Not bad but still not a patch on the simplicity and quality of the 6000.

Cool! Inspired in "retrofuturism" from Kubrick's 2001 🙂

Not very B&O-ish in my book, but the basic shape looks OK to me. I do have some problems with the detailing. I don't like the fact the buttons are postioned somewhat deeper inside the handset than the screen. I also dislike the speaker cover above the display. I have no idea about the sound quality, but I'm sure Beocoms are superior. At 40 pounds it's not bad value I guess.

First : Me neither. ;)

Second: I would say the reception of the network(s) are pretty good. I can't remember when i last had some sort of errors in reception, excluding trains, subways and nucleat fallout shelters and semi-working cellphones in the other end of the call. :) The sound quality is another thing. I was in Amsterdam in the spring and i wouldn't complain the reception at all.

I don't know about the statistics but would say more than half (if not even more) of the finnish telephone subscriptions have been cancelled in the last 10 years. I don't carry my mobiles phones in my pockets all the time, just the time i'm out the door. :) I have now 2 mobile phones because of my work and i think the other one is too much. So much easier to use one for all the calls and SMSs etc. Nevertheless, i agree B&O cellphones do look good!