Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Bang & Olufsen unveiled their latest joint music-mobile phone, Serenata, on Tuesday. The phone has already been dubbed as an iPhone killer. The Serenata, which does not look like as a phone at all, is very impressive. Let's look at the phone specifications.

Designer: David Lewis
Dimensions/Weight: 63x109, 5x19, 7 (mm) / 136 (g)
Platform: GSM 900, 1900 and WCDMA 2100 (3G/UMTS)
Battery capacity: 1,000 mAh
Talk time/standby: Up to 3 hours / up to 280 hours
Display: 2.26" Color TFT-LCD, 240x240 pixels
Bluetooth: Generic access, Headset, Hands Free, Audio Video Distribution, Audio Video Remote Control
USB: Version 2.0
Browser: WAP
Message: SMS, MMS, E-mail
Memory: 4GB + 25MB system memory
Music playback time: Up to 5 hours (speaker) / up to 13 hours (headset)
Audio Codec: MP3, WMA, WMA Lossless 9.1 AAC
Accessories: Car holder, car charger
PC Software: BeoPlayer (Windows XP), Samsung PC Studio (Windows 2000, XP)

Will Serenata become the iPhone killer? To be frank, I don't know for sure, but my bet is NO. There are things that I liked about Serenata (3G, device design, powerful speakers), however there are a number of moments (screen resolution, poor web browsing functionality, 4GB memory? Hey Apple is already hitting 8 GB and so does new N95), which I definitely didn't like. To me iPhone looks sexier but a lack of 3G is iPhone's serious shortcoming, especially in Europe. But even with that missing capability, I think it will be extremely difficult for Serenata to compete with iPhone.