The other night I was at a birthday dinner with my family and one of our friends whipped out her new Bang & Olufsen Serene Mobile. First and foremost, it's breathtaking. It's one of those phones that has its share of the usual features (SMS, MMS from the built-in camera, and email), but looks more like a piece of art.
It features a curved drop-shaped shell and soft-touch surface. When opened, the lower shell has a screen and the upper shell features a rotary-inspired keyboard. I was most shocked by how it's controlled. You just tap on the top of the shell and it opens like a slow car trunk. (Or, as they put it "opening and closing Serene involves a gentle move with your finger, which triggers a built-in motor so the shell opens slowly and gracefully.) It doesn't seem practical for e-mail or web access - mostly because it's so small - but it sure is beautiful.
The phone is compatible with TMobile & Cingular, but at $1,275 it's more than twice the cost of the iPhone.
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Emilio Pucci
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Wow, beautiful!!! I wonder if that's the future of the phones, along with the iphone?
1That is a breathtaking phone. Too bad it probably costs too much for me.
2wow..... gorgeous
3This phone is not worth the price. I played with it at te store. Major boo-age.
4Wow, I don't think I'd ever want a phone that cost that much!
5I know this phone very well. I think it is the future of cell phone but not like the iPhone. This is a phone. (period) Not a small computer and that is the way it was made.
Also as mentioned in the text "soft touch feel" that is a self healing paint that if it gets scuffed... it can "heal" itself.
6oooh.. healing paint.. *ahem* ok. i'm better.
But seriously... how do they justify the price? mostly form, little function.
7ooh! i want! but SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO expensive
i guess i'll just wait to get it... 10
years from now lol when there'll be newer models and cheaper in cost.
8I've known about this phone since last year. Too bad it costs an arm and a leg.
9I saw this one a while ago and I still love it. It's so high-tech looking. Makes me feel like Sydney Bristow.
10If only i could afford this one. Very high tech.
11too expensive but oh my goodness I want one! LOL - soooo pretty!
12I'd rather keep my iPhone!
13I love B&O products. They are works of art, but when this phone finally hit the market last year it was nothing to swoon over. I'll stick with my N73 and upgrade to a N95 around Xmas as planned.
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