LG recently signed ‘living legend’ audio engineer Mark Levinson as audio consultant (no, we hadn’t heard of him either but apparently he’s very good), and his first creation is the ‘Rhapsody in Music’ phone.
Apparently he set up Mark Levinson Audio Systems over 30 years ago to produce high-end audio products. Since LG took him on, he’s produced its first ‘handheld audio system’ – the ‘Rhapsody In Music phone’ (LG-LB3300 to its friends).
Levinson’s brief was to ensure the best possible sound quality on a music phone and earphones but without having tested the phone we can’t tell whether he’s done that.
What we do know is that the phone looks cool - the LED-lit touch-wheel on the front controls song browsing and volume control. It’s also got 1GB of memory (expandable up to 4GB), a two-inch screen and two-megapixel camera. There’s also A2DP Bluetooth stereo audio that can be streamed to two listeners in parallel.
It sounds promising and certainly looks good, but how much difference Levinson’s made to the sound quality remains to be, well, heard.
[Via Digital Chosunilbo]
Now what a great idea this is - no more frantic scrabbling around for your Bluetooth headset when your phone rings.
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