TAG Heuer's ritzy Meridiist handset gets unboxed
By Darren Murph 
posted Aug 4th 2008 12:54PM
posted Aug 4th 2008 12:54PM
posted Aug 4th 2008 12:54PM
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It's not a cell phone.. its a uh phone-piece
The Vertu Ascent Ti is so much better:
http://www.sybarites.org/2007/10/03/vertu-ascent-ti-exclusive-review/
Why would anyone even want the thing other than to say they blew $5,162 on a hunk of metal? It's like three inches thick!
obviously people are carrying Vertus in Russia, what's so weird?
It's all about relative pricing.
ah... another day another "OMG overpriced cell phone thing!!111one" post
Hey, what can we do after the iPhone has been released?
.... and more crappy replies.
;)
Phone = $350
Brand Name = $4812
Phone: $299
monthly service, 3-year contract: $3600 at $100/month
You know which phone I'm talking about... by that certain fruit company...
Isn't this the brand of a deoderant?
Not very funny...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAG_Heuer
Wasn't trying to be. Thanks for the correction.
douche...
Oh Lord.
Why don't people ever bother to wipe off their grubby fingerprints before taking closup photos of reflective devices?
Well, there's another item on my list of things I will never own before I die...
wow.. you have a To-Don't list?
Does it at least come with a watch too?
Not yet, making is on my to-don't list. Wait, what?
OK, the world is facing a serious food crisis and and yet there are people who spend 6K on this ugly phone? I don't get it.
And in other news, a family in my town is on welfare and I just bought an iPhone! I'm such a bastard.
No you're not. (Unless you spent 6K on your iPhone)
I don't think the welfare-family part makes you a bastard.
BASTARD IN A BASKET!BASTARD IN A BASKET!
BASTARD IN A BASKET!
What makes a TAG watch worth 20 times ones you buy at Wal-Mart?
Don't they both tell time? Aren't they both water-resistant?
Why is it so hard to understand why that same mark-up could be applied to a cell phone?
I just doubt there's much of a market for this - Could it be that they're just trying to prop upi their watch brand?
They are made to last, finest steel and safire glass that is only beaten by a diamond in strenght, only throws one second in a year, ect.
Wallmart clocks are made out of plastic, the strenght of the glass is beaten only by the one on your window, only throws few hours in a year, ect.
Because TAG watches (or rolexes, omega,breitlings etc.etc.) are mechanical (i.e. made of tiny cogs and springs and things) ,and they are also hand made (at least partly);
But to talk about luxury electronic circuits (and therefore products), nothwithstanding what marketing folks try to tell you, is an oximoron, because el-circuits & boards are mass produced; so the luxury part can be only in the outer case; and no reasonable person should give half a crap about that in an electronic gadget.
Enough?
hah!!! BIll Gates can easily buy a thousand of these and throw them in the gutter....but he won't...cause he is a great man yet humble. Microsoft FOREVERRRRRRR!!!!!!
rice-a-rony
a san francisco turd
Phanbouy, aren't you from the bay area?
indeed.
Moneyed jerks now will have the choice between this TAG the Bang&Olufsen and the Vertu.
Normal jerks are still stuck with the iPhone only.
Moneyed jerks now will have the choice between this TAG the Bang&Olufsen and the Vertu.
Normal jerks are still stuck with the iPhone only.
cmon haven't you guys figured out how to F5 before reposting yet?
really phanbuoy? here lemme smear some of that on your pasty face.....you smelly rat.....here's one for you right in the balls.....crrrraaaccckkkkkkkkk!!!!!
You're getting too excited there Mr. Pepper-Rony.
Really annoyng. I don't know why (nearly) ALL my post come out as double posts here. No I can't figure why.
Really annoyng. I don't know why (nearly) ALL my post come out as double posts here. No I can't figure why.
It wasn't funny until the second post +1
i wonder if this will bluetooth with my ferrari and my lear jet...?
My god, it's like someone took a VCR from the 80's and glued it to a phone.
$5,000 phone wishlist:
• 3.2" VGA (Touch optional) Screen in portrait mode that rivals iPhone's outdoor legibility
•S60 or WM6.1, preferrably the latter
•3.2 MP Camera with GREAT OPTICS and real flash
•Full QWERTY Keyboard in style of Blackjack II or Blackberry Curve
•Worldwide UMTS
•Processor with great performance/watt
•256 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM, expandable via SDHC, NOT MICROSDHC
•Dedicated Graphics and VRAM
•Insanely good battery life
•Slim, no wider than Nokia E71
•Touchball or scrollwheel
•$4,200 instant rebate.
You missed one thing on your list of what a $5,000 should have:
Hot asian hologram that emerges from the phone after every call for a "happy ending."
Note to Tag. Stick to making watches.
at that price, I hope it comes with a tube of anal lube.
the clock display on the top of the phone is cool.
True, the brand is what's making it expensive. I looks good, but it is surely ain't worth the price. If only it comes with a more reasonable price tag..
True, I double post the most obvious and already-stated points because I forgot my spam-tag.
I happen to know some quite wealthy people and they wouldn't buy this TAG Heuer phone - they would see it as a poor investment, since it's just a phone. Interestingly enough, they buy the same sort of bog standard cell phones that everyone else does.
However, I can imagine that this phone would appeal to Middle Eastern oil barons, who just love opulence, and bling-bling obsessed rappers.
I think it's hilarious that someone billing themselves as a "Social Networking Web Specialist" can't avoid the double-post.