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Marshall Amps announces a... smartphone ?

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Weeeell, I don't know for how long this has been up there but there's currently a countdown on the Marshall website for the launch of what appears to be a smartphone!

After making a successful venture into the world of headphones/earphones, they are going after the audiophile smartphone user.

What are your guys' thoughts on this? Is the market already flooded or is there a real niche market for audiophile grade smartphones ?

 

For those not too familiar with music equipment, Marshall is a legendary amplifier brand. They were the amps of choice for rock bands through 70s, 80s and 90s and still are a reference in the market.

 

https://www.marshallheadphones.com/mh_ca_en/phones

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Well. Hopefully the speakers are good :D

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who dafaq is that

Basically everyone uses there amps if you ever watch a live concert theres a pretty good chance there will be something branded marshall.

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Way too many new people in the already oversaturated smartphone market. :\

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Way too many new people in the already oversaturated smartphone market. :\

 

 

what!  if there shit they sink if there any good they push others like samsung and apple to do better......wheres the problem?

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Wait what? I swear if they don't have the best sound system ever.

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The design sure looks neato! Not sure if a good soundchip would be enough to sell the device (although with all the pono player crap, maybe it is). And besides, what software would they run? Can't imagine they'd hire software developers to develop their own (possibly music-oriented) ROM. It promises to be interesting but Marshall doesn't have the visibility imho to make an impactfull release in the smartphone market. 

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who dafaq is that

Marshall Amplification has been producing guitar amplifiers since the 1960s.

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"Audiophile smartphone", oh boy get ready for some snake oil or some bs like that.

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Maybe they will make the first smartphone that can power 300Ω headphones?

 

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I strongly suspect they don't actually design the smartphone portion of it. Maybe audio output DAC.

The rest of it is probably outsourced to an established smartphone maker. Kind of like Caterpillar sells rugged smartphones, which are made by HTC, while CAT just puts their branding on them.

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News flash, that already exists. It's called a smartphone.

gl listening to Sennheiser HD 800 on a smartphone amp.

Do you even know what impedance is?

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I am not surprised at all. These guys are desperate with their branding. And their amps are nostalgia-inflated and overrated. They make decent cabinets though. (Layman's terms: speaker enclosures)

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I strongly suspect they don't actually design the smartphone portion of it. Maybe audio output DAC.

The rest of it is probably outsourced to an established smartphone maker. Kind of like Caterpillar sells rugged smartphones, which are made by HTC, while CAT just puts their branding on it.

would make sense since they wouldn't have all the expertise required to develop their own. But then the question is: who would partner up with Marshall to bring such a device to market? Sony's out of the question and this doesn't look very samsung-y nor HTC-like. Motorola's with Lenovo which is heavily tied with JBL but maybe? Would LG make such a deal? It's all speculations but It'll be interesting to see how this turns out :P

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prepare for seinheiser to make smartphones

 

Actually I would like to see that, If they make something that looks like the hd 598's then I would be all over that. 

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So random. Reminds me of those 'ultra premium' car branded phones.

News flash, that already exists. It's called a smartphone.

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When will Coca Cola and McDonald release smartphone?

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When will Coca Cola and McDonald release smartphone?

I'm already picturing a Mountain Dew LMG edition SGS6

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Does it actually say it's a smartphone anywhere? Those might not even be headphones, it could be a guitar input. Also that might not be a camera but a tiny speaker :P

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