Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought my wife a Jawbone Jambox for Christmas. While I was researching that, I spotted this and ordered it for myself. So i get to compare the side by side. Really they don't compare. The Jambox comes in an incredibly fancy package; the 'Basics speaker comes in cardboard. Under the Jambox there is a divider that reads "Wait, there's more", under which is a charger and aux cables; under the 'Basics speaker is the bottom of the cardboard box. The Jambox is half the size of the 'Basics speaker. When you turn on the Jambox it gives a throaty bass "thump" that makes you almost drop the thing, and then starts talking to you; the 'Basics speaker beeps. But you know what, the AmazonBasics speaker costs less than 1/2 as much as the Jambox, and the sound is very comparable. It also has the speaker phone feature (but I'm not sure why you'd do that). I don't mind the lack of a charger, I've got a bunch of those things laying around. For the price, this thing hits the spot.