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Android wear watches are getting a high-fashion makeover I'm Bridget Carey this is your CNET update luxury watchmaker Tag Heuer just released the first luxury android-powered SmartWatch it's the Tag Heuer connected and as you might expect it comes out of luxurious price fifteen hundred dollars tag worked with intel on the processor inside so it's not a purely Swiss made watch of course but with the price you're getting a watch that does pretty much what other Android watches can do there's four gigs of storage and accelerometer to track steps Wi-Fi to keep you connected when the phone is far it's made of titanium sort of feels premium there's a scratch resistant sapphire crystal touch screen which the cheaper Huawei watch also has the battery life will get you about a day of use and well really you're paying for the name it doesn't have a GPS there's no NFC for mobile payments but there is one unique perk if you can call it that after the two-year warranty is up you can pay another $1500 to trading your watch for a normal mechanical watch at least that one should last you longer it's available now online in the US and in Japan next week other countries in Europe and Asia are gonna be able to buy it by the end of the month if you're looking for android smart watches made by watch brands later this year fossil is gonna release the fossil cute founder which also runs Android wear and it's powered by an Intel processor it'll cost two hundred and seventy five dollars and in other news about expensive gadgets Apple's iPad pro is gonna go on sale Wednesday and hit stores later this week Apple first showed off the new large tablet in September it's nearly 13 inch screen will support Apple's pencil pressure-sensitive stylus and Apple also made a detachable smart keyboard for it both are sold separately the iPad pro starts at eight hundred dollars but if you also buy the pencil on the keyboard you can add another two hundred and seventy dollars to the price tag you know 2015 is turning out to be a strange year for consumer gadgets we have super expensive smartwatches and Apple's making tablets with styluses and Blackberry is now making android phones if you haven't already heard the brand new blackberry Prince Mart phone is actually an Android phone with a physical keyboard you just slide up the 5.5 inch screen to reveal four rows of backlit keys the print packs and more privacy and security features that other Android phones it's $700 when you buy it unlocked but ATT is now selling it for $250 on the contract and for Reisen says it'll also carry the phone soon that's it for this tech news update and there's more at cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey