'Completely Mechanical' Phone to Hit Retail

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[cscott_it]

Such a cool looking phone.

Why would they name it a butterfly though?
It's got the clockwork style beauty, and they call it th Papillion. Dissapointing.

 

[gilbertfh]

Simple and gorgeous. If something like this could be produced mainstream I would definitely consider it.

 

[Clintonio]

[citation][nom]cscott_it[/nom]Such a cool looking phone.Why would they name it a butterfly though?It's got the clockwork style beauty, and they call it th Papillion. Dissapointing.[/citation]
Buy it and give it a name yourself.

Like George or something.

 

[brendano257]

Seems overdone and rather featureless, much better things to be had for $300,000....maybe 5 cars or a house? Those just seem a little more useful 😉

 

[JohnnyLucky]

This is a watch collectors' item that will be bought as an investment. The watch itself is very similar to high end collectible watches.

 

[HibyPrime]

I have a feeling the clock is the only mechanical part. I mean, that looks A LOT like an LCD screen on the front, no?

Technically you could run an LCD screen completely in analog, but would you really call thousands (maybe millions) of wires and a battery mechanical? Thats a bit of a stretch..

 

[Pei-chen]

Where do you guys live? In New York city, $300k gets you a 450 SqFt co-op with $700 a month common charge.

 

[4ILY45]

how does one fix this if it breaks?
it challenges even the expert watch repairman..

 

[cnox]

Could you imagine making a phone call on that thing?

"What?...What? I can't hear you...what is this god damn ticking?!

Oh..."

 

[Regulas]

[citation][nom]gilbertfh[/nom]Simple and gorgeous. If something like this could be produced mainstream I would definitely consider it.[/citation]
If you consider 547 tiny moving parts parts simple I wouold like to know what you think is complex.

 

[banthracis]

[citation][nom]pei-chen[/nom]Where do you guys live? In New York city, $300k gets you a 450 SqFt co-op with $700 a month common charge.[/citation]

What part of NYC do YOU live in? In Manhattan the going rate for a 1 bedroom, 1200 sq ft condo in Manhattan is $2 million. That comes out to 180 sq ft not, 450.

 

[CTPAHHIK]

Phone looks very nice and stylish. Most important thing it will still show time when battery is dead.

 

[christop]

super cool.

 

[r0x0r]

If they wanted "completely mechanical", they should have put a rotary dialler on there as well.

 

[skykaptain]

As far as I can tell EM waves are not energy efficient to make by mechanical ways and I have yet to see a mechanical radio. I can see how the clock is mechanical but not the phone part. Seems to be like 50% snake oil to me.

 

[princeofdreams]

overpriced shite, the person who buys this will need to be working for Activision/Infinity wards DLC dept to afford it...

The only thing i could say about someone stupid enough to pay 300k on a watch/phone is... TWAT

 

[Parsian]

EPIC

 

[gtvr]

I already have one. Well, I had one, but I lost it. Not sure where I put it down.

 

[megamanx00]

That phone wouldn't survive me ^_^