Thursday, November 24, 2011

Top 5 Overpriced Tech Products

Tech products available in the market have become part and parcel of an individual’s life. The users are more dependent on these products for their daily routine which might be for personal or for business purposes. With this increasing necessity it surely makes the companies come out with overpriced products with best features, sometimes worst as well.


But which are those products that are actually not great with features, but still carries an overpriced tag. Here are Top 5 Overpriced Tech Products in the World.



Vertu Constellation Quest Smartphone



Vertu, a division of Nokia, has built a brand around super-luxury cell phones for the Hollywood Elites and Russian Businessmen of the world. The Vertu Constellation Quest is a beautiful phone, with hand-tooled black leather, polished stainless steel, sapphire keys and other luxury features.



Constellation Quest combines timeless style with groundbreaking practicality, demonstrating excellence in design, pioneering use of materials and first class lifestyle support. But Nokia’s dated Symbian operating system and with a tiny 2.5-inch display, it’s behind the times.



As it is a phone the users who pay 4,33,664expect more out of it, and there are iPhone or Android phone on the market most of which are under31,353.



Bang and Olufsen BeoVision 4 3D TV


Bang & Olufsen has always been a premium-priced brand, but they have outdone themselves with the creation of BeoVision 4 an 85-inch plasma TV. With its 44,41,165 price tag, the BeoVision 4 clocks in at mind-blowing 52,250 per inch.



In BeoVision 4, Bang & Olufsen's advanced picture engines are combined with the best Full HD 3D plasma screens in 85 or 103 inches, to achieve a phenomenal viewing experience. The external BeoSystem 3 module provides the intelligent technology behind the perfect picture and integrates all your high definition entertainment sources with complete digital surround sound and total BeoLink compatibility.



It has some cool features like a screen that automatically lowers when a user is not watching it, but there are other 3D TV’s in the market that provides the same performance for a lower cost. One among them are Sharp’s new Aquos 80” LED for a mere 2,35,067.




Leica M9 Titanium Digital Camera


The more pricey with the cost of 14,62,385 M9 Titanium version made from titanium, sapphire crystal and leather typically used on Audi cars is the costlier product. The Leica logo has been restyled and is elaborately hand-engraved in pure resin, inlaid with white enamel, sealed with clear varnish and then polished and positioned centrally directly above the lens.



Designed by automobile designer Walter De'Silva, it features an attached metal finger loop covered with leather for carrying and shooting purposes and a special lens hood with four slits to prevent obstruction of the viewfinder. The camera features an 18.5 megapixel CCD sensor with an active area of approximately 23.9 x 35.8 mm, LED illumination of the bright-line frames in the viewfinder and an entirely new carrying concept.



With other companies providing more features than this are existing in the market and with cheaper price that is affordable by users.




AudioQuest Diamond HDMI Cable


With no shortage of overpriced HDMI cables on the market, the AudioQuest takes the advantage again with its Diamond line, charging a high rate at 7,80,45 for a 6 foot cable. With this kind of high pay one can afford a solid silver connectors and proprietary insulation.



Built with pure silver conductors, heavily plated silver HDMI connectors and Audioquest's patented Dielectric Bias System, Diamond is the finest HDMI cable a user has never experienced of. Lightning fast, Diamond has explosive speed, truly unleashed dynamic range and a level of dynamic shading unlike anything else.



Digital signals are not prone to interference over short lengths, and there is lots of evidence that higher-quality cables make any difference. Instead, there are better options to get a 6-foot cable from other sellers of same products with better quality for example; Monoprice.com for 1,82,667which also sells these products for cheaper price.




Goldmund Eidos Reference Blue Blu-ray Player


Blu-ray player is a pricey product, with that money one can purchase a house for living. As the specialists have made absolutely no compromise between the quality and refinement of the finish, the exceptional mechanical construction and the cost too. It is priced heavily at the rate of 88,64,658.



Goldmund’s Eidos Reference Blue, a version providing the playback of BluRay discs, in addition to the DVD and CD playback of extreme quality is designed on a similar base as the Eidos Reference, this player is available as a limited series of 50 units, all hand-built.



Its mechanical grounding construction is enhanced by a sturdier table support. Heavily damped brass and aluminum mechanism enclosure (30kg) suspended on 4 spring-loaded suspension pods have been added to its structure to cancel negative effects of vibrations.



The users are more comfortable with other brands like the Samsung BD-D6500 under 10,428, which offers many useful features that are not available in the Eidos Reference Blue, such as 3D output, built-in Wi-Fi and hundreds of apps. With an uncompromising picture quality a user can save money.


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