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Bang & Olufsen Serenata

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CNET Asia Review

By Damian Koh
Oct 24, 2007

Good

6.8

out of 10

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The good: Elegant design; solid hinged stand; 4GB onboard multimedia memory; Bluetooth stereo; bundled EarSet 3 ear phones.

The bad: Rotary wheel takes some getting used to; proprietary port for earbuds.

The bottom line: Unlike the earlier Serene which is pretty much a showpiece, the Serenata's position in the market as a music player (with phone capabilities) is more apparent. Although pricing details are still unavailable, we expect it to come at a premium. So this isn't a toy most will be able to afford.

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B&O (B)ig & (O)utstanding sound quality

Apr 23, 2008

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: Extremely smooth scroll wheel and design, aesthetically appealing design, classy
Cons: Terrible sms method, a bit huge, must use provided earphone
Opinion:
Received the unit the day before and the phone really gave a very great first impression.. From the packaging down to the bottom of the box with all the cool and useful accessories provided.
The best thing in the serenata is the sound quality produced by the B&O speaker, no other mobile phone comes close to its sound quality. It is just unbelievable such phone is able to give out such sound.
The worst thing, is the text input, it's a pain in the hand, it takes so much time to type out sms. Nothing can be worst. Number dialing is similar but i find it quite fun to scroll around the retro number-dialling style.
Overall, this phone is not a 'wow, i want it so badly' phone. It looks really really nice frankly except for text input.. that's all, music player is not as user friendly but acceptable. Sound quality is the main thing here.

 

Great Phone for Music Lovers

Mar 7, 2008

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Very Smooth Touch Pad, good speakers
Cons: interface
Opinion:
Good phone, great design

 

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