Samsung i450 music phone with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower
Samsung have announced the new Samsung i450 music phone.
I have to say, Samsung really seem to have got their act together lately. their new interface looks the biz, and the features on their latest phones are all high quality.
Rather than coming out with endless "world's most amazing phone" claim, with features that excelled in the specs, but were let down by poor quality results, they now seem to have consolidated their range and focused more on getting a high quality end product, rather than beating other handsets with more megapixel or super-thin designs.
And the i450 reflects this, with an in-built amplifier developed by none other than Bang & Olufsen.
Sony Ericsson has long ruled the music phones with its Walkman brand.
Samsung, though, despite having its own range of music players (including its Yepp range of super-small MP3 players), doesn't have the branding to beat the Walkman.
More details of the Samsung i450 after the jump.
As such, teaming up with Bang & Olufsen, purveyors of top end music systems, is a stroke of marketing genius. Not only do you get a high-sepcced phone, but you can also count on the quality of its music, thanks to Bang & Olufsen's amplifier technology (called "ICEpower", which really sounds as if it should be followed with a "Grrrr!").
As for the phone itself, it's also pretty well specced. It comes with super fast HSDPA, runs Symbian OS v9.2 and S60 3rd edition, supports 4GB microSD cards, and has a 2.4" screen, 2 megapixel camera and VGA video camera for 3G video calling (not that anyone actually uses video calling, but at least the feature's there if you want it!).
The i450 also apes the Nokia N95's slide design, in that it slides in two ways. Slide it down to access the numeric keypad, and slide it up to reveal a pair of speakers. You also get a touch navigation wheel for accessing your tunes, and the display flips between portrait and landscape depending on whether the phone is held vertically or horizontally.
No news yet on release date or price, but the Samsung i450 should be out in the shops very soon.
[Source: Akihabara News]
