Q: What is the distinction between the Hacha PF02 and the Vertu Signature (proper)?.
A: About $10,000.
There are a number of different variations. The Hacha, whereas clearly solid in low cost plastic from the identical mould because the Vertu cellphone, is in truth a $15 MP3 participant and never a bit of function-limited jewellery. It additionally performs music, which – astonishingly – the Vertu doesn’t.
For that value, you must actually count on nothing, however you get 2GB storage and an the flexibility to play MP3, WMA and OGG information. You load it up by way of USB 2.0 and it’s assured to not work with iTunes. Even the battery life is not dangerous, at 14 hours playback time.
At this time marks the symbolic finish of the MP3 participant market. We all know that someday, standalone music gamers might be novelty objects and all listening might be achieved on cellphones. This little piece of plastic tat ushers at first of the top, firmly inserting the MP3 participant within the realm of the trade-show giveaway, to be ordered by the hundreds together with USB thumbdrives and novelty pens.
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