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Who the fuck are these fruitcakes above?

Better question is what the fuck are they talking about? Must be some new flip phone lingo, man I gotta catch up with the times

shout out to my fellow touchpad users, where ya’ll at?

i was interested in the galaxy gear but 300 FUCKING DOLLARS. SAMSUNG IS FUCKING BATSHIT OUT OF THEIR MIND. this will be the biggest tech flop of the year. they’ll be giving them away by the end of the year.

note 3 looks pretty good. i’m fairly certain i’ll be getting one at launch. i just hope i can unload my note 2 for a decent price.

Pebble is 150 http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp?skuId=9713809&pid=1219034546379

Sony smartwatch 1 is less than 100, sony smartwatch2 will be 250. Both of these have at least 4 days of battery life.

looking at the spec sheet the gear definitely has more tech in it than the pebble and i guess it’s only marginally more expensive than the sony watch2. however it will still fail hard because there isn’t anything must have about it. 300 is an insane amount of money for something that will only work with the new galaxy tab and the note 3. engadget said the watch was laggy as hell (maybe final product gets tweaked but i doubt it). i mean for 300 bucks it would have to be a PERFECT device meaning multi day battery life, speedy, apps, etc etc. it has the apps but no one wants to charge their watch EVERY DAY.

Dafuq… The Xperia Z just came out… and now Xperia Z1 is waaaaaay better and out in a month or so?

It should at least have a headphone jack you can plug into to keep your conversations private. I don’t want the members of MAD listening in when I’m trying to thwart their plans. [details=Spoiler]

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Note3 + Galaxy Gear = Penny.

Agreed, if they really want it to catch on it needs to be a lot cheaper…or free ha.

Sony is giving theirs away for free with preorders of the Z1 I think, but compared to the Gear its missing a ton of cool features.

All I want is my Note 3 thank you!

you can probably get random bootleg android powered “galaxy gear” watch thingy for less. and eventually prices will drop too. maybe google wil make one for $100. excellent idea tho. eliminates the need to even have a phone with you. just get a nice bluetoof and you are good to go.

Making the Galaxy Gear $300 is Apple-ish of Samsung. It shouldn’t be more than $100. It could’ve maybe caught on if that were the case.

Dat Nexus 5. Can’t wait.

Big problem with the Galaxy Gear is battery life. 1 day is unacceptable. A watch is supposed to be a wear it and forget it type item. Having to charge a watch daily is idiotic.

In this era of solar-powered digital watches, that’s unacceptable.

You think your phone is retro?
check out my phone then.
http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m580/Axl_m4ster/tin-can-phone_zpsde2e5b87.jpg
get at me son.

Any idea who will be making it?

Heard good things about the 4…but no LTE, no removable storage, no removable battery and the fact that LG made it turned me off to switching from my Galaxy Nexus.

1 day isn’t great but, its not just a watch…its a microphone, speaker, camera, bluetooth touchscreen interface that runs apps. All that shit needs power.

Nexus 5 is going to be lg again. Probably based on the g2. The big deal is that it might have the snapdragon 800 chip which is what all the big boy phones are sporting right now.

Detailed explanation of Note 3 and Galaxy Gear.

1 day isn’t great but, its not just a watch…its a microphone, speaker, camera, bluetooth touchscreen interface that runs apps. All that shit needs power.

Wow, it does all that? and it needs power?! You don’t say! Wow, it does stuff, AND stuff needs power. What remarkable insight.

24 hours is unacceptable

has anyone got a aftermarket back?

Im thinking of getting this:

The Blue one. I got the purple GS4, and unfortunately pics dont do the back plate justice. The front looks awesome, but the back looks very femininely pink, so I defintely want another back. IMO the GS4 feels pretty cheap, so these aftermarket backplate, cant actually make it feel…worse? Wondering if the catch tabs would dig into the phone and make it not catch anymore since its metal and not plastic.

Also… retroarch runs awesome. But aFBA runs exactly the same as my HTC Desire C. Oh well, I need to do some real gaming to make having bought this actually worth something. LOL.

Lolz… for a “watch” yes, it is unacceptable.