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BROUGHT TO YOU BY NEWS DALI MAKES MOVE INTO HEADPHONES Danish high-end speaker manufacturer Dali is launching headphones for the first time at IFA 2019. The 35-year-old company looked briefly at the headphones market a few years back but was concerned then that Bluetooth was not ready for quality Hi-Fi transmission, Product Manager Krestian Pedersen said at Dali’s IFA press conference. “We waited until the market was absolutely mature,” he said. And the resulting products are the Dali IO-4 and the Dali IO- 6, high-performance, wireless, Krestian Pedersen Dali Product Manager rechargeable, over-ear, Hi-Fi headphones “with a closed-back design for exceptional sound quality”. They retail at €299 and €399 respectively. Dali CEO Larz Worre said the company “considered the headphones as loudspeakers”, developing them as they have all their speaker systems over the years. “Every part is uniquely Dali,” Pedersen added. “These are by far the most complex products we’ve ever done” Hall 1.2 Stand 127 GARMIN REVEALS THREE NEW WEARABLE DEVICES Clifton Pemble President and CEO, Garmin “We are a strong company with a sense of adventure,” Garmin President and CEO Clifton Pemble said, as he took centre stage at the company’s 2019 IFA press conference. Garmin is introducing three new wearable products at IFA. At the top of the list is the Fenix 6, a multisport GPS watch with large displays. This is Garmin’s first solar watch, which increases battery life by 15%. The Vivomove is a fashionable hybrid smartwatch, available in 16 styles with a hidden dual AMOLED touchscreen. The GPS smartwatch Venu features an AMOLED display and includes enhanced health monitoring, animated workouts and a six-day battery life. The Venu claims to have the broadest range of 24/7 health monitoring features on the market, including advanced sleep monitoring and a menstrual cycle tracking app Hall 4.2 Stand 232 12
BROUGHT TO YOU BY NEWS TOSHIBA REVEALS 2020 TVs WITH ALEXA AND GOOGLE ASSISTANT Unveiling Toshiba’s new range of smart TVs at an IFA press conference, Bart Kuijten, the company’s European Sales and Marketing Director, Toshiba, said: “With our 2020 series we’re continuing our commitment to make innovative TV technology accessible to all, by offering connected home integrations with Amazon and Google. By collaborating with these smart ecosystems we’re offering the choice to connect your home in the way that best suits your lifestyle, while ensuring an exceptional viewing experience through enhanced visual and audio technologies.” The 2020 series of Toshiba TVs continues to employ the TRU Picture Engine, a picture quality chipset made up of three powerful image processing technologies, plus Dolby Atmos for enhanced sound quality. The TVs work with Google Assistant to serve as a hub for the connected smart home, while the 2020 Toshiba Connect TV with Alexa reduces the need for a physical remote control, using voice recognition through a far-field microphone. The new Toshiba Android TV provides a customisable user interface with Android smartphones and has Chromecast built-in so customers can cast movies, shows, and photos from Android or iOS devices to the TV Hall 8.2 Stand 101 Bart Kuijten European Sales and Marketing Director, Toshiba TV HARMAN HITS 100 MILLION PORTABLE SPEAKER SALES The maker of JBL speakers is celebrating its milestone at IFA by launching new innovations across its top-selling speaker and headphone range “It was another record-breaking year for Harman,” said Robert Jan Van Dormael, Vice President of Consumer Marketing at Harman International, at the audio leader’s IFA launch under the Funkturm at IFA. With a vast multi-level stand brimming with new and upgraded JBL-branded speaker and headphone products, Harman, a whollyowned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, is looking to confirm its status as portable audio leader and category shaper. With 100 million portable speakers shipped worldwide, the Netherlands-headquartered company is cementing its dominant 34% volume share in the segment with the launch of the sleek JBL Link Portable and Link Music speakers that boast 360 JBL Signature Sound along with built-in Chromecast and Google Assistant built-in. With the brains to match their beauty, the speaker duo is set to make waves in the smart home speaker market. Harman is also targeting the growing earbud market with the release of the JBL LIVE 300TWS, featuring seamlessly connected, Robert Jan Van Dormael Vice President of Consumer Marketing, Harman International truly wireless sound via powerful drivers that deliver enhanced bass. The audio leader has also responded to ecoconscious consumers with all the new JBL Flip 5 “Ocean” and “Forest” speakers made of 90% recycled plastic components and a protective case made from biodegradable materials Funkturm Indoor Ground Stand 100 www.ifa-international.org IFA International • Saturday 7 th & Sunday 8 th September 2019 13
