Recession Denial: Designer Gadgets : Tag Heuer Meridiist Diamant ($10,000-$30,000)

By Rachel Rosmarin , published on June 29, 2009 at 4:50 PM
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Tag Heuer Meridiist Diamant

If we’re talking luxury phones, it follows that high-end watchmakers might enter the arena. A cell phone, after all, has replaced the wristwatch for many people. Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer introduced the Meridiist phone last year in various types of leather (including alligator). Now comes news of the Diamant, which, naturally, is encrusted with diamonds. The original Meridiist sold for about $5,000-$8,000, and the diamond version will likely sell for between $10,000 and $30,000. That range represents the various diamond models—from 208 to 1,232 diamonds. All versions come with stainless steel keys, a sapphire crystal screen display and ship in a wooden jewelry box. What specs can be found in the phone itself? A 2 megapixel camera, Mp3 player, and seven hours talk time. This is no smart phone. But if you have this much money, maybe you don’t need it to be.
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Anonymous 06/30/2009 12:04 PM
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Rangefinder not SLR

TheMan1214 06/30/2009 7:17 PM
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Louis Vuitton Damier Graphite USB Key ($450)

that picture didn't work for me....but who buys these things i ask myself

stardude82 06/30/2009 8:03 PM
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Rich people sure sound stupid reading your list. The internals of those items look questionable. The Bently laptop had a Turion processor (yuck) and Pentax hasn't been a player in quality SLR for a while. I have a 2 year old Pentax SLR, it has Samsung internals; It's not great and neither are any of the Samsung SLRs. I'm sure the cellphones also have disappointing internals (the inclusion of the Razr confirms it).

Tomsguiderachel 06/30/2009 8:03 PM
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TheMan1214 :
Louis Vuitton Damier Graphite USB Key ($450) that picture didn't work for me....but who buys these things i ask myself


Thanks, we're working on the image problem...

Tomsguiderachel 06/30/2009 8:05 PM
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stardude82 :
Rich people sure sound stupid reading your list. The internals of those items look questionable. The Bently laptop had a Turion processor (yuck) and Pentax hasn't been a player in quality SLR for a while. I have a 2 year old Pentax SLR, it has Samsung internals; It's not great and neither are any of the Samsung SLRs. I'm sure the cellphones also have disappointing internals (the inclusion of the Razr confirms it).


That's exactly right: Most of this gear does not include the most advanced components and features on the market! Isn't that incredible? The most expensive stuff is not necessarily the best stuff.

hellwig 06/30/2009 10:53 PM
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I heard Bentley keeps leftover boards (real wood paneling) and sheets of leather from when they make your car. That way, if something needs to be replaced in the future, it comes from the same animal, tree, etc... so it better matches with everything else already in the car.

Still, that computer looks more like a purse to me.

anamaniac 07/01/2009 1:59 AM
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About saying that many people of great wealth are unintelligent...
I have spent a considerable amount of time in one of the millionaire playgorunds in my city, a private airport. Of all the people I met, I only met 1 who had any college/university level education (he was a lawyer), but yet I have found many who haven't graduated fomr high school (with one man having a grade 5 education, coincidently owning a electronic store chain).

Anonymous 07/01/2009 6:28 AM
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super lame no wonder there are starving people in this world

Luscious 07/01/2009 11:03 PM
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Anonymous 07/04/2009 10:07 PM
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Fools and their money are soon parted.

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