TAG Heuer's ritzy Meridiist handset gets unboxed
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
GreezyG @ Aug 4th 2008 12:58PM
It's not a cell phone.. its a uh phone-piece
James @ Aug 4th 2008 3:33PM
The Vertu Ascent Ti is so much better:
http://www.sybarites.org/2007/10/03/vertu-ascent-ti-exclusive-review/
Matt @ Aug 4th 2008 1:00PM
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!
nDee @ Aug 4th 2008 11:05PM
obviously people are carrying Vertus in Russia, what's so weird?
It's all about relative pricing.
phanbouy @ Aug 4th 2008 1:13PM
ah... another day another "OMG overpriced cell phone thing!!111one" post
avester @ Aug 4th 2008 1:15PM
Hey, what can we do after the iPhone has been released?
Lowest Ranked @ Aug 4th 2008 1:16PM
.... and more crappy replies.
;)
xValentine @ Aug 4th 2008 1:15PM
Phone = $350
Brand Name = $4812
js @ Aug 5th 2008 12:48AM
Phone: $299
monthly service, 3-year contract: $3600 at $100/month
You know which phone I'm talking about... by that certain fruit company...
quomen @ Aug 4th 2008 1:19PM
Isn't this the brand of a deoderant?
EricR @ Aug 4th 2008 1:24PM
Not very funny...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAG_Heuer
quomen @ Aug 4th 2008 1:51PM
Wasn't trying to be. Thanks for the correction.
Don @ Aug 4th 2008 2:05PM
douche...
OneLove @ Aug 4th 2008 1:23PM
Oh Lord.
BluesK1d @ Aug 4th 2008 1:24PM
Why don't people ever bother to wipe off their grubby fingerprints before taking closup photos of reflective devices?
John H. @ Aug 4th 2008 1:24PM
Well, there's another item on my list of things I will never own before I die...
phanbouy @ Aug 4th 2008 1:28PM
wow.. you have a To-Don't list?
Eric @ Aug 4th 2008 1:39PM
Does it at least come with a watch too?
John H. @ Aug 4th 2008 1:40PM
Not yet, making is on my to-don't list. Wait, what?
projektR @ Aug 4th 2008 1:46PM
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.
CraigJ @ Aug 4th 2008 2:44PM
And in other news, a family in my town is on welfare and I just bought an iPhone! I'm such a bastard.
projektR @ Aug 4th 2008 2:50PM
No you're not. (Unless you spent 6K on your iPhone)
Lowest Ranked @ Aug 4th 2008 2:56PM
I don't think the welfare-family part makes you a bastard.
phanbouy @ Aug 4th 2008 3:44PM
BASTARD IN A BASKET!BASTARD IN A BASKET!
BASTARD IN A BASKET!
Ladderless @ Aug 4th 2008 1:50PM
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?
avester @ Aug 4th 2008 2:16PM
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.
KilgoreTrout @ Aug 4th 2008 6:42PM
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?
rony @ Aug 4th 2008 1:52PM
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!!!!!!
phanbouy @ Aug 4th 2008 1:56PM
rice-a-rony
a san francisco turd
Lowest Ranked @ Aug 4th 2008 2:58PM
Phanbouy, aren't you from the bay area?
phanbouy @ Aug 4th 2008 3:32PM
indeed.
KilgoreTrout @ Aug 4th 2008 1:54PM
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.
KilgoreTrout @ Aug 4th 2008 1:55PM
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.
phanbouy @ Aug 4th 2008 1:57PM
cmon haven't you guys figured out how to F5 before reposting yet?
rony @ Aug 4th 2008 2:06PM
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!!!!!
Lowest Ranked @ Aug 4th 2008 3:26PM
You're getting too excited there Mr. Pepper-Rony.
KilgoreTrout @ Aug 4th 2008 2:07PM
Really annoyng. I don't know why (nearly) ALL my post come out as double posts here. No I can't figure why.
KilgoreTrout @ Aug 4th 2008 2:07PM
Really annoyng. I don't know why (nearly) ALL my post come out as double posts here. No I can't figure why.
getStringFromObj() @ Aug 4th 2008 2:43PM
It wasn't funny until the second post +1
shmengie @ Aug 4th 2008 2:10PM
i wonder if this will bluetooth with my ferrari and my lear jet...?
NalosLayor @ Aug 4th 2008 2:33PM
My god, it's like someone took a VCR from the 80's and glued it to a phone.
Hung @ Aug 4th 2008 2:45PM
$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.
GreezyG @ Aug 4th 2008 3:36PM
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."
CraigJ @ Aug 4th 2008 2:45PM
Note to Tag. Stick to making watches.
getStringFromObj() @ Aug 4th 2008 2:48PM
at that price, I hope it comes with a tube of anal lube.
Daniel @ Aug 4th 2008 3:49PM
the clock display on the top of the phone is cool.
Mark Bennet @ Aug 4th 2008 3:59PM
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..
phanbouy @ Aug 4th 2008 4:07PM
True, I double post the most obvious and already-stated points because I forgot my spam-tag.
Bill @ Aug 4th 2008 7:34PM
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.
Darkstone @ Aug 4th 2008 7:57PM
I think it's hilarious that someone billing themselves as a "Social Networking Web Specialist" can't avoid the double-post.