In the field of high-end smartwatches, the Apple Watch is the main competitor of most manufacturers, whether Luxury classic watchmakers like Tag Hauer or Mont Blancor IT giants like Google, who coincidentally developed the Android Wear operating system. Today, Louis Vuitton, the luxury brand that started the battle for the smartwatch!
Louis Vuitton unveils its first smartwatch
The famous French fashion brand debuted with great fanfare Tambour Horizon via 3 promotional videos available on Youtube – and at the bottom of this article – and an audio-visual interface is available his website. The stylist’s campaign brings pride to many celebrities such as Jaden Smith and Catherine Deneuve.
What do we know about the Louis Vuitton smartwatch from a technical standpoint? According to the brand’s website, the luxury watch is waterproof and powered by Android Wear 2.0, equipped with a 1.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen, Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 chip, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. If we compare it to the LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style, which have roughly the same configuration, it’s standard equipment for a connected watch in 2017.
this Drum Horizon Connected Watch it is also equipped with two apps specially developed by Louis Vuitton: My Flight and City Guide. As the name suggests, the My Flight app allows you to compile all the information about your flight booking. It is an application that will inform you about events and places near you, while you are in the City Guide!
Available in 6 different skins, the linked watch can be customized with more than 60 removable bracelets, just like the Apple Watch. The starting price? 2450 dollars or about 2136 euros for the silver steel model.
