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Can I dream of an phone "B&O | Apple"? Apple got the aluminium + black thingie now, it would be a good match, Imagine BeoPlayer on an future iPhone which would have Serenata-class speakers... 

Okay, *that* is something I'd buy.  Especially if they encased it in alu.  I wouldn't touch the Serenata (no features worth a damn other than the speakers/amp, although the integration with the main sound system is pretty cool) and I wouldn't touch a Samsung cell phone (just yuck).  While I'm offending people, the Serene looks like my folding travel alarm with a glorified push button version of a rotary dial on it.  Sorry, but I've been wanting to get that off my chest for weeks now.

I think your view is perfectly valid. However I would say that the Serenata is actually much nicer in the flesh that you would think. It is very tactile and the sound quality through the headphones is fantastic. The dialing and texting grows upon you and I certainly found it as quick as any other method (but I am slow!!). 😂

There again, I have just bought another Samsung phone - the D900i - for my wife. Very slim, lots of features and a throw a way price! Will work with her current SIM so will be almost nothing a month.

I do like Nokias but the present range don't capture my imagination. The Serenata stops traffic though! And the quality of materials makes it stand out.(Except for the battery cover!) 

You have to love the power of the internet.  Obviously, for one, it allows for conversation to take place amongst folks spread all over the world - like this forum.  In a couple of instances, it's also allowed me to reach out for and get assistance from other folks with the same interests who were getting a chance to see in person the latest and greatest of whatever that I was geographically unable to see myself.  In a few cases, I've been in touch with journalists or bloggers to get this kind of help.  The same has happened again in the last few days.

Some of you following Serenata news may have noticed (if you're a weirdo product stalker like me, you use Google alerts to send you the latest postings from the net on whatever I can't get enough info on) that Samsung has been holding an open house of sorts for journalists from all over to come in and see their new handheld wares.  One of these was of course the Serenata and another was the SGH-i450.  When I saw the first of these stories start appearing, I figured I'd take a shot at getting in touch with one of them to get some side-by-side impressions of the sound quality for both units.  I had email contact with the senior editor from infoSync World, Philip Berne and he emailed me back saying that he would make specific mention of it in his upcoming posting about the SGH-i450.  Here's a quote from his post today about day 3 of his Samsung visit:

"In the next couple of days, I'll be leaving Samsung, but I still have plenty to write about. I'll be posting my hands-on experiences with the SGH-i450, as well as the plethora of cool phones I saw at the AnyCall store and E-Mart shopping center. I'll also be diving into a reader's question about the difference in sound quality between the i450 and the new Serenata phone, both of which use some B&O tech for sound."

http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/8456.html

So, it looks like this will be the first side-by-side comparison we get.  He already has posted his impressions of the Serenata with a heavy emphasis on the music functionality.  You can read that post here:

http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/8441.html

I'll post the link to his article here as soon as I see it.  Sometimes I really do love technology...

Jeff
 

Here's the article with impressions of the i450 with comparisons to the Serenata:

http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/8465.html 

Looks like the Serenata's speaker is better, but the i450 is pretty competitive.  Interesting.

Jeff
 

some more info from Samsung: link

and some in depth review: link

Does anybody know whther the Serenata Headphone links to the Samsung port on the i450?

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Correct me if I 'm wrong, but I believe that B&O will likely end-of-life the Serene and the Serenate in the not to distant future. When Torben was dipped into the alligator pit there was a statement that B&O would get back to their core products, which seemed to put moblie phones, portable mp3 players, and even car audio in the firing line.

I think it would make sense to do away with co-branded products. They seem to have done very little for Samsung and been a terrible drag on Bang & Olufsen's prestige. Though I really do like the Serene, it is admittedly out of its element in an iPhone world.

I've always fantasized about B&O liscencing speaker technology to Apple (like the built in speakers in the iMac or packaging A8s with special edition iPods), but I've heard it on good authority that, whatever Steve's personal taste may be, that Apple is not interested in a partnership beyond letting them sell their little goodies in their stores.

A real shame, becuase Apple & B&O is about the only mutually beneficial partnership I could see B&O in.    

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apple won't license os-x , that's the basic problem for bno

so they either use some dross from windoze or attempt at making their own software , which ain't as easy as it looks

what we really need is steve wozniak ( the co founder of apple and a guy who's not only loaded but a big investor in businesses that interest him ) to buy bang & olufsen

he is after all a big fan as he uses the seranata himself