Any thoughs on this people?

 

Anybody got one? If so is it worth me spending my pocket money on? 

 

Thx.

 

M.A.C.S. 

ICE amplifiers are used by a number of manufacturers now. As Samsung have been used as a partner by B&O, I am not surprised. I confess to not realising that ICE amplifiers were now available for portable devices. However the use of a Class D amplifier will not confer magical powers! It is still just an amplifier and Class D have been around for a long time! Very good for bass and do have the advantage  of high efficiency.I wouldn't buy a phone on this basis but much more on its features.

Class D amps are pretty common in small, portable appliances and integrated Class D amp IC's are made by many chip manufacturers. To reiterate Peter's point there is no magic in Class D amplifiers, as always the devil is in the detail. I'n sure the U600 isn't quite up to Lab5 standards

Like Peter said this is not new but Samsung has a nice product though.

Your selected phone, in terms of music & sound can read mp3, aac, aac+, e-aac+ and wma; if you use the aac format combined with the Ice power technology (B&O of course) you'll get a terrific sound much better than the average models, i must say.

ICE power® Technology by Bang & Olufsen link site:
http://www.bang-olufsen.com/page.asp?id=125&callFlashSoundPicture=ICEpower

To buy or not to buy ?

It's rather simple, test the product having in mind the features that you'r certain to use, then you decide; consider other brands and models of course.