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Marshall releases their own phone?

I like the scrolling wheel for volume control.
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Hopefully,other mfgs will use this design,especially if they insist on putting all the controls/buttons on one side of the phone,to better find/distinguish between volume & power buttons.
 
Maybe the dual headphones have something to do with live recording mix monitoring and have nothing to do with couples on trains.

Multiple headphone amps for mixers are very common.

I can see musicians complaining not because it has more than one but because it has less than four.

But - it's a phone, not a whole panel.

Anyway, guessing, not sure.
 
mikedt said:
It's not a new idea for smart-phones...many Blackberrys had a scroll wheel.
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I'm actually surprised this didn't carry over to other makes/models on a larger scale.
I actually liked the scroll button on my HUAWEI ASCEND. The idea actually makes sense on larger screened devices, JMHO.........

I suppose function lost out to form on both accounts.........
 
mikedt said:
It's not a new idea for smart-phones...many Blackberrys had a scroll wheel.
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My Qualcomm brick was all about the scroll wheel - and you pressed it to select things.

Also not new, making telephone calls -

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So, I don't get the point of a BlackBerry doing a scroll wheel before now.

I watched the first Torchwood episode last night.

Captain Jack Harkness (re the invisible lift): If I had to guess, I would say that there was once a dimensionally transcendental chameleon circuit placed right on this spot, which welded its perception properties to a spatial-temporal rift. But that sounds kind of ridiculous.

Gwen: : But hold on, if no one can see it when the lift’s coming up, there’s a great big bloody hole in the floor. Don’t people fall in?

Jack: That is so Welsh.

Gwen: What is?

Jack: I show you something fantastic; you find fault.

:D

Anyway, it's not a UI scroll wheel, it's the volume control.

What will really matter is if the volume adjustment covers more than ten digital steps.
 
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Clementine_3 said:
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.
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In our case, that's not how we do it and there's no forcing. We both carry our own music and our own devices (iPods and One M8s).

And on long trips sometimes it's just this simple - "I'm bored, what are you listening to? ... Nice, let me jack in." "Who has the splitter?"
 
lunatic59 said:
My bet is 11. ;)

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From Marshall -

"TWO SPEAKERS ARE LOUDER THAN ONE

Marshall London might just be the loudest mobile phone on Earth. With two front-facing speakers, you can enjoy your music without the use of headphones. Perfect for those impromptu get-togethers. It’s also pretty handy when you need to make a group phone call. Did we mention it’s loud?"

From xkcd -

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funkylogik said:
Well I hope the volume wheel has some kind of lock using the proximity sensor or something.
And I can tell you this, they'd better not call it LONDON if they sell it here in Scotland :D
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The wheel doesn't seem like the best idea now that I think about it.. because a lot of phones slide in & out of pockets, leading to silenced or overly loud media.. Who knows - maybe they DO have a workaround [emoji28]
 
bcrichster said:
The wheel doesn't seem like the best idea now that I think about it.. because a lot of phones slide in & out of pockets, leading to silenced or overly loud media.. Who knows - maybe they DO have a workaround [emoji28]
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You're talking about tight pockets and that would get to buttons anyway.

The wheel is recessed and the side is cut back to support that.

Check out the picture that I used to identify the simple home screen.
 
bcrichster said:
The wheel doesn't seem like the best idea now that I think about it.. because a lot of phones slide in & out of pockets, leading to silenced or overly loud media.. Who knows - maybe they DO have a workaround [emoji28]
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I'm guessing it's designed w/a measure of friction-resistance akin to the child-proofing of disposable lighters.
That could explain the knurling on the wheel.
If not,then that indeed could pose a problem.
 
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/16/marshall-london-music-phone/

"The London's music focus is a mix of hardware and software. The dual headphone jacks let two people listen to music in stereo, and mean no more having to split a pair of earbuds. Neat enough, but the London also has a bespoke DJ app, and the dual outputs lets wannabe jocks cue and mix their tunes in headphones, while the current track plays through a speaker. Something that other phones cannot do (without crude workarounds)."

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Note the rugged construction in addition to the Easter egg on the battery. This is not just another Asian phone and evidently the build quality is where some of the cost is going. In fact - it's not Asian at all.

Engadget is reporting the price at $499/£399 when it's finally available in August (21st).

They also reported, "Marshall partnered with Finnish firm, Creoir, whose previous collaborations include Jolla and Nokia, to create the hardware to Marshall's specification."

http://www.creoir.com/

Creoir was started in 2012 - the year that Microsoft's quisling, Elop, gutted Nokia.

Creoir's CEO - https://fi.linkedin.com/pub/pekka-väyrynen/3/460/177

So, that true Nokia Android that everyone keeps saying that they want?

Looks like it's the Marshall London.
 
That's pretty cool (the dj mixer cue function) :thumbsupdroid: it just needs another output for an amp... USB maybe?
And it's not a Nokia without the logo :p
 
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Actually, given the company making it, now I'm very curious about the camera.

Yes, the processor, storage, and screen resolution all say midrange.

But this could be about more than just the sound.

This could be the phone that flips off the gaming and business communities and instead provides a smartphone for everyone else.
 
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