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The Serenata has launched!
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It looks like a real nice object, and I'm sure the sound quality in the built in speaker is amazing.
That being said (and probably DUE to this) this phone is way too big : 63 x 109,5 x 19,7 mm
To give you a comarison, the iPhone is roughly 60 x 114,5 x 11 mm and you got twice the storage capacity at 8gigs. The Area (width x height) is about the same as the Serenata, but thats fully usable screen real estate, that allows you to see and do things...
Obviously the iPhone's built in speaker is a joke and you need to be using the headphones or line out to be able to enjoy the music.
All this to say that the Serenata's built in speaker better be damn good otherwise I'm missing the point.
I must say I'm impressed...
Over the past few weeks I've been complaining about each and every new B&O release, but this time: WOW!
I was on the website from my office during the last 30 seconds of the countdown, and was really pleased with the presentation and the music featured.
As expected, it has no camera, so the sound part has to be quite good to make us "forgive" this missing feature. I know what you'll say: buy a camera, actually I have one, but still..Apart from the ringtones that I find pathetic, and the Windows Vista incompatibility (only a beta version of BeoPlayer + BeoPort is launched at the moment to handle BS6+ Serenata), I think I could buy one..
Before that I'd like to read the user guide which is not on line yet, actually the B&O website says nothing about Serenata for the moment!
So far only one word AMAZING
I don't know.... it HAS 3G/ UMTS so I can use it in Japan, this is very good, i think the user interface is inspiring, it looks like a small revolution, as a designer I think the product is something near 8.5 / 10 or even better, so probably I do take back my words and solute B&O with a very good creation!!!
Yet as a customer I still don't understand few things - do we really need a speaker for listening to the music? When you are on the go you have headphones when you are at home you have an audio system... Personally i don't like the size and the form, but the metal part, the stand on the back and a UI made a very good impression...
I disagree, quite often you come across a good track and maybe want to let a friend or two listen. Last weekend I was in a friend's car and the radio was broken. I'd have killed for a laptop or something like this to play some music for those 100 miles
Well guys! It's been great to see the official site today. I wonder how Lee has got on with the boss.
I must say the site is very nice and is very informative. As to the main deal about the cell phone, well I'm certainly not grabbed by it until I have a go with one myself. Reason being the touch-wheel for SMS messaging would seem to be an utter pain in the backside from what I can assume.
My dealer has told me the speaker is truly sensational considering the size of the thing, and even more so when compared to the awful internal speakers found on every other cell phone in the world!
But what really seems to be a little confusing to me right here is, why are B&O releasing BeoSound 6 if the Serenata is truly aimed to be 2 devices in one?
And finally why are A8s not included in the accessories if the Serenata is supposed to be a portable music player as well? Does anyone know if you can even plug in a pair of A8s into the Serenata?
Forgive me for noting all the negative points out first. On the positive side of things, I do like the design of the Serenata and I'm interested to see how really big it looks and feels in the palm of my hand when my dealer has it in stock. Oh and I love the table charger!
............. but if the estimated 1400 Euro is true, then the Serenata really is going to have a lot of impressing to do when I see one for real!
Pretty big but cool
Sold.
Wow it does look pretty big in that photo! The size of the screen seems out of scale with the rest of the device.
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