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Tag Heuer Partnering With Google and Intel to Build Connected Smartwatch

HenryDJP said:
So many interesting comments. All of a sudden some people are saying the AppleWatch is ugly, hideous, trashy-looking....hmmm. Most other threads people are saying great things about it and want one. Well I guess some are getting paid to state the negative. Nothing new.
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It's 1985 all over again, when Ford introduced the Taurus, and Ford's competitors derided it as an Upside Down Bathtub or Jelly Bean design, and Ford had two plants cranking out those cars 24/6 for nearly a decade before the competition, with its own Jelly Bean cars managed to respond (Chrysler nearly going bankrupt a 2nd time, before launching their LH cab-forward designs and only saved by their market dominating minivan in the interim.)
 
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bbeagle said:
I think most of the people who are buying watches now, and NOT waiting for the apple watch are anti-Apple consumers. Those who WANT a watch, but would NEVER buy an Apple product. Consumers who are neutral will wait until the Apple Watch comes out, and then choose among all what is out there.
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Why someone that has a an Android smartphone and buys and Android Wear or someone that owns a Windows Phone and buy a a Pebble is anti Apple?
 
Once again, someone else's REACTION to an Apple product, this time barely released (not yet, actually).
TAG spokesman cited Apple Watch in his announcement, not MOTO360 or any Samsung watches.....
 
69Mustang said:
Or you're paying more attention to the comments that you agree with. ;)
The :apple: is somewhat polarizing. Some like the look. Some don't. Then there are a lot in the middle who think it's meh. A negative opinion of the :apple: watch is no more an indication of paid negativity than a positive one.

People and their opinions differ. My daughter likes the look of the :apple:watch. I think the LG Urbane looks better and more traditional. Does that mean I'm cashing checks from South Korea?
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Well I did agree with one of your posts earlier and made a point of it in my reply. Maybe I shouldn't agree with everything that I find that are fair points. ;)

Also you're taking my post out of context. It's not just posts with opinions that aren't favorable, it's the posts that on some level appear as trolling. Come on man, some are saying it's Ugly, Trashy, Crap. But it's okay though, see I'm not interested in buying this watch because it's not for me, but I don't see any reason in trashing it as others do.
 
bbeagle said:
I didn't say that. In the general case, of course it's silly.

I said that in the case of SMART WATCHES ONLY - there is no general public want or need for these. {snipped for clarity}

I think most of the people who are buying watches now, and NOT waiting for the apple watch are anti-Apple consumers. Those who WANT a watch, but would NEVER buy an Apple product. Consumers who are neutral will wait until the Apple Watch comes out, and then choose among all what is out there.
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Now I am thoroughly confused. Help me out here. The way I read what I bolded from your quote is: If someone is in the market to buy a smartwatch, and the don't wait for the release of the :apple: watch, they are anti-Apple consumers. In essence, either wait for Apple or you are anti-Apple?

That can't be what you're saying.:confused: If it is, wow. That would lower your comment to the level of d---studetto. :eek:
 
beanbaguk said:
I'm annoyed Tag Heuer is doing this. While I think the $350 Apple Watch is reasonable and fine for those who want it, anything more just loses all common sense in my mind, and TH won't charge any less than $2,000 per piece for their venture.

I think TH will be damaging their brand significantly with this pointless exercise. Much like they did with their foray into the mobile phone market.

This is at a time when they've genuinely pushed away from their negative image and have created some beautiful in-house movements and relaunched some of their heritage Carrera lines as limited Heuer branded watches.

I recently bought a JH81 Heuer Carrera as a result of it being a stunning watch and the moderate exclusivity of it. I also did so as part of the change in direction TH appeared to be taking, as did many other people.

This just spoils it all....
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I agree with you. I always thought the Heuer name was cheapened by the TAG-blingy name being grafted onto it (The Action Group, meh), best thing LVMH could do is separate TAG-Heuer into two separate brands, take Heuer upscale and let TAG become The Experimental Group.
 
Consultant said:
Don't think rich folks would like Google tracking their every move.

The round watch photo is probably not the final product. I suspect they'll abandon the round Android watch "design" and go with the square with rounded corner is obvious for a smartwatch excuse.
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Yeah, but I bet they are more upset with Apples poor security allowing hackers to steal their private photos and post them online!

And as far as I know they have not shown ANY smart watch product, so the photo is nothing to do with what the watch may end up looking like.
 
Renzatic said:
Smartwatches have been around for god knows how long now. Apple isn't creating a brand new market here like they did with the iPad, or giving a niche market a massive boost with a sleek, streamlined alternative like they did with the iPhone.

I think the worst thing about the Apple Watch is that it's just a contender. It doesn't do anything to redefine the concept, and it isn't leagues better than what's already out there. It's merely Apple's entry into the smartwatch market.

Like I've said in the other Apple Watch threads, I don't think it's going to be a failure, but you're not gonna have people lining up around the block for it.
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I agree with everything you said, except the bit I put in bold. There are enough Apple cultists to create that line.
 
Chrjy said:
Risky strategy if they only intend to focus on Android! Surprises me that Tag seem to be tying themselves to Android only....bad move in my opinion. If you want to compete with all smart watches then multiplatform is the way to do so.
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Apple isn't going to license iOS.... how many other credible platforms do you know ?
 
This announcement involving TAG & Google, et al is very good news for the young smartwatch sector. It's obviously touched the emotional Apple fans as they strike out just as though they're being attacked.

It's very revealing that some of the most toxic venom is spewed by those that are so convinced this is a desperate move. Comments designed to insult and degrade TAG & Google come across as incredibly immature. Bashing Google's OS is the oldest trick in the Apple Fan Playbook.

Why not embrace change, welcome competition for the good impact it will have for all of us. Not one person here has used an Apple Watch, and few if any have owned Android Wear, why they get so wound up is more revealing that what is essentially nothing more than a first step.

The real truth is emotional reactions aside, nothing beats competition.

I have no horse in this race. I'm neither Pro-Apple or Pro-TAG. Nor do I have any desire whatsoever for a smartwatch. I get immense satisfaction from my one of a kind hand made Swiss Chronographs, and have for years.

Taking a more moderate wait and see approach, once smartwatches prove they're here to stay, and present a use case that would be useful to me, then and only then will I consider one.

In the meantime I'm enjoying watching public reaction which in many ways is highly likely to be the pivotal deciding factor.
 
Chrjy said:
Oh well in that case everyone may as well stop developing for iOS as it clearly doesn't hold much market share :rolleyes:

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This is true...
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So, now you understand how foolish it is to knock a watch that plays only with Android when apple is making a watch that plays only with iOS.
 
technosix said:
This announcement involving TAG & Google, et al is very good news for the young smartwatch sector. It's obviously touched the emotional Apple fans as they strike out just as though they're being attacked.

It's very revealing that some of the most toxic venom is spewed by those that are so convinced this is a desperate move. Comments designed to insult and degrade TAG & Google come across as incredibly immature. Bashing Google's OS is the oldest trick in the Apple Fan Playbook.

Why not embrace change, welcome competition for the good impact it will have for all of us. Not one person here has used an Apple Watch, and few if any have owned Android Wear, why they get so wound up is more revealing that what is essentially nothing more than a first step.

The real truth is emotional reactions aside, nothing beats competition.

I have no horse in this race. I'm neither Pro-Apple or Pro-TAG. Nor do I have any desire whatsoever for a smartwatch. I get immense satisfaction from my one of a kind hand made Swiss Chronographs, and have for years.

Taking a more moderate wait and see approach, once smartwatches prove they're here to stay, and present a use case that would be useful to me, then and only then will I consider one.

In the meantime I'm enjoying watching public reaction which in many ways is highly likely to be the pivotal deciding factor.
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You mean like the like warm sensible responses to the story of Apple selling or passing on your viewing habits to advertising companies, but on the front page of this story are people proclaiming the rich don't want the evil Google tracking them..
 
Rogifan said:
Longines CEO said:



I still don't get why all these luxury watch companies have to take shots at Apple. I'm not aware of anyone at Apple trashing the traditional watch industry. In fact this is what Jony Ive told the Financial Times:



So why do the TAG's and Longines of the world feel the need to take swipes at Apple when Apple still shows great reverence for high end watches?
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Why? Ignorant arrogance, fear and only having to sell what they have to sell.

Note, the quotes in your comment #56, pg. 3, don't seem to appear, but I got a chuckle out of the Longines CEO's diss, where he managed to define his customers as a bunch of techi-morons.
 
GLS said:
If you are a current Android smartwatch manufacturer, how does it make you feel to have Google run off and play around with Tag Heuer?
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It's what happens when you get in bed with a company who gives away an "open source" OS and ecosystem, when their end run was to use other companies to build a wide base, and then undermine them by releasing "native Google" products.

Just more duplicitous behavior by the "Do No Evil" company.
 
sunking101 said:
TAG is more of a prestigious watchmaker than Apple.
IMO the Apple watch looks cheap and nasty, I'm sure TAG can make something more aesthetically desirable. Plus, and it's a big plus, Android devices don't slow down after 18-24 months thanks to an update...so I should imagine they'll be a more attractive longterm proposition. Phones? Laptops? Apple all the way, but watches are more of a jewellery thing and I'm sure that traditional watch wearers would prefer the Swiss take on things if they're going to jump aboard phone tech.
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By no means do I think Apple is a watchmaker at all, never mind a prestigious one. I was simply saying TAG isn't high end.
 
""The difference between the TAG Heuer watch and the Apple Watch is very important," Biver said. "That one is called Apple and this one is called TAG Heuer." "

Once upon a time, two fools were arguing over cow stool, one saying that the wet side was better whilst the other opined that the dry side was the best. Stool is stool LOL
 
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