Finally, someone has created a phone that meets my needs - it has simple, awesome fidelity in an elegant and compact package. The phone I'm talking about is a Bang & Olufsen BeoCom 1400, a swoopy unit that delivers everything expected from a company obsessed with elegant sound and design. And most astonishingly (given the stratospheric prices Bang & Olufsen charges for its legendary stereo systems), the 1400 costs a mere US$99.
The 1400 can be ordered in desktop or wall-mounted versions. The desk version is perfect for computer users - its small footprint makes the most of scarce desk space, and the vertical design guarantees that, unlike my old horizontal phone, I can find the handset even when my desk is buried under shoals of paper.
The 1400 is but one in a line of five Bang & Olufsen phones that range in price from $99 to $300, each offering a varying array of features such as number and name memory, speakerphone, call timer, digital answering machine, and even a choice of ringing tones. The BeoCom 1600 is the best speakerphone I've heard short of $1,000-plus systems. All models have astonishing audio quality. I had no idea that phone audio could sound so clear and distortion-free.
Saffo BeoCom 1400: US$99. Bang & Olufsen of America Inc.: (800) 323 0378, +1 (708) 299 9380, fax +1 (708) 699 1475.
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