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Moto 360, prepare thine wallets... Only if you're in the US,UK, & Canada

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Motorola's long-awaited smartwatch is finally ready to be released, at least in the US. After roughly five months since being unveiled, the Moto 360 is due to hit the consumer market at last, one that's been so patiently awaiting its arrival. Starting today at Noon ET, those of you in the States can order your very own for $250, from Motorola's website, Google Play and Best Buy (both online and at retail stores).

 

Although I'm not the type to wear watches I will definitely be getting this piece of tech just to get a taste of Linus's pebble experience hopefully with good battery life. I can picture it now, lifting my wrist to talk to my watch on the bus with the driver staring at me strangely in the rear view mirror. 

 

Pricing and availability

 

US - $250

UK - £199, available in "early October"

Canada - $279, "in the Fall'

 

Available for purchase on Motorola's website, Google Play, and Bestbuy

 

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/05/moto-360-availability/?ncid=rss_truncated

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Gorgeous, that watch looks... wow.

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As an australian, I never wanted one anyway, but still, can't even buy it here. That stinks.

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Hmmm....narp. Face is way too large. Unless that man just has a really small wrist.

 

 

So I'll just buy it from the US and have it shipped to me for cheaper than what I'll be able to get it for here.

You'd save $4. And likely have to pay a higher shipping rate, so you'd lose out in the end.

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Come on !! That's another piece of tech to add to the "I want that but can't buy it in Mainland Europe cos it's US only" list :

- Moto 360

- Nvidia Shield Portable (Although we now have the Tablet, Yay)

- Razer Blade 14

- And more

 

Region exclusivity stinks and should never exist. Period

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Why does it have to have that little sector on the bottom...

call me picky but that just murders the watch for me...

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Come on !! That's another piece of tech to add to the "I want that but can't buy it in Mainland Europe cos it's US only" list :

- Moto 360

- Nvidia Shield Portable (Although we now have the Tablet, Yay)

- Razer Blade 14

- And more

 

Region exclusivity stinks and should never exist. Period

Buy it from UK and stop whining.

We have all of those things here in Finland at least.

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Buy it from UK and stop whining.

We have all of those things here in Finland at least.

Really ? Even the Razer Blade 14 ?

 

Can't buy it here in France ?

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Blade must be an exception. All others i found. But doesnt UK have everything. They can be ordered from there.

Sadly no, Razer is doing so badly with supply that it's limited to US customers which crazy IMO.

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Sadly no, Razer is doing so badly with supply that it's limited to US customers which crazy IMO.

Well desktops are best anyways. (I like laptops aswell, joking)

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YESYESYES

Will pre-order as soon as it's available. This looks sweet as fuck, and is just as well specced as comparable smartwatches.

Decent price for what it is, considering competitors have forgone metal in their watches and instead gone with silicon and plastic.

 

Why does it have to have that little sector on the bottom...

call me picky but that just murders the watch for me...

 

It's for the sensors, notably the ambient light sensor, not present on the only other round smartwatch we've seen, the LG G watch R. If you look at some of the early reviews, they show another prototype motorola was considering  which would have had no bar but Massive bezels. Definitely this is the better option, and it still looks sweet, especially with a darker watchface.

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If it weren't for the stupid black bar at the bottom, I would buy one right now.

It's just a bezel...

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Sadly no, Razer is doing so badly with supply that it's limited to US customers which crazy IMO.

That's ok - it's kinda like Apple running out of stock, it's saving people a lot of dumb people a colossal waste of money.  :)

 

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I would buy one, but since I do not use android, it would be pretty pointless to me

 

which is a shame

 

 

waste of money

 

IMO neither the macbook pro NOR the razer blade are a waste of money.. just saying

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Hmmm....narp. Face is way too large. Unless that man just has a really small wrist.

 

Im going to go with small wrist, the face of the watch is a pretty standard size (even if it is a bit thicker than most watches). But i would still want to see one in person before i go spend 250 bucks on it.

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Since I'm not a wrist watch guy, I couldn't care less, but personally I'd buy this over a similar priced wrist watch any time. 

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I really hope a meme appears from these watches. Anytime someone leans down and yells "OK GOOGLE" someone else runs up from behind and smacks that persons wrist up into their own face.

 

That is all.....

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I'm half expecting some sort of Nexus Watch to be announced or something soon so I am gonna wait and see what happens...

Otherwise, the LG G Watch R is looking like a nicer option as it actually looks a lot more like a watch to me.

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I would buy one, but since I do not use android, it would be pretty pointless to me

 

which is a shame

 

 

 

IMO neither the macbook pro NOR the razer blade are a waste of money.. just saying

 

I actually recently switched to Android from iOS, and I do like the look of the Moto 360. Might buy it to see what it's like.

Although I'll have to order it in the UK, ship it to Northern Ireland to a parcel courier, and then pay them to deliver it to a deposit box for me to go and get it.

 

It certainly looks nice, and will be the first watch I've worn in about a decade.

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I actually recently switched to Android from iOS, and I do like the look of the Moto 360. Might buy it to see what it's like.

Although I'll have to order it in the UK, ship it to Northern Ireland to a parcel courier, and then pay them to deliver it to a deposit box for me to go and get it.

 

It certainly looks nice, and will be the first watch I've worn in about a decade.

 

off topic, how are you finding the switch?

 

Oh really? thats a lot of effort haha, just to order it :P

 

I wear a watch every day, I quite like nice watches

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