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Chinese Company Hyperdon Sold Fake Apple Watches at CES
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For some reason I'm amused by the fact that the title of the page advertises them as an e-cigarette company.
Nowhere in this article is it stated that the company was falsely selling this watch branded/labeled as an Apple product. Unless this was the case, the headline is absolutely misleading. It's one thing to say they were selling a clone, knockoff, or use similar verbiage to describe something with similar looks and/or features, but that doesn't make it a "fake". The company used their own name and own product name. They weren't misleading anyone to think it was an actual Apple watch, were they? It's one thing to say they were ripping on Apple's look and feel (obviously the case), but fake? No.
You can if you count the 6th Gen Nano as the prototype.
That IS the device that got this whole smart watch craze ball rolling.
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haha, yes, it was NANO that got people into Smart Watch. not Pebble.
*roll eyes*
Oh big deal. Walk to any Chinatown and you'll see Burberry and Louis Vutton have had Chinese knock-offs for decades.
Are you seriously just quoting yourself to create a new post with more images as you find them instead of just editing your original post? Come on, man. Denouncing tech on a tech forum was already bad enough once. No need to do it three times over.
Looks unbelievably cheap.
If that screen's actually glass and not plastic, it's the haziest glass I've seen on a personal device (smart watch, phone or tablet).
If that screen's actually glass and not plastic, it's the haziest glass I've seen on a personal device (smart watch, phone or tablet).
If you can attach more than 5 images in one post for me, I'll pay you in cookies...
"denouncing" - lighten up my serious fellow - it's just a little bit of fun, mixed with an Atlantic ocean sized portion of truth. Your reaction just reinforces that - but come on - have a giggle and stop being so serious
Switzerland is in trouble.
Switzerland is laughing hard at both products, whilst retaining decorum and passive neutrality. Quiet, successful confidence doesn't need to protest, it just giggles and carries on as normal.
Why attach, when you can hyperlink?
Because I couldn't be bothered - Macrumors is extremely low on my "way to do things properly" list.
You could take the innards from a Nano, embed them in sculpted FIMO, bake and and have a decent looking iBotch NOW
The word GIVE ME A BREAK resounds large and clear, the screen is crap (you see right by looking at it), the SOC is crap (off the shelf and slow), the build and material... You got it... Crap. The integration with the Iphone (or any other phone).... Crap AND a security risk... The interface... Compatibility with Iphone Apps (you know the SDK...) well obviously Crap.
So, yeah, if you like crap they got it for you.
Ignoring the fact that Hyperdon had its own R&D man hours in the development of their watch, market prices are based on demand and supply more so than on the sunk costs of production.
If you don't understand the basic economics of pricing, I'd suggest you refrain yourself from making ridiculous comments about it.
If you don't understand the basic economics of pricing, I'd suggest you refrain yourself from making ridiculous comments about it.
The original iPhone sold for $399 on contract... it took them only one year to bring down the price.
Give them time to reduce production costs and cover R&D costs.
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I 100% agree. It's like back in the day when Samsung first came out with their Android smartphone.
Lol don't even go there. Compare this crappy watch with the Apple Watch final product and you'll see the difference is real. This is priced for 25 dollars because no one will buy it for any higher. I doubt anyone will actually buy this anyway unless they are really desperate.