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LG set to launch 'Watch Phone' in the UK this August

Tom Warren   on 07 July 2009 - 06:36 · 27 comments & 3326 views

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Orange has announced its plans to offer LG's touchscreen watch phone in UK stores this August.

Available from Orange for a limited time period, the Watch Phone will be available at an exclusive price point on Orange pay as you go. Although Orange hasn't officially confirmed the price, gadget site T3 believe it could be close to £1,000 for the unit.

The touchscreen watch is crammed full of the latest technology. The device features a compact and stylish design with a Bluetooth headset, in-built speaker and a full touch-screen interface, as well as 3G+ and video-calling capabilities.

Tom Alexander, CEO Orange UK said: "The Watch Phone is the must-have gadget of 2009. It's handcrafted, exclusively limited, and will turn heads on the high street." According to Orange they are "focused on bringing a 21st-century experience to our 21st century customers".



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(1 reply) #1 FloatingFatMan on 07 Jul 2009 - 06:40
£1000!? I can order a similar gadget from China for about £100!!
#1.1 n_K on 07 Jul 2009 - 13:39
Eurotech do a bit bigger thing like this for WAY cheaper, and hell it runs linux so you can put what the hell you want on it!
(1 reply) #2 +Phantom Helix™ on 07 Jul 2009 - 06:51
Holy Dick Tracy BatMan!!!
#2.1 Xero on 07 Jul 2009 - 13:49
lol fantastic, but seriously wtf is this? Not only is it a ugly phone its an ugly watch, how many languages can we spell failure in?
(2 replies) #3 The Real Alex on 07 Jul 2009 - 06:59
How can you talk on the phone with it? I find it weird if you have to put your hand up to your ear to talk.
#3.1 GP007 on 07 Jul 2009 - 11:48
You talk from your ear? wha?
#3.2 Ridlas on 07 Jul 2009 - 12:23
The Real Alex said,
How can you talk on the phone with it? I find it weird if you have to put your hand up to your ear to talk.


its called a bluetooth headset, sir
#4 +Phantom Helix™ on 07 Jul 2009 - 07:15
No No NO,

For one it has Speaker-Phone function and comes with a matching bluetooth headset
(1 reply) #5 +macf13nd on 07 Jul 2009 - 08:20
will be popular, assuming it works reasonably well. These kind of things take off like nothing else in the gen. population...
#5.1 +Phantom Helix™ on 07 Jul 2009 - 08:52
You realize this thing costs around $1,500-$2,000 USD?

this is not by any means going to be popular 10 royal yuppies maybe buy them, and few dozen stupidly rich but not the general public.

and it sounds like will be limited production.

This is the equivalent of comparing a standard factory Macbook to the Stealth black Macbook being made by Colorware http://www.colorwarepc.com/p-183-stealth-macbook-pro.aspx

they are only making 10 of those and cost $5,000
(2 replies) #6 1uk3 on 07 Jul 2009 - 08:33
Personally, I wouldn't ever use anything like this and expect it to be a flop... I hate using hands free or blue-tooth walking around in public because it looks like you're a crazy person talking to yourself.
#6.1 +Phantom Helix™ on 07 Jul 2009 - 08:53
This also has Video Conferencing , imagine speaking to a tiny 1.4 inch video of your girlfriend on your wrist on the Subway lol
#6.2 carmatic on 08 Jul 2009 - 07:31
Phantom Helix� said,
This also has Video Conferencing , imagine speaking to a tiny 1.4 inch video of your girlfriend on your wrist on the Subway lol

well at least you wont see how crappy the picture looks, like being taken by a 0.1 megapixel cam and compressed with 3gpp ... it'll be too small to notice
(3 replies) #7 ThomMcK on 07 Jul 2009 - 08:52
But, more importantly, can you use it to tell the time?
#7.1 +Phantom Helix™ on 07 Jul 2009 - 08:55
OMG the /sarcasim, NO Stop it lmao
#7.2 cerealfreak on 07 Jul 2009 - 09:28
ThomMcK said,
But, more importantly, can you use it to tell the time?


I bet you can't, and if they have shake to shuffle feature, those bankers that will buy it will be stuffer
#7.3 +Phantom Helix™ on 07 Jul 2009 - 09:30
Gah, of course it tells time!!!

video in the link
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10137452-100.html
(1 reply) #8 M_Lyons10 on 07 Jul 2009 - 12:36
This is just strange to me... I mean, sure it has some cool factor, but how useful would it really be in the long run? Is anyone REALLY going to want to talk into their watch?
#8.1 CyberDragon777 on 07 Jul 2009 - 14:14
Well people are now holding little boxes to their faces and it looks like they are trying to keep their heads from falling off...
#9 +zhiVago on 07 Jul 2009 - 15:50
(y) LG

#10 Airlink on 07 Jul 2009 - 17:11
Just a little overpriced, don't you think?
(2 replies) #11 Digix on 07 Jul 2009 - 18:36


'Shopped. I can tell by the pixels and I've seen many in my time.
#11.1 +Phantom Helix™ on 08 Jul 2009 - 07:33
Duh, I really Don't think Tom was trying to hide that
#11.2 John. on 08 Jul 2009 - 08:36
No, I don't think you got....it's a joke... *sigh*
#12 +Inertia on 07 Jul 2009 - 23:31
I think the pricing for a new product is as expected. Its way smaller than all the unpractuical cheap chinese ones on ebay, plus none of the others have 3g, and hence none of them have video calling, this is the first of its kind, and I would expect it to launch with a high price before it gets affordable.
(1 reply) #13 LightSabre on 08 Jul 2009 - 05:23
http://www.dualsim.ro/pd-292832325.htm - dualsim watch here - at $212 0 isn't that interesting?
and it's been available for a long time already
#13.1 carmatic on 08 Jul 2009 - 07:29
LightSabre said,

oooh but can it do video calling?

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