Much
like its peer network in France, Orange UK have scored the exclusive
deal to offer the LG G910 watchphone in the UK. There’s a difference
however – the much lower price tag for Bond and his colleagues.
If you live in the UK and you’ve always fancied a wristwatch phone
gizmo that’s like something coming out of a Bond movie, you’ll have
your chance at a starting price of 500 pounds (580 euro), which is
quite cheaper than the asking price of 900 euro under the Eiffel tower.
We already reviewed the LG GD910
so we’ll just run through the specs here – a 1.43″ touchscreen display,
7.2Mbps HSDPA, Bluetooth, VGA videocall camera, speech recognition and
text-to-speech capabilities and IPX4 certification for resistance to
water jets.
The Orange UK press release is written in the usual ad-talk, but is commendable for its subtleness. It does mention that the LG GD910
is handmade, targeted at the image conscious, but stresses the LG GD910
will fit “every mood or crime-fighting outfit” with its eight watch
faces.
Uhmm, “crime-fighting outfit”? We did mention they were subtle,
didn’t we? And yes, the first Orange store to sell the GD910 is
actually located at Bond Street Station. The press release goes on to
say, that the built-in speaker will let you “listen to the Essential
James Bond theme album when you’re imprisoned in a fake volcano or
battling with Jaws.” Yeah right, nothing beats some nice music score
while disarming a ticking bomb.
The LG GD910 will start selling on 27 August at 9 a.m. at the
aforementioned Bond Street Station Orange shop in Central London. The
wristwatch phone will be available at the price of 500 pounds (580
euro) for a limited time only. The shop will work on a “first come,
first served basis” so you better get your camping gear and stake out
the store if you want to join the small, but exclusive club of LG GD910
owners at a bargain price. And another thing – only one per customer,
sorry! You can’t have a second one for the Bond girl.
