Jabra Elite 10 Gen 2 review: one cool new earbuds feature won’t save Jabra’s swan song
Jabra Elite 10 Gen 2: Two-minute review In the ten minutes between me receiving the Jabra Elite 10 Gen 2 review unit, and actually turning them on, I received the news that Jabra is pulling out of the headphone market . These second-gen wired earbuds have thus become the last pair it’s going to sell and support. That gives this Jabra Elite 10 Gen 2 review a somewhat elegiac undertone: is this a well-tuned swan song from the legacy audio company, or an out-of-tune dying rasp? Since you’ve already read the verdict (or at least the star-rating) above I won’t press this dichotomy – we're veering towards the latter. They aren't among the best earbuds we've ever tested. Jabra’s parent company GN cited increasing competition in the wireless earbuds market as one of the key reasons it was leaving the fray, and it’s easy to see why the company thinks that, as the 10 Gen 2 simply aren’t competitive enough. Before we get further in, though, let’s first unpick that name: these ar...