samsung/bang and olufsen “serene”
some phones are status symbols, like the vertu phone which goes for a mere chump change of usd $35,000.
i imagine a phone like that still primarily makes phonecalls and allows you to text message, but at the same time, one can make the same argument that no one really needs a $1.3 million bugatti veyron when something like a nissan Z is plenty fast. but i guess that misses the point. it’s a status symbol thing, like someone owning a $50 million yacht to mainly throw parties. to this i say, when are you going to invite me??
in the same vein, but maybe not as outrageous, is the new “serene” phone from samsung and bang and olufsen. you know samsung; these guys pump out infinite number of TVs and cellies, and for once, they decided to go with a pretty high end cell phone that well, makes phonecalls and stuff.
partnering with bang and olufsen, makers of inscrutable high end audio visual components that are supposedly “high-art”, samsung introduces what can maybe consfuse people with makeup compact.
one thing i wasn’t aware about this particular phone is the fact that the display area is actually where the mouthpiece is located, and one puts one’s ears against the dial pad. i kept wondering when they’d turn the phone around to the correct orientation… hm. this is supposedly done so that the display won’t get greasy. hey, that’s what a pair of jeans are for. i personally like to wipe my display down once in a while with a toilet paper soaked in ethyl alcohol, but that’s just me. besides, won’t all that spittle get on the screen?
the question you really want the answer to is “how many clams?” the answer is: surprisingly “affordable” usd $1000.
read all about it at mobile review