The Huawei Watch, which was unveiled at MWC 2015, has now been finally launched in India. The smartwatch is priced at Rs. 22,999 and will be exclusively available
from Flipkart from today. It come in Gold, Silver and Black colors w/ leather
band. Huawei said that it will launch more models of the Watch, including one with metal band.
The Huawei Watch sports a 1.4-inch circular AMOLED display with 400 x 400 pixels resolution, and has layer of scratch resistant sapphire crystal lens. It is powered by 1.2GHz Qualcomm processor with 512MB RAM, 4GB internal storage, comes with WiFi, Bluetooh, microphone and speaker. It is fueled by 300mAh battery and is IP67 rated or water and dust resistance.
The Android Wear based Huawei Watch comes pre-loaded with 40 watch
faces, and is compatible with devices running Android 4.3 and above or iOS 8.2 and up. It
comes with six-axis motion sensor, barometer and heart rate monitor, and
can detect if the user is walking, running, biking, hiking or sleeping.
It is also capable of tracking calories burned, height climbed,
counting steps taken and distance traveled.
Huawei showed off its first Android Wear smartwatch at MWC earlier this year without sharing pricing and availability details. At IFA show in Berlin, Huawei revealed information of the pricing and availability of the Huawei Watch.
The Huawei Watch pre-order is now live at GetHuawei.com, Google Store, Amazon.com and BestBuy.com. Huawei will start shipping the smartwatch starting September 17 in the U.S. It comes in Gold, Silver and Black colors with stainless steel and leather band options.
Huawei Watch prices start at $349 and goes up to $799. They are as follows:
- Stainless Steel watch body & Black Leather band - $349
- Stainless Steel watch body & Steel Link bracelet - $399
- Stainless Steel watch body & Stainless Steel Mesh - $399
- Black DLC-coated Stainless Steel & Black Link Bracelet - $449
- Rose Gold-plated Stainless Steel & Alligator-pressed Brown Leather - $699
- Rose Gold-plated Stainless Steel & Rose Gold-plated Link Bracelet - $799
The stainless steel and black models of the Huawei Watch are available for pre-order now, while the rose gold models will be available later this year.
Huawei Watch runs Android Wear
OS version 1.3 and is compatible with Android devices (Android 4.3 and
later) and iOS devices (iOS 8.2 and later).
It features a 1.4-inch
AMOLED display with 400x400 pixels screen resolution with scratch-proof
sapphire crystal lens. It has 10,000:1 high contrast ratio offering 42mm
diameter design. Inside there is an 1.2GHz Qualcomm
Snapdragon processor, paired with 512MB RAM and 4GB eMMC storage. It has a built in hear-rate monitor, 6-Axis
motion sensors that automatically detects your activity like walking, cycling and running. and a barometer.
The Huawei Watch has over 40 watch
faces and is made of more than 130 components, sports a crown, frame and
hinge that is built from high quality and scratch resistant cold-forged
stainless steel which makes it 40 percent harder. It is IP68 certified for dust and water resistance. Fueling the smartwatch is a 300mAh battery and supports fast charging technology which offers up to 80 percent battery life in just 45 minutes or 75 minutes for a full charge.
Huawei unveiled the company's first Android Wear smartwatch called Huawei Watch at MWC 2015.
The Huawei Watch features a 1.4-inch AMOLED display with 400x400 pixels screen resolution with scratch-proof sapphire crystal lens. It has 10,000:1 high contrast ratio offering 42mm diameter design.
It is powered by an 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, paired with 512MB RAM and 4GB eMMC storage. It runs Android Wear OS and is compatible with Android handsets running Android 4.3 and above. It has a built in hear-rate monitor, 6-Axis motion sensors that automatically detects your activity like walking, cycling and running. and a barometer.
The Huawei Smartwatch has over 40 watch faces and is made of more than 130 components, sports a crown, frame and hinge that is built from high quality and scratch resistant cold-forged stainless steel which makes it 40 percent harder. There are no details on the battery capacity, but it was revealed that it uses magnetic charging.
The Huawei Watch will be available in gold, silver or black colour options and will be release in 20 contries that include - United States, United Kingdom, Argentina, Australia,
Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy,
Japan, Norway, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates.
Huawei has not revealed the pricing and availability details.
