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After seeing the specs... This isn't just a concept, its a prototype!!
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After seeing the specs... This isn't just a concept, its a prototype!!
It indeed seems to be ready for the next phase... production. it looks nice, I have to admit.
However, I still do not see why B&O would like to enter this market on their own. Their earlier efforts where, mildly put, financially not satisfactory. Why not go the route, mentioned earlier in this thread as well, of providing parts only like they have done for
WOW is right! I really like the curved design but especially the fact that it supports DLNA, has an AMOLED screen, and plays FLAC music files. I love the dock with the speaker. I suspect it will work seamlessly with both Beosound 5s. I'm ready.
Maybe the recent meeting with Apple didn't go too well!
Great...ABBA
Now...this is interesting. A phone is something everyone needs and uses and, get the design/concept right and it will sell. The interesting part of this design is that it's a little Beocom5-esque. Looks like you could connect it to the dock and use it as either a speaker or speakerphone. Would be very useful for the office.
Would make Skype very usable and your mobile could be used for conference calls.
I wonder if this is part of the forthcoming new category from B&O? The speaker/sound expertise provided by B&O and Samsung handle the manufacturing, production and distribution? Would make some sense. It wouldn't be allowed in the Apple Store though.
However, I still do not see why B&O would like to enter this market on their own.
The aren't. The design will be B&O commissioned and they'll provide the audio components, no doubt, but it will be Samsung that is manfacturing, distributing and providing their phone expertise.
But if wasn't B&O design commissioned, it would have Samsung branding instead.
I don't like it- Looks like any other smart phone to me..... And it is not iOS based!
Agreed. In what way is this different? But thanks for sharing anyway.
+1.
Can't understand what's so special about it...
Atleast the Serene and Serenata looked completely different from all others.
Nothing to see here.
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I agree. the dock looks more interesting than the phone.
On the other hand the current environment may be more condusive to a B&O moblie phone than in the past. Now that there are open source operating systems we wouldn't have to concern ourselves with building and maintaining a proprietary OS. Just build the se*y phone and be done with it.
I'm with Lee, personally, on likely keeping my iPhone no matter what, but there are a lot of Android users out there among our customers who wouln't think twice about dropping some extra cash on something like this.
It's just another concept by a design firm... B&O is not going to return to the phone market. There's no money to be made.
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It's just another concept by a design firm... B&O is not going to return to the phone market. There's no money to be made.
You are probably correct on this. This is most likely a design exercise or maybe a tease to test reactions. However mostly out of curiosity, I did check on Android cell phones offered by my provider. I found I could live with an Android phone instead of another brand we all talk about. Competition is heating up!
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