funkylogik
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Aye. Depends how popular it is I guess.
Can't see any point in putting a rom on it though as all the music goodies will be proprietary?
Just hope the OS isn't too ugly lol
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Marshall releases their own phone?
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Can't see any point in putting a rom on it though as all the music goodies will be proprietary?
Just hope the OS isn't too ugly lol
K
KOLIO
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Why not?
Taking a plane/train trip w/a significant other comes to mind..............
Just for giggles,I signed up to be notified upon release,but,carrier compatibility comes first & no way to verify that just yet:
http://www.willmyphonework.net/
funkylogik
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I wouldn't but I've seen teens on the bus share a pair of earbuds so I guess it is lol.
(wonder if they have separate amps?)
funkylogik
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I'd guess it will be unlocked GSM?
It is something I've seen quite frequently, although not usually using full-sized cans.
The Marshall comes with earbuds AFAICT. And will probably what most will be using.
They haven't released any specs for that, but will probably be like many phones intended for unlocked SIM free sale, i.e. not sold by carriers on contract. It will likely be GSM/WCDMA/LTE for Europe and Asia, maybe North American bands as well, if they're intending to sell it there. Very unlikely be a CDMA version.
It is something I've seen quite frequently, although not usually using full-sized cans.
The Marshall comes with earbuds AFAICT. And will probably what most will be using.
I like how happy they look (especially the first couple), I think I'll try it with Mrs Presidente some time.
My boss is sold, he plays guitar and as soon as I showed him, he registered his interest on the Marshall site.
funkylogik
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Lol depends on your choice of music I guess.
"Kim" by Eminem might not get you those loving gazes
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funkylogik
share the love peeps ;)
Lol depends on your choice of music I guess.
"Kim" by Eminem might not get you those loving gazes
We'd listen to whale noises.
But seriously, for me dual outputs would be more useful on a tablet. I'd prefer to watch stuff with someone else as opposed to listen to music with someone else.
I still think this is a really cool phone though.
Still, an interesting feature. I found it intriguing when I saw the picture and couldn't make up my mind - good to have but maybe use or never use? Gimmick? (Which I want to be *really clear* - unlike the blog press, gimmick is a good word to me. I don't find gimmicks something to look down upon. I like gimmicks - they indicate design thought. Bluetooth started out as a gimmick, along with NFC, fingerprint sensors and a slew of other goodies.)
So just from a marketing angle alone, I think that the dual headphones are already working. I may forget Marshall, I may forget Marshall London, but I'll never forget "two headphone Android" and Google is my friend - so by extension, that gimmick has made the name stick. Even if I need Google to help later.
WifelyMon and I have used cans together with a splitter with individual volume controls - our noise-cancelling Sonys that we'll use on airplanes or trains sometimes. Not an audiophile application but not foreign to me personally.
Had the picture shown two sets of earbuds instead of cans, for just me personally, none of the above would have kicked in - I'd have been *meh* all over it.
Can't and won't argue that - higher popularity, convenience, and generally price (although high end earbuds exist).
But in the same adding-to-that spirit as my earlier post, I want to share something that was a pleasant and very intriguing epiphany for me.
Background - back in the day, I owned Stax electret and electrostatic headphones. They ran off the speaker outputs of a very beefy 150 W/channel amp. Very niche back in the day, not many had them, I eventually sold mine and thought they'd died out.
But - just like Mangepans or electrostatic speakers, they were outstanding because they were planar rather than point sources.
http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/how-planar-magnetic-headphones-work
Fast forward to last year and this - I helped with the One M8 HK mods (if you don't know me, stop and do not be impressed - I'm not bragging and I only helped with the installer and minor stuff) - and from that, I got to chat with a LOT of people getting that mod on the regular M8.
And what I learned was interesting.
First, planar headphones are very much alive and well.
Second - a LOT of HTC One M8 HK mod users were using planar headphones that eclipsed the cost of the phone, from $1000 on up - the Audeze being popular -
http://www.headphone.com/collections/planar-magnetic-headphones
I finally got some in Hangouts and was able to ask, as someone who understands planars, why they were spending a thousand or better for phone cans.
It turned out to be a stupid question with a simple answer -
Audiophiles either already own planar headphones (or whatever they consider to be the best) or are on their way to getting them for all private listening, regardless.
They weren't getting the headsets to match the phone - they were upgrading the phone to match the headsets.
So I think that the Marshall will help sell some better earbuds.
But it's not going to help sell good cans.
Good cans are going to help sell the phone.
Hope this makes sense.
Music lovers and audiophiles thrive on root mods.
Transported-by-root audio mods I have seen - Beats, Sony Bravia, DSP Manager, M8 HK, Project ERA, Dragon-FI, Dolby.
If Marshall is stupid, they'll lock it down for fear that people will take their audio software libraries.
If they understand their market, the bootloader will be easily unlocked, making a proper root very easy, so people can mix and match favorite audio software components.
I predict that if it's locked down, it'll be a high profile target as soon as devs get on to it.
If not locked down, it's going to be open season for audio devs.
I have done it myself on bus or train, sharing our favourite Wang Leehom or Taylor Swift songs with my love. <3
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funkylogik
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@EarlyMon well I've just learned a lot about headphones, especially how expensive they can be lol.
I love music but either my ears aren't very sensitive or/but I could just not justify paying for a set of cans like that in an unprofessional situation
Taylor Swift? Seriously bro?
I love music but either my ears aren't very sensitive or/but I could just not justify paying for a set of cans like that in an unprofessional situation
Taylor Swift? Seriously bro?
Gmash
Extreme Android User
Dual headphone jacks might occasionally come in handy on public transportation, but that's not exactly a critical listening environment. I think the money would have been better spent on adding more than 16 GB of storage. Audiophiles don't generally listen to lossy MP3s, and lossless tracks take up more space. I admit it is a great looking phone, though. Hopefully it will have an SD card slot.
funkylogik
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Yeah surely it will have sd support?
PS wonder if the two jacks could be combined to make a super loud output? (assuming they use separate amps) .... ;D
And yeah the more I look at it the more lust I feel for it man she's stunning!
What about that huge Marshall logo bar at the bottom though.. Hope that serves some purpose..
PS wonder if the two jacks could be combined to make a super loud output? (assuming they use separate amps) .... ;D
And yeah the more I look at it the more lust I feel for it man she's stunning!
What about that huge Marshall logo bar at the bottom though.. Hope that serves some purpose..
funkylogik
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Oops I finally just got that lol (stupid)
SD card, removable battery, front facing stereo speakers.
Significant other or anyone else, I can't for the life of me picture wanting to listen to the same tunes with someone. Maybe a handful of songs or an album or two but no, not for any length of time. If you put me on a train and made me listen to 'your' music there'd be trouble. I would expect the same if I made anyone listen to my tunes for more than ten minutes.
It's a cool feature but not one that would have any use to me, except for the occasional 'listen to this!'. As was said, it would be better on a tablet for movie watching than on a phone for music.
I guess I do alright with mp3's running through PowerAmp these days.
It really is a nice looking phone and I'm thinking there will be a market for it. Heck, when the kid sees it he'll be interested for sure. Too bad it'll never be Verizon-able.
I'm not sure about the model name though. "London" to me suggests it's going to be cluttered, overpriced, and mainly owned by the Qatari royal family.
Seriously though, it is kinda appealing. Though I'd want more internal storage (not for music, it has SD for that, but for other stuff).
Seriously though, it is kinda appealing. Though I'd want more internal storage (not for music, it has SD for that, but for other stuff).
I'm not sure about the model name though. "London" to me suggests it's going to be cluttered, overpriced, and mainly owned by the Qatari royal family.
Seriously though, it is kinda appealing. Though I'd want more internal storage (not for music, it has SD for that, but for other stuff).
Yeh "London" as a brand in the UK might not be so great. But here in China it can be very prestigious. "Cool Britannia" is still very much cool in the PRC.
Those three probably find Beijing, Shanghai or Hong Kong to be much more lucrative than London.
If Marshall are going to be selling their phone here, I'm absolutely sure "London" is a good name for it.
...and they'll probably be rather discrete about where they have "Made in China" on it, that's if it's made here.In fact I use London as a brand as well, for student English practice groups. "当伦敦遇上乌兰巴托", which means "When London meets Ulan Bator"
I'm still thinking the London phone is mainly going to be sold in Asia. Because AFAICT it's sold unlocked and SIM free, no mention of any carrier deals yet, like AT&T, O2, Vodafone, etc.
BTW meet MiSanDao, Beijing's premier London skinhead and Sham 69 inspired OI! band.
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Well, she's not my personal favourite, but I think she does reasonable pop songs though. I have students singing "Shake It Off" in classes, because I do like to get them singing English language songs as part of the lessons, and Taylor Swift is one of the few recent western artists that most of them know and like. There is also Justin Beiber and Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga that seem to like as well.
The SOC is a Snapdragon 410, so it should be possible.
Btw, I've now seen photos of the back and it's a vinyl effect very similar to the amplifiers' covering with the logo printed in white. I withdraw my previous request for cloth.
It's historically accurate - Marshall's original factory was in London. The 'Marshall Milton Keynes' doesn't have the same ring to it.
That's nothing... some people spend five figures on cartridges (the pointy stylus bit) for their equally-expensive turntables. Audio nirvana is closer than you might think... check out Linn, purveyors of hard-core audiophile pr0n and just a stones-throw from you.
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"M-BUTTON
At the heart of the London is the M-Button – a dedicated one-click access to your music, whatever the source of it may be. Thanks to this ingenious bit of engineering, you can control your music on top of whatever else you happen to have onyour screen."
Simple homescreen -
Individual volume controls -
Dual microphones, 4 channel recorder, 8 MP camera.
https://www.marshallheadphones.com/mh_se_en/phones/london
At the heart of the London is the M-Button – a dedicated one-click access to your music, whatever the source of it may be. Thanks to this ingenious bit of engineering, you can control your music on top of whatever else you happen to have onyour screen."
Simple homescreen -
Individual volume controls -
Dual microphones, 4 channel recorder, 8 MP camera.
https://www.marshallheadphones.com/mh_se_en/phones/london