James Bond uses an Android phone

[Joe Cox]

Google (and Sony) are unsurprisingly very keen to tell everyone that James Bond uses an Android phone, the Sony Xperia. You can't beat a bit of product placement but the way these things works aside, I wonder what other AV kit Bond might have?

I can see him in a pair of P3s... (I'm looking forward to ticking off all the product placement when I see it :roll

 

[chebby]

http://www.jamesbondlifestyle.com/

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Google (and Sony) are unsurprisingly very keen to tell everyone that James Bond uses an Android phone, the Sony Xperia. You can't beat a bit of product placement but the way these things works aside, I wonder what other AV kit Bond might have?

I can see him in a pair of P3s... (I'm looking forward to ticking off all the product placement when I see it :roll

Tricky one, I would like to think he has Pioneer and B&W speakers but I'm not too sure about that. Blu- ray player Oppo 95?

 

[Deleted member 2457]

http://www.jamesbondlifestyle.com/

Yes, I have the same camera!

 

[Paul.]

I'm guessing he would have a Sony tv, a Sony amp, a Sony player...

 

[bigboss]

Bond has always used a Sony (Ericsson) phone.

http://www.jamesbondlifestyle.com/product/sony-ericsson-k800i

 

[Deleted member 2457]

I'm guessing he would have a Sony tv, a Sony amp, a Sony player...

That did cross my mind.

 

[John Duncan]

Do I look like I give a damn?

 

[Clare Newsome]

I really don't know what all the particular fuss about product placement is re Skyfall - the Bond franchise have been doing it since day one. And one of the Brosnan Bond movies (Tomorrow Never Dies, IIRC) was the first film to have its entire shooting budget covered by product placement deals.

I've been working my way through the Bond Blu-ray boxset and some of the earlier electronic product placement is hilariously naff. The Philips keyring Timothy Dalton has to whistle at in The Living Daylights is cringe-worthy. Though not as outdated as its portrayal of Afghanistan, obvs...

 

[Joe Cox]

I said ASIDE from the product placement...

 

[Clare Newsome]

Well obviously we'd kit him out with CU's finest ;-)

 

[BenLaw]

The Daniel Craig Bond would have active speakers for sure.

 

[John Duncan]

The Daniel Craig Bond would have active speakers for sure.

No way.

 

[Paul.]

The Daniel Craig Bond would have active speakers for sure.

No way.

i think they would be more of the Beo variety than the measurement brigades offerings.

 

[John Duncan]

Possibly, but, given that he wears a £4k Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean (automatic) and now drives a DB5 again, I think that something that is stupidly priced and bettered by things a tenth of the price is more the order of the day. But which would you rather have...? ;-)

 

[John Duncan]

One of these as well...

Oh, and some valves and Martin Logan electrostats.

 

[chebby]

I just realised his current wife was 'Nancy Pierpan' in one of my top 10 favourite films!

 

[6th.replicant]

Well obviously we'd kit him out with CU's finest ;-)

It's Skyfall, not Shortfall: Bond would need a laptop that's muli-purpose and adaptable - ie, a laptop that has an optical drive

 

[chebby]

Well obviously we'd kit him out with CU's finest ;-)

It's Skyfall, not Shortfall: Bond would need a laptop that's muli-purpose and adaptable - ie, a laptop that has an optical drive

Then he could watch his "Our Friends In The North" DVDs and reminisce about the time he could act.

 

[Paul.]

This might be controversial, but I think bond could be a Bose guy. I don't think he would give two shits about SQ, and probably wants his speakers all stealth and hidden out of the way.

he would probably have a Nikon camera, these forces types stick with what they know. TV is probably modestly sized. Fridge is probably pretty remarkable though, huge double door stainless jobbie. Needs the ice despencer, can't imagine bond has time to fill up ice trays

 

[Deleted member 2457]

This might be controversial, but I think bond could be a Bose guy. I don't think he would give two shits about SQ, and probably wants his speakers all stealth and hidden out of the way.

he would probably have a Nikon camera, these forces types stick with what they know. TV is probably modestly sized. Fridge is probably pretty remarkable though, huge double door stainless jobbie. Needs the ice despencer, can't imagine bond has time to fill up ice trays

Lol.

 

[jjbomber]

His speakers would have to be from Kef's ''Q'' Series.

 

[chebby]

He should be living according to his cover. Probably somewhere very non-descript in a flat/bedsit that has at least two different exits in a building that also has at least two means of escape and private access to a flat roof that adjoins neighbouring flat rooves/fire escapes etc.

Loud hi-fis/AV systems and even earphones are out because the noise would enable people to get in/break in to the building unheard. (He would also need to be aware of the routine habits and comings-and-goings of other residents so unusual patterns of activity could be detected immediately.)

So far as other people are concerned, he needs to be as 'invisible' as is practically possible. Cheap clothes and accessories that don't raise any eyebrows and nothing in his living space (like megabucks furnishings and gadgets) that would tip off a nosy landlord or neighbours, meter-readers etc. that some kind of 'double life' is going on.

Ever changing girlfriends would be a no-no (at least not in the flat) unless he was living with a female colleague who was in on the cover.

The car would need to be as non-descript and bland as his appearance. (10 year-old Astra or similar.) He would need to seem a quiet, brusque, unsociable so-and-so to all of his neighbours, so that they are never tempted to approach him sociably whether indoors or out.

People should believe that he does something for a living that is uncheckable and involves odd hours and regular absences. (HGV driver, oil rig mechanic.)

Any 'detritus'/forged payslips/work clothing/photos around the flat should all reflect this with no exceptions.

 

[Paul.]

He should be living according to his cover.

His cover is that he works in export, at least thats what he has always told everyone. This explains the posh watches etc.

Probably somewhere very non-descript in a flat/bedsit that has at least two different exits in a building that also has at least two means of escape and private access to a flat roof that adjoins neighbouring flat rooves/fire escapes etc.

Loud hi-fis/AV systems and even earphones are out because the noise would enable people to get in/break in to the building unheard. (He would also need to be aware of the routine habits and comings-and-goings of other residents so unusual patterns of activity could be detected immediately.)

So far as other people are concerned, he needs to be as 'invisible' as is practically possible. Cheap clothes and accessories that don't raise any eyebrows and nothing in his living space (like megabucks furnishings and gadgets) that would tip off a nosy landlord or neighbours, meter-readers etc. that some kind of 'double life' is going on.

Ever changing girlfriends would be a no-no (at least not in the flat) unless he was living with a female colleague who was in on the cover.

The car would need to be as non-descript and bland as his appearance. (10 year-old Astra or similar.) He would need to seem a quiet, brusque, unsociable so-and-so to all of his neighbours, so that they are never tempted to approach him sociably whether indoors or out.

Tactically I agree with you, but the life you have described does not tie up with his cover. Working in export explains his constant absences. This may be a sweeping generalisation, but rich people are far less friendly than poor people. Poor people are more likely to strike up conversation and ask questions!

 

[chebby]

He permanently blew his cover back in the early 1960s.

His alcoholism alone would rule out any jobs in the middle-east or working in/around any other Muslim community. He'd be more intent on getting hold of the next drink than any mission he was tasked with.

His temper/ego/flashiness/sexual incontinence/sociopathy would mean he'd never get past basic vetting in any half-competent security service.

He would be a terrible agent.