Serenata (phone)

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The Samsung SGH-F310 Serenata was the successor to the Serene mobile telephone. [1] The device, a collaboration between Samsung and Bang & Olufsen, [2] featured the logotypes of both companies. Designed by David Lewis, it was introduced in October 2007. [3]

The phone was a GSM-class mobile that operated in the 900, 1800, 1900, and 2100 MHz cellular radio bands. [4] It featured no keypad; [5] instead it used Bang and Olufsen's clickwheel and a touchscreen. [6] There were 4GB of onboard storage [7] for its distinctive music player, which featured a loudspeaker accessible through a slider. [8]

The Serenata was ranked as a runner up in Wallpaper's 2008 Design Awards, losing to the original iPhone. [2] TechCrunch deemed the Serenata to be an improvement over the Serene, [9] but Australia's GadgetGuy found it "unusable as a day-to-day mobile when it comes to simple tasks like text messaging" while praising its "impressive sound quality." [10] However, CNET found that while sound quality was good, it was "definitely form over function." [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "B&O Serenata review". Stuff . 4 December 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2020. The first collaboration between Danish hi-fi gurus Bang & Olufsen and Samsung resulted in the Serene. It was a uniquely designed handset, but lacked features and was an ergonomic disaster. Far from being perturbed, the self-styled 'dream team' has returned with the Serenata
  2. 1 2 "Best gadget on the go". Wallpaper. Neil Sumner. 107: 179. February 2008. ISSN   1364-4475. It is possible, however, as the phones shortlisted for our readers' award prove. There's the Serenata, Samsung's Bang & Olufsen collaboration;
  3. ↑ "Samsung and Bang & Olufsen present Serenata". GSM Arena. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2020. ingenious and artful music mobile phone Samsung Serenata, designed by David Lewis, whose name is related to many of the products by Bang & Olufsen
  4. ↑ "Samsung Serenata SGH-F310 technical specifications :: GSMchoice.co.uk".
  5. ↑ Kuzmin, Sergey (30 January 2008). "Review of GSM/UMTS-handset Samsung SGH F-310 Serenata". Mobile-Review.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020. It has no keypad, nor does it sport clear-cut Call/End buttons
  6. ↑ "In Pictures: iPhone rival? Bang & Olufsen and Samsung's Serenata". PC World . Retrieved 6 November 2020. The touch screen is secondary
  7. ↑ https://www.cnet.com/products/samsung-bang-olufsen-serenata-sgh-f310-cellular-phone-gsm-umts/ [ dead link ]
  8. ↑ Dan Nystedt (2 October 2007). "Samsung takes wraps off its iPhone rival Serenata". Computerworld . Retrieved 6 November 2020. The handset has a built-in speaker and bass system, and can play amplified music for up to five hours through the speaker or for around 13 hours through a headset
  9. ↑ "Hands on with the B&O, Samsung Serenata". TechCrunch . 15 October 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2020. It definitely improves on the Serene
  10. ↑ Coleman, Luke (23 April 2008). "Bang & Olufsen Serenata". GadgetGuy. Retrieved 6 November 2020. Basically, it is unusable as a day-to-day mobile when it comes to simple tasks like text messaging
  11. ↑ Sean Cooper. "Hands-on with Samsung and Bang & Olufsen's svelte Serenata". CNET . Retrieved 6 November 2020. popped it open and blasted some tunes and the quality really was good for such a small set, though it is definitely form over function here
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