Hello,today I was told by my dealer that Beoplay A8 will be discontinued in a few months. He got this information directly from B&O a few days ago.I responded that he would mean Beosound 8, which had already been discontinued last year. But no, Beoplay A8 would be discontinued, because quantities of sales are to low.For me this is really unbelievable, because Beoplay A8 is the only Beoplay product which is really good in my opinion.Are the guys in Denmark going mad??RegardsRäuber
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Beoplay A8 discontinued!
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They probably figure the A9 is the natural heir (which I don't think it necessarily is).
I wonder if the glut of Beosound A8's on sites like EBay have affected retail sales. Shame if it's true as my Apple IPad, mini IPad, IPhone and touch all look awesome on my A8 :-/Seems a silly rumour to me.
very doubtful. whenever I pop into a store I see people carrying them out
Hope not, as the Beoplay A8 looks really good now without the dock!
This can't be true - we've all been told by B&O (HQ, dealers, their press releases) that it's one of their best-performing products. Why would you then discontinue your best-performing product?
I really like my A8 (well, Beosound 8). It's one of the better B&O products I've purchased in the last couple of years and, so far, completely trouble-free!
The *only* thing I can think of is that the removal of the dock has put a lot of users off buying the product as it simply looks odd without an iPad connected. When I connect my iPhone to my BS8, it looks like an odd design. Much better with the iPad on top. As dealers promote it without any iPad/iPhone, maybe the design hasn't gone down as well as the previous Beosound 8?
Sad times if true.
BeoPlay is a fashionable collection.
BeoPlay is a fashionable collection.
Of badly designed underperperforming overpriced tat.
apart from the 8 which they've just cancelled.
Oh crikey!
crapgadget collection designed by furniture and kitchenware designers, exception for the A8
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