During Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S3 reveal at Mobile World Congress, it was all-but confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy S8 would be getting headphones from Austrian audio giant AKG bundled with it.
The Tab S3 has been revealed, and part of the tablet’s feature set is speakers tuned by AKG, a company acquired by Samsung when it bought Harman (who had previously snapped up the Viennese company back in 1994).
As this news was announced Samsung’s Mark Notton stated that AKG headphones “would be coming to the next flagship phone”. Which is obviously the Galaxy S8.
Headphones are see as a new battleground in the world of premium phones and partnering with a famous audiophile brand is not new.
Indeed Samsung’s rival LG teamed up with B&O for their V20 phone, and the HTC Sensation XE came with Beats buds.
And when Apple bought Beats, the suggestion was that the iPhone would come with special branded buds - although that is yet to come to fruition.
Regardless, Samsung using the quality in one of its acquire companies for the good of its products is definitely a good thing, and we look forward to seeing what the quality difference is.
from TechRadar: Phone and communications news http://www.techradar.com/news/your-bundled-samsung-galaxy-s8-headphones-will-come-with-the-finest-austrian-engineering
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