Korean Wristwatch Fun, LG and Samsung

I certainly do not understand what the Koreans are up to now, with major mobile electronics manufacturers LG and Samsung going head to head for having the best wrist phone. Hardware wise, LG is going to the true gold, delivering 3G technology unto your wrist. Still Samsung wants a piece of the spotlight so they are going to go first and release the S9110, the world’s first 2G wrist phone. I say 2G because no government agency is announcing who really made the first spy phone slash wristwatch. The end result is that we are all going to see two wrist phones being released soon, for no direct target market.

Now that is a consideration to take. Who is going to wear these wrist phones? I can think of a few really geeky gadget-happy friends of mine who would wear this, but even these guys would think twice before shelling out so much cash for a GSM device that is worn around the wrist (and if rumors are correct, the LG 3G wrist phone will cost over twice as much as the Samsung 2G wrist phone). The bottom line is that these novelty phones will not be getting around much. With most phone being used for web browsing, and messaging, having to bring up your wrist will not give you the same freedom and versatility as a regular mobile phone.

The real consideration here is that LG and Samsung are currently, showing off. With other manufacturers focused on other products, it seems like these Korean based companies have other priorities in mind. Perhaps they stand to earn more through this display of technological prowess than they are letting us in on. Personally, Samsung needs to spend more time developing more phones similar to their eco-friendly Blue Earth model instead of these oddball gadgets.

Tags: LG-GD910, samsung-s9110