Not a phone story but...I was in the market for a new portable DAB radio for the kitchen, I also needed one that I could plug my Android into and play podcasts.

Not a phone story but...I was in the market for a new portable DAB radio for the kitchen, I also needed one that I could plug my Android into and play podcasts. I'd previously been stung by paying £160 for a "quality" brand (Roberts) only to become less satisfied with it over the years (I'm a wee bit of an audiophile) plus it didn't even have an AUX input. I'd also auditioned Pure and Revo models but couldn't really audibly detect that they were worth the extra money - getting something with an AUX input seems to mean hitting the premium model price ranges. To cut a long story short I ended up with a "Sandstrom" SDABXRW13 which is PC World (UK)/Dixon's own brand. Ok, it's not a total Shit-Brand but you all know the sort of thing, built-to-a-retail-price but passing itself off as some fancy Scandinavian make, often ending in disappointment after getting it home. This is it here: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/tv-dvd-audio/audio/radios/sandstrom-sdabxrw13-dab-radio-black-wood-20841554-pdt.html http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/tv-dvd-audio/audio/radios/sand... The reality is that it's a well built, fairly decent sounding portable DAB radio and has exactly the same features I needed as an equivalent Pure, Roberts or Sony, which was going to cost me at the time £80-100 more. It doesn't have tone/eq controls but neither did many of the more expensive brands and to be honest it I mostly only listen to spoken word radio and podcasts, that said BBC Radio 6 sounds just fine. I've had this unit for three months now and would happily recommend over a prestige brand leader.