Samsung S9110. **** ****ing **** ****s

If you thought Bluetooth headsets – staple ear decoration for mini-cab drivers, construction site foremen and, well, all ****s who think that a flashing piece of plastic hooked into their ear hole looks good – were painful to be around in your day to day life, just you wait until the next mini revolution in mobile phones happens: watchphones.

That’s right, in some kind of back to the future style scenario, watchphones are back in the shape of the Samsung S9110 (and we say back, because one of Samsung’s last notable efforts in this category came in the shape of the SPH-WP10, an almost unbelievable ten years ago). And as well as the S9110, LG are getting in on the act with the GD910, although their effort is arriving next month rather than this, and costs £1,000 whereas the Samsung S9110 comes in at under £400. But regardless, we don’t doubt that in a few months, you’re going to start seeing a lot of people with strange looking watches. All the most strange when you see them seemingly dislocate their elbows and wrist in an attempt to talk into these things like they’re a phone. See…. do you see why we’re worried? Because, as quaint an idea as a watchphone is, we just fail to see how it’s going to be all that practical. Either it’s going to be something you have to twist and turn up to your face in some weird way, or it’ll just be on permanent speakerphone (which will really, really wind us up). Or it’ll go down the route of the so-called “hands-free” sets. And don’t get us started on hands-free sets… IT’S NOT HANDS-FREE YOU IDIOT BECAUSE YOU JUST TOOK LONGER TO USE YOUR HANDS TO STICK THE EAR PIECE IN, RE-ADJUST THE STUPID DANGLING MICROPHONE AND THEN ANSWER THE CALL THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY TAKE TO ANSWER THE CALL. AND LOOK! LOOK! NOW YOU’RE HOLDING THE MICROPHONE BIT CLOSE TO YOUR MOUTH AS YOU TALK. JUST USE THE ****ING PHONE LIKE A NORMAL PERSON YOU ****ING **** ****.

Ahem. Anyway. Yeah. Watchphones! Woooo!

Check out this Samsung S9110 review for less rant, more stats. Or have an early look at some Samsung S9110 deals.