Paul W wrote:

I'm looking forward to seeing the red one Michael. I'm thinking it could be more of a rose colour to match my rose gold MacBook. I love that colour variety.

Hope you are excited for Thursday ;) ;) ;)

Paul W wrote:

Thank you Duels. I'm concerned over the battery as the internet is full of people saying it lasts only 2 or 3 hours at a decent level. Certainly, some of the reviewers that I like have not been able to get anymore than 9 hours out of it. Hopefully B&O will fit a larger battery to it as their social media sites have people complaining about battery life on it too.

Having said that Duels, i've just got the iPhone 7 and the built in stereo speakers are very very nice. Great in the bathroom. I went for the 256GB version.

Paul W wrote:

I'm looking forward to seeing the red one Michael. I'm thinking it could be more of a rose colour to match my rose gold MacBook. I love that colour variety.

Hope you are excited for Thursday ;) ;) ;)

Michael wrote:

Jeff wrote:

 

The "Black Mirror" episode "Nosedive" describes Paul W perfectly.

 

Jeff

 

Beovirus victim, it's gotten to be too much to list!

 

 

 

I don't feel comfortable with jokes about people.

Not a joke, and depends on what your definition of people is. 

Jeff wrote:

Not a joke, and depends on what your definition of people is.

Jeff

Beovirus victim, it's gotten to be too much to list!

BeoGreg wrote:

Took my A1 in Burgundy (not the color) for a family fiesta last week-end, everyone was impressed by the sound of it (and one person will buy it asap).

 

It was a three days trip so took the charger with me but didn't use it.

 

For occasionnal use (wich it is when you have a Beolit 15, Beosound 9000/lab 8000 and BV11 like me) battery life is far enough.

Nice to hear! By the way, BeoGreg, I thought only a cable was included, not a charger.

I bought one from Amazon for my bedroom (a four port charger so I can charge Apple Watch, iPhone and my A1 at the same time. As A1 has USB-C and that standard supports 5V/3A which means 15w instead of an usual maximum 12w over USB-B ports. I didn't buy one of those chargers yet since my other units rely on USB-B and I don't need quick charge in my bedroom but it could be interesting to see a portable speedier charger to use with A1. 

Another important thing regarding the USB-C port is the problematic cable situation when dealing with power. USB-C has a design flaw when connected to devices that can't support the power demand of a USB-C device. If the cable is cheap or just bad it might let the device try to pull more power than is available = causing things to break down. For this not to happen some cables include a resistor that makes the device aware of being connected to devices that can't deliver as much power and makes the device pull less power. This is really a big issue and might cause a nightmare for A1 owners. More info here: link

I was cautious about this when I ordered a white cable for my A1 (I think it will look better on the night stand than a black cable, since the apple-cables are also white). I chose this one, since it has the necessary resistor inside it: 

Thank you for that Michael. I see that it's a Anker. A gym friend of mine loves their iPhone glass protectors.

Being honest, with my Apple products, I only buy Apple cables & chargers - I bought the Euro charger from the Apple store last month whilst in Barcelona which I keep in my suitcase. A friend was talking about chargers yesterday whilst out cycling and I have to agree with him - why would anybody buy cheap cables or dodgy £3 chargers for a £800 iPhone? It just does not make sense? The UK iPhone charger is iconic in its design.

Aussie Michael, thank you for the colour advice :) 

Paul W wrote:

Thank you for that Michael. I see that it's a Anker. A gym friend of mine loves their iPhone glass protectors.

Being honest, with my Apple products, I only buy Apple cables & chargers - I bought the Euro charger from the Apple store last month whilst in Barcelona which I keep in my suitcase. A friend was talking about chargers yesterday whilst out cycling and I have to agree with him - why would anybody buy cheap cables or dodgy £3 chargers for a £800 iPhone? It just does not make sense? The UK iPhone charger is iconic in its design.

Aussie Michael, thank you for the colour advice :) 

True about the cables but lightning cables is one thing. The USB-C cables is another. First off they are new, and A1 can be charged with which ever USB-C cable (for example, most people might have spare cables from old devices, or cameras etc today with micro usb, this will probably be the same with USB-C eventually). Since they all look the same you can't really say if it is safe or not to use. This is a new problem that hasn't really existed before. 

Sure, lightning is different and since they are proprietary they more or less require you to buy one from Apple (Or another brand licenced to use it appropriately). But where do you go to buy a USB-C cable? It is generic. 

The charging thing is something else. I don't buy cheap unsafe chargers either (I actually just use my real Apple chargers for now). But instead of having four separate chargers by my bed I wanted something simpler so I bought a good made four port charger instead. I will probably buy one with even more ports for my living room so my friends can all recharge when they are visiting. I also believe the A1 does not even come with a charger so that was also a major cause for buying a charger (I didn't get a charger with BeoPlay H8 either). 

Agreed Apples chargers are beautiful, they are - but I need something to charge my B&O gear too, and four chargers in a row doesnt look too good unfortunately :). 

Michael wrote:

Nice to hear! By the way, BeoGreg, I thought only a cable was included, not a charger.