A lot of of what you want on watch faces is achieved with Watchmaker which is an amazing app with a large community of developers giving the watch faces for free; but I agree that Tag Heuer could offer more choices related to the sponsorships they do.

 

Thanks. This explains the move to Qualcomm for the LV Tambour watch. I suppose the upcoming rumored TAG Heuer Connected watches for men and women will use Qualcomm chipsets as well. I think this is actually good news and a move for the better.

 

Not doing wearables doesn't mean not doing chips for wearable. Intel is a chip maker not a wearable maker

 

True; however still doing Atom-z34xx smartphone processor, doesn't guarantee that the Intel-partnership will continue, especially since LVMH has now gone with Qualcomm for the LV smartwatch.

My money is on the latter. It doesn't make sense to bring a 2nd partner, unless there is a change in the long-term strategy.

 

I said this, because my impression is that Qualcomm processors have an edge on power management and battery consumption over the Intel Atom chips. Second, from an software standpoint, it also would bring back the Android development process (SDK libraries, VM layer, emulator) into the main-fold, due to its majority base.

 

Why exactly? this seems a really odd comment to me. Are you suggesting people that own iPhones are smarter, richer?

 

The stats suggest people with higher incomes are more likely to buy iPhones and people with lower incomes are more likely to buy cheaper phones. Can't think why.

 

Well if the iPhone is the most expensive smart phone, then yes, there will be a positive correlation between financial wealth and ownership wouldn't you say? More wealthy people own Ferraris for the same reason

Smarter, well that's a whole different thing!

 

The old argument that "iPhones are the most expensive" has not been valid for a long time. In fact, Google Pixel phones are priced identically to the iPhone's offerings. Besides, you could argue that when looking at "luxury" phones, one can find cases like VERTU where they had ridiculously high priced Android phones over $10K.

I personally prefer the "pure" Google Android experience (found on Nexus and Pixel phones) over any other offering.

 

I would have to agree that from my limited experience, Apple seems more popular with the senior execs at work. I would also say they're more prevalent outside of the IT department, who are more likely to use Android.

 

Likewise.

 

IMO Apple has successfully marketed itself as a luxury item. Yes there are $1000 android phones, but they're viewed as 'higher tech' not necessarily 'luxury'. A more tech savvy person might go for the $1000 android, but for the rest the iPhone is a status symbol amongst other luxury goods.

A Japanese auto maker can make a $100,000 car. But people who are simply after a luxury name brand, for the same money, will go for that $100,000 Mercedes instead.

 

If you buy a vehicle that comes with a Bose sound system and you have a faulty speaker: do you take it to your nearest Bose retailer at the mall, or do you bring your car to the dealership to have it serviced?
Regardless of who made what, the manufacturer releasing the product has to stand by and support every square inch of their product. Now if this watch were truly modular, and I had to buy all the pieces separately, then perhaps you might actually have a valid argument. But that isn't the case here.
This is not a take-it or leave-it type of situation. There are plenty of cross-platform apps that are released together on day one. With all the resources TH has, they could've made a better effort.

 

Every time I walk away from my phone and then come back I get a message on both my phone & watch about connecting bluetooth & do the numbers match... etc. Is this normal? should it not just reconnect?

Using the watch with a Oneplus 3.

 

I have a Google Pixel XL and neither of my two Connected watches needs re-pairing when walking away and back.

 

Cheers, that's what I thought. I don't remember having to re-pair with my Huawei.

I just did a full reset on the phone & watch & it is still doing it

 

Has anyone got any pics of the titanium connected/ mechanical module with titanium lugs and black ceramic strap.... Wondering whether it goes or not or if the lugs would need purchasing as well (obviously I know the black/ black is going to look better than the titanium/ black but limited funds ATM)

Thanks all

 

Hi,would it be possible to post a"how too" regarding this? What apps are required etc,

 

Its a onePlus bluetooth issue, my 3t does it as well on both of my watches ..

never had any issues on my old Nexus!!