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Meet "London," Marshall's First Android Smartphone
MojoKid writes: Marshall may be better known for its music equipment, but that isn't stopping the company from bringing a better audio experience to the smartphone market with its London handset. Given its highly customizable nature, it should come as no surprise that London runs Google's Android operating system (Lollipop 5.0.2). The London features dual front-facing speakers, a Wolfson WM8281 sound processor, Bluetooth atpX support, and a gold-tinged scroll wheel on the right side of the device that handle volume control, which Marshall says offers "tactile precision [that] allows you to find that sweet spot of sonic goodness." Once you get past the audio-centric functionality, there's a lot of lower-end hardware under the hood of the London. You'll find a 4.7-inch 720p display, a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, a microSD slot, LTE connectivity, 8MP rear camera, 2MP front-facing camera, and a removable 2500 mAh battery. In other words, those specs make the London more in line with the Moto G.
Battery, sound, signal. Had to be said.
Moo?
It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.
I've got a fever and the only prescription is more COBOL.
Next we'll see HMV bring out an Android phone made out of mahogany.
Its a mid-range smartphone with some slightly-better-than-usual-for-the-specs audio hardware (but nothing you couldn't find on any number of fairly decent smartphones) and a fancy name attached to it.
None whatsoever./
I don't need the fancy audio but I like the front facing speakers and the modest hardware. Now if ony screen and battery size were larger...
Seriously? You're going to use that for your phone name? Why.. Just.. Why
You are really going to be disappointed if you ever bother to read the linked article.
It's just a brand name license, Marshall sign a contract, their name gets stuck on a Chinese smartphone.
Like their fridge:
http://marshallfridge.com/
It seems to be an idea of XMC's to sign brands up to badge Chinese products.
Just askin' ;)
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Since he passed away the marketing boy's have taken over the place. Too much overpriced crap products
Is actually 4.7'
Screw your diamond encrusted case, I'll take mine with Brilliant Pebbles please.
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Moto G? The phone with 1GB of RAM? I have one, and let me tell you, you REALLY notice the difference coming from a 2GB phone. It doesn't really impact my lifestyle or anything, but the difference in responsiveness is actually dramatic.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Don't get me wrong, I prefer analog volume dials to the crappy push button volume controls almost everywhere, but a phones a dumb place to have one.
What's going to prevent that dial turning every time it's put into a pocket?
-Styopa
looks like a phone with decent specs and unique features and design. i don't see the need for the best specs on paper bundled together in a crappy phone with bloatware and a general purpose OS that's far from optimized for the hardware. which still won't have the unique features this one has. it's like saying "that dodge over there is crap, because it won't be as fast as my honda over here, but costs more". really, are some android-people so insecure that they always have to deride users of other phones than the ones they got, just to feel better? you'll hardly find those type of comments in windows-phone, blackberry or iphone forums. maybe the phone is their only pride & status - symbol in life?
A 720p display, a quad-core CPU with 2GB of RAM and an 8MP camera is "low-end hardware" now. In your freakin' pocket, too.
I guess kids these days don't have a clue about how much we've advanced in the last 30 years.
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Marshall's solid-state stuff tends to suck. I'll stick with the JCM800 for now. Unless of course Gibson comes out with a Les Paul bluetooth stylus thingy, so I can get the classic Les Paul into a Marshall rock sound with my goddamn phone.
and the Volume goes to 11. That's more.
Pffft. The internal storage is half my RAM. Wake me up when they make a half TB SSD that happens to be a phone.
The only spec that is totally out of line is the price tag. But the US price is likely to be significantly lower because it won't include VAT. If it is sold for something more like $400 it might appeal to some people who might have otherwise bought a midrange phone plus a standalone audio player like a HiFi Walkman, FiiO, Pono, etc. But we'll have to hear some real world reports on the sound quality before we'll know whether that market (if it even exists) will be buying.