Comments on: B&O $1,275 phone hits U.S. stores

Bang & Olufsen's Serene is finally released in the states

[davidvoy]

First Post YEA!

First post!!!!!!


Phone is interesting, not sure if i like the looks.

[RTT]

Bang&O phone

Sucka's ugly.

[RTT]

Bang&O phone

Sucka's ugly.

[afakirani]

I love B & O

I've always loved the stuff that B&O puts out! Their sound systems are some of the best looking and best souding in the market. And $1300 isn't all that bad when you consider that the Nokia 8801 retails at around the same price. Between the two, I'd rather have an almost one-off B&O phone over a Nokia anyday!

[harrismk]

Looks as dysfunctional as its market

This phone looks as dysfunctional as most of the celebrity crowd that would buy it. Plus, it is downright UGLY!

[Wolfie2k5]

Ugly??? No.. It's HIDEOUS!!!!!!!!

Whoever designed it has a sense of taste - ALL BAD...

[make_or_break]

Only $1275???? Sucha deal!

Or not...I'm wonder why B&O didn't make it an even $1500. Or $1800. $1275 sounds just so....[i]industrial[/i]...or Ikea.

<sarcasm off now>

B&O has always prided itself on generating stylish, high modern componentry that tries to be at the forefront of industrial design, yet still striving to be a fully functional, working appliance that happens to be some sort of work of art. But the key phrase is [i]tries to[/i]. At times they've become a caricature of their own past glories. I think this is one instance where that's happened once again. It's no different than their BeoCom wired phones, in that they seem to exist for their sculptural statement than for anything so [i]pedestrian[/i] as call quality or packing in a wealth of functions. Whatever.

Perhaps if I was some trend-following snob wanna-be this thing would appeal to me, but [i]pu-leeze[/i], this Serene looks like a [i]reject[/i] that couldn't pass muster when The Sharper Image was looking for product to put in their next catalog. Doesn't the [i]cheap[/i] aisle at Wal-Mart or Office Depot already have [i]cheap[/i] Asian-sourced drivel (aka "Executive Gifts") that looks EXACTLY like this nonsense? Imagine B&O knocking off the junk makers...who woulda thunk it?