Verizon Wireless testing labs

That new cell phone you plan to buy this holiday season is being tested now at the Verizon Wireless labs in Bedminster. The $20 million labs, which turn 1 year old this month, experiment with 300 devices and software every year. Engineers use a dummy with $5,000 ears called Mr. Head to check the voice quality of different phones. You can hear him speak a form of scientific gibberish to simulate the human voice. (Video by Joseph Perone/The Star-Ledger)