Samsung Unleashes Bang & Olufsen Serenata Phone

Looks like Samsung is on heat of offering new fashionista phones. Right after their announcement of Giorgio Armani-Samsung, comes Bang & Olufsen Serenata fashion-music fused phone! As what the picture depicts, it surely have the iPod like touch sensitive navigation wheel for seamless music selection. The new baby from Samsung features an internal 4GB flash based memory, 'EarSet 3 earphones' for connecting it to external hi-fi audio systems, 3G support and will come with an anodized aluminum (triangular in shape) charger/docking station.

Serene as what Samsung calls, will be initially released in Ukraine and Russia together with some European countries this fourth quarter 2007.

As with other fashion-centric-known-brand team up model, Bang & Olufsen Serenata will come in a hefty price tag of 1,100 Euros without the accessory.

"Serene is the result of our vision to constantly push the boundaries of mobile phone development and bring to our customers unique and exciting products", said Kitae Lee, President of the Telecommunications Business at Samsung Electronics. Moreover, "We wanted Serene to become a precious item, an item that is a personal expression of quality and convenience. The coherence to other Bang & Olufsen products is experienced through the design and a very simple user operation", added Torben Ballegaard Sørensen, CEO of Bang & Olufsen.

Detailed Specifications:

Designer: David Lewis
System: 3G/GSM R/F band, GSM 900/1800/1900/HSDPA 2100
Dimensions: 63 x 109.5 x 19.7mm
Weight: 136 g
Battery capacity: 1000 mAh
Talk time: Up to 3 h
Standby time: Up to 280 h
Display technology: TFT-LCD
Pixel: 240 x 240
Colour: 256k
Size in inches: 2.26"
Bluetooth: Yes
USB Version: 2.0 (High Speed)
Browser WAP: 2.0, Access NetFront v3.2
Message: SMS, MMS, E-Mail (POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, SSL, TLS, OTA E-Mail Settings Configuration)
Memory: 4GB + 25MB (1,000 tracks MP3)
Phone book: 1,000 contacts
Speaker phone: Yes
PureMusic: Yes (flight mode)
Offline playback: Up to 5 h (speaker)Up to 13 h (headset)
Audio codec: MP3, AMR (Voice Tag), AAC, WMA, WMA Lossless 9.1
DRM: OMA DRM, Windows Media DRM
Artificial Bass: True bass
Accessories: Travel Adapter, Cigarette Lighter Adapter, Car Holder, Stereo Wired Headset
PC tools: PC studio (OS: W2k, XP, Vista), BeoPlayer (OS: XP)