connect non bluetooth devices with this there is an input on the back but you really expected to use this with smartphones and tablets you can use it with a computer but there is no remote with it you will really use your smartphone as a remote this model does come in two different versions there's one with a nylon cover that retails for $300 and one with a leather cover retails for $350 there's a slight upgrade in the finish when you go to that leather cover and those covers are interchangeable so you could upgrade later to the leather but it would cost you $50 the one thats thing is you can try before you buy the speaker Bose does offer a 30 day money back guarantee on it a lot of people are on the fence about which compact bluetooth speaker to buy so it's nice to be able to have that return option but I don't think a lot of people will have buyer's remorse on this I do like it a lot I'm David karna I and this is the O's soundlink bluetooth mobile speaker 2 thanks for watching