Which markets come with B&O Play tuning?

[tern1]

US doesn't.

 

[gun26]

According to the last paragraph or two of this article http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-v20-audio-capabilities-714807/ the B&O deal was only done by LG's Asia region. So, it's Asia only, at least for now. But in practice how different can the B&O branded version be? I'll bet on not very, and any differences found can easily be duplicated by the developers here on Xda.

 

[FAUguy]

But during the live press conference in SF, they said the B&O ear buds would be included with the phone for a limited time. So I guess you might still get those without the B&O Play Tuned software.

Years ago, there was a Samsung phone (Verizon) that had a B&O amp speaker built in. I tested it out, and remember the built in speaker and headphones sounded louder, but not better.

I personally am not a fan of B&O, I think their products are over priced and not that good. I'd rater LG partner with B&W (Bowers and Wilkinson) as I own some of their 804 series speakers and headphones, and would totally blow away B&O.

 

[kibmikey1]

The B&O official certification came with the launch of the phone in S. Korea because of a partnership with them to sell the headphones with it. The actual hardware in the phone used to process sound will be the same no matter which market you purchase from. Actually, T-Mobile just announced today that anyone purchasing this phone will get a free pair of B&O headphones, redeemable through the LG website, so there you go, it's all about partnerships. Rest assured, it's all the same, whether "B&O approved" or not.