Introducing the 'Apple Watch': The most utterly useless version worldwide, boasting a price tag that bewilders users.

Stone Watch - a wristwatch crafted from stone, retailing around 400 Japanese Yen (approximately 72,000 Vietnamese Dong). Its exterior design resembles a typical smartwatch, complete with a trendy wristband and even a black touch screen. However, despite its appearance, the Stone Watch lacks electronic functionality and does not function as a timepiece. Wearing the Stone Watch is akin to wearing a 'rock' on your wrist.

While electronic manufacturers, particularly smartwatch products, continuously vie for dominance in the market by offering various utilities and enticing features, a Japanese company has taken a different route. They've produced the Stone Watch, which, contrary to its name, ranks among the most absurd timepieces ever to exist.

Recently, Tama-Kyu - a renowned insect toy brand in Japan - unveiled a stone watch, the latest addition to their toy line. The company anticipates it will become the newest trend among youth. Currently, the watch is available for purchase at Gachapon vending machines across Japan.

Stone Watch comes in 5 different strap colors, yet this smartwatch lacks features like a touchscreen, speaker, or various sensors, not even displaying the time. Priced at 72,000 Vietnamese Dong, many deem it excessively costly for the world's most foolish timepiece.

Many netizens argue that this stone watch cannot be called a smartwatch because it lacks even the most fundamental feature of telling time. Stone Watch is simply a stone on your wrist when worn, ultimately manufactured by a toy company. This watch is akin to a children's toy, with no real demands or complaints about the Stone Watch.

What's even more amusing is Tama Kyu's proposition to merge a stone watch with the AcryPhone. One might imagine this concept as connecting to unleash a plethora of enticing and useful features for users.

But perhaps you didn't know, the AcryPhone, at first glance, appears to be a smartphone but lacks functionality such as sound speakers, connectivity, and even a screen. It doesn't connect to the internet, lacks the ability to make calls to others, and cannot take selfies. Essentially, the AcryPhone is just an Acrylic block designed to resemble a smartphone.

To own an Acrylic block resembling a smartphone, you'll shell out around 25 USD (approximately 600 thousand Vietnamese Dong) or 26.5 USD (around 650 thousand Vietnamese Dong) for another version closer to an iPhone, which even includes an AcryPhone screen protector.

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Now you can see the hilarity and madness of Tama Kyu in proposing the fusion of two product lines: the Stone Watch and the AcryPhone. More accurately, it's the fusion of a stone watch with an Acrylic block.

Surely no sensible adult would purchase such a futile watch, let alone spend 600 thousand to buy a subpar phone, especially when it doesn't even tell time properly. Tama Kyu is a toy manufacturing company, so perhaps the only purpose of the stone watch is to serve as an Apple Watch substitute for children who desire a wristwatch resembling an Apple Watch.

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