Hands-on with Samsung and Bang & Olufsen's svelte Serenata
We bumped into the Bang & Olufsen Seranata at Samsung and were sure you'd all love it's crazy design. This has been around for a while now, but it was our first opportunity to get our hands on it. First impressions? Impressive! The feel of the handset is total money, hefty, amazing material choices, and that wheel is almost addictive when you spin it. We popped it open and blasted some tunes and the quality really was good for such a small set, though it is definitely form over function here. We want, right now.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Richard @ Jan 10th 2008 7:36PM
I love B&O, but it looks kind of like a Star Trek communicator.
Jared Gibbs @ Jan 10th 2008 7:45PM
Um, it would seem that your hands would get in the way as you're using it because the screen is beneath the control vs. being above it. Did they do this for the sake of different design or am I a small minority on this one?
Rafer @ Jan 10th 2008 7:53PM
wait wait wait... thats a phone?
Eric @ Jan 10th 2008 8:26PM
So does it control your Beosystem stereo?
Mr. Deeds @ Jan 11th 2008 9:41AM
Engadget, would you mind actually saying what this thing is? Yeah, it obviously looks like a phone, but it also looks like nothing more than an MP3 player. The thing looks backwards to be a phone...So, any info other than pictures of this "thing" would be very informative. All, I know is it's a Samsung, and you say "The feel of the handset is total money, hefty, amazing material choices, and that wheel is almost addictive when you spin it.", and that you "blasted some tunes and the quality really was good". Wow, great information! Again, what is it?
kamenos @ Jan 12th 2008 1:55PM
hey guys cool off. i looked at one of the pictures and it shows please insert SIM card.
that sounds like a cell phone feature to me!
Winston @ Jan 11th 2008 11:11PM
It's a phone(slider) and a mp3 player. It looks cool but the price of $2000 is asinine. I guess that's why their CEO just got canned...
http://www.bang-olufsen.com/page.asp?id=381&bhcp=1