You buy the watch, it's yours to keep, but when the warrant of 2 years runs out then you can just keep the watch as normal or trade it in for a proper mechanical watch, although from the launch event they also seemed to imply that they would change the watches internals for a mechanical watch?
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TAG Heuer Smartwatch to go on sale on 9th November
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You buy the watch, it's yours to keep, but when the warrant of 2 years runs out then you can just keep the watch as normal or trade it in for a proper mechanical watch, although from the launch event they also seemed to imply that they would change the watches internals for a mechanical watch?
I don't think it does. It only validates the Hermes if it sells, and I don't believe it will, personally.
And I love love love Tag Heuer
Seriously, Tag is basically saying in 2 years you're going to want a "real" watch. Do Google and Intel agree? There's nothing about this watch's design or specs that would make me want one over an LG, Huawei or Moto circular smart watch.
For another $1500 you can trade up for mechanical watch. Why wouldn't I just buy a mechanical watch in the first place? Tag is esentially telling me that's what I'll want in 2 years time...
No I totally get it. I just don't see many people buying it.
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The target market arent those that are considering an LG, Huwawei, Moto or even Apple watch.
It looks nice, certainly the best looking smart watch currently available by far but it sits in a difficult area. Too expensive for the typical smart watch buyers but looked down upon from the luxury watch buyers. Everyone I know who buy £20k+ watches wouldnt even consider a smart watch in any form. Not sure who would buy this.
I will buy because I like gadgets but it would have to cycle alongside my mechanical watches. Only tennis players and rappers can wear a watch on each wrist.
It looks nice, certainly the best looking smart watch currently available by far but it sits in a difficult area. Too expensive for the typical smart watch buyers but looked down upon from the luxury watch buyers. Everyone I know who buy £20k+ watches wouldnt even consider a smart watch in any form. Not sure who would buy this.
I will buy because I like gadgets but it would have to cycle alongside my mechanical watches. Only tennis players and rappers can wear a watch on each wrist.
No you totally don't.
If you didn't think it was going to be popular, you could have said that, instead of criticizing but you elected to show your lack of taste.
It's Rogifan what do you expect. Anything non Apple to him/her is unpleasing, doesn't look good, doesn't make sense, etc.
It's her I believe.
That's fine she's allowed to be a fangirl that doesn't, however give her licence to criticise. Meandering into the alternatives section just to do so shows a general lack of character which speaks volumes.
I have no idea, it came across to begin with that they would update the smartwatches internals, not just let you trade it in for a mechanical watch. But you don't have to, you can keep the Tag Connected watch for as long as you want.
Hmm, kind of janky looking isn't it. I have no issue with spending money just for a name, I've certainly done it and it's the reason I keep my mechanical watch over a smartwatch. I was hoping Tag would let me straddle the fence between a mechanical and smart watch. But it looks kind of cheapie to me, the titanium case is nice but the non rotating bezel looks horrible. Firstly I can't stand non rotating bezels on these smartwatches, it just screams fake since you can't use it for its intended purpose.
I'll give it to Tag though, they are quite transparent in releasing a smartwatch with a price tag solely for the name and nothing else. Vanilla android, no external sensors/HR, etc. For 4-5x the price of other smartwatches it doesn't have a single feature that is unique or stands out, and is missing most others.
So will mechanical watch wearers give up what they love most, the mechanics of watch, just to have the name on their wrist and smartwatch benefits? Personally I don't think so and see a big flop in the making, but that's just my opinion. Smartwatch wearers will buy a better smartwatch for 1/4 of the price, and mechanical watch wearers will just continue to buy mechanical watches.
Looks like absolute crap when not on the watch face. No Tag sense of craftsmanship or timelessness. Just looks like a generic round android watch.
This whole try it for 2 years and then for $1500 more you can trade it in for a real Tag seems odd to me. Why would Intel sign up for something like that? And the watch in real life doesn't look that nice to me. Certainly not once it's displaying anything other than one of the Tag watch faces.
I don't get why someone would buy this over an LG, Moto or Huawei considering this is missing features those other devices have, like health sensors, mic, GPS. Is it that much better looking? I'd argue no.
But people who buy a Tag aren't buying it for functionality. I could pick up a cheap Casio that's far more functional for a whole lot less money....does that automatically mean the Casio is the better choice?
Then why not just buy a mechanical Tag? I mean look at the photo below. The watch face completely duplicates the timing bezel. You'd never find that on a mechanical Tag. This watch seems completely pointless to me. No heart rate sensor, no NFC for mobile payments, no GPS, no speaker, low res display. It's not better than other Android Wear watches from a tech/functionality standpoint and not better looking than a mechanical Tag.
At first looks, I thought the watch looks nice. Not sized for women at all, and by the looks of the ones I saw on some men's wrists in videos, your user should probably be a fairly big guy with big wrists for it to look decent. That watch face is huge and thick and while I think it looks nice in some shots, when you get down to the "smart" part of it, I think it looks like one expensive toy. I can see why many people have commented you'd be better off buying a Moto, Huawei or one of the other watches out there. You are basically buying a Tag Hauer case without the mechanicals (which we've been told is why these watches are so expensive to begin with). So 25 hours battery life. What does that get you? You still have to charge it overnight really to use the next day. I thought the watch face lit was extremely bright, and I think it looked a bit silly to see it all lit up from across the room in the photos I saw. Kind of glowing beacon. Personally I just don't get the "always on" comments but whatever, to each his own. The rubber bands are unique to Tag Hauer so it will be interesting to see if 3rd parties even bother to come out with bands for it. If you are spending 1500US for it, I suppose you don't care whether you are buying directly from Tag. It comes with the black rubber band, and any other rubber colors are extra (haven't heard anyone mention the price yet).
There's a very interesting interview Biver did with Bloomberg today (watched it on bloomberg.com a little while ago). I came away feeling the watch is clearly viewed by him as an extension of himself because he sometimes refers to smart watches as a threat to "him". He was wearing one with a leather band on it (no leather bands are available) and it was interesting to hear his opinion on it. Not sure he would wear a rubber band. Needless to say he wouldn't even wear his leather band version to the Opera so he says.
When asked about the higher pricing point, he said it was "to make money". OK, honest I guess; Apple I think was looking more to provide a good user experience but then again he's only supplying the case and band. I'm pretty sure he said they plan to only make 50,000 of them for "exclusivity". I suspect anyone who wants one for the round face and Tag Hauer name status, will find it wise to trade it in and pay an additional upgrade fee of 1500US for a mechanical version. What kind of software support is going to be out there for it? Who do you send it in to for repair and how long will it take? It really seems like you are buying a shell of a Tag Hauer watch with those crazy electronic parts and software installed. Oh yes, it was a well thought out watch that I read they said took 6 months from concept to production. In the end Mr. Biver I think is still planning on getting your $3000US for one of his watches so what does he care. He will have to pay out money to Intel and whoever puts the "engineered in Switzerland" watches together; but that's money he lays out in order to go on the attack with this watch to keep other smart watch manufacturers from eroding as much of his line if he didn't sell this watch. I think that's how he explained his purpose for the watch. I think he figures you'll plunk down the rest of the money for "an eternity" piece. In fact if after using it for 2 years you don't like the software, I think he will feel vindicated.
I've been trying to see what the media has to say about it and even among Android folks it doesn't seem to be that well received. Will be interesting to see how it sells and what kind of reviews users give it and whether they feel they got what they paid for.
There's a very interesting interview Biver did with Bloomberg today (watched it on bloomberg.com a little while ago). I came away feeling the watch is clearly viewed by him as an extension of himself because he sometimes refers to smart watches as a threat to "him". He was wearing one with a leather band on it (no leather bands are available) and it was interesting to hear his opinion on it. Not sure he would wear a rubber band. Needless to say he wouldn't even wear his leather band version to the Opera so he says.
When asked about the higher pricing point, he said it was "to make money". OK, honest I guess; Apple I think was looking more to provide a good user experience but then again he's only supplying the case and band. I'm pretty sure he said they plan to only make 50,000 of them for "exclusivity". I suspect anyone who wants one for the round face and Tag Hauer name status, will find it wise to trade it in and pay an additional upgrade fee of 1500US for a mechanical version. What kind of software support is going to be out there for it? Who do you send it in to for repair and how long will it take? It really seems like you are buying a shell of a Tag Hauer watch with those crazy electronic parts and software installed. Oh yes, it was a well thought out watch that I read they said took 6 months from concept to production. In the end Mr. Biver I think is still planning on getting your $3000US for one of his watches so what does he care. He will have to pay out money to Intel and whoever puts the "engineered in Switzerland" watches together; but that's money he lays out in order to go on the attack with this watch to keep other smart watch manufacturers from eroding as much of his line if he didn't sell this watch. I think that's how he explained his purpose for the watch. I think he figures you'll plunk down the rest of the money for "an eternity" piece. In fact if after using it for 2 years you don't like the software, I think he will feel vindicated.
I've been trying to see what the media has to say about it and even among Android folks it doesn't seem to be that well received. Will be interesting to see how it sells and what kind of reviews users give it and whether they feel they got what they paid for.
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On a funny note, didn't watch the press conference but from a video clip I saw, have to ask "did they have a huge wheel of cheese as part of the event?" If so the clip I saw was entitled something like "the best part of the announcement was when they cut the cheese" and there was a clip of someone having difficulty cutting the wedge and Biver grabs hold of the cutting tool and cuts a wedge. I get they are Swiss and Swiss are famous for their cheese and watches but I found that to be a really weird thing to do at a big event announcing a new product. Besides when you hear someone saying, "yeah he cut some cheese"....well not exactly a connotation that doesn't impart something else to a lot of people.
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It's certainly the nicest looking smart watch to date. It actually looks like a watch rather than a screen on a wrist. I doubt I would buy this though as I could get a Tudor Black Bay for the same price and a nice mechanical is better than any smart watch IMHO!Looks good and I like titanium watches but too big for me at 46mm.
It hasn't met all the promised specs though, the 40 hour battery life is now down to 25 hours. The upgrade will cost $1500 extra after two years and you get a mechanical Carrera watch in exchange.
Where can you get a Black Bay for £1100?It's certainly the nicest looking smart watch to date. It actually looks like a watch rather than a screen on a wrist. I doubt I would buy this though as I could get a Tudor Black Bay for the same price and a nice mechanical is better than any smart watch IMHO!
Yep for some that's all that matters. First Moto 360 was the nicest looking, then LG Urbane, then Huawei, then Samsung Gear 2 now this one.
Or basically saying they hope that within 2 years you get used to it and not want to upgrade to a mech.
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