The Huawei smartwatch makes its debut in the Android Wear category on Sept. 17, and for those who really want it, preorders can already be made.
Chinese company Huawei, despite being on low-profile in US territories, has been making gadgets of many uses: mobile phones, tablets and others. Enter the Huawei Watch.
According to Engadget, Huawei unveiled its take on the Android wearables category a while back, showing the Huawei watch in March, then became silent about it. Now, Huawei is opening its mouth to confirm that the smartwatch will be released on Sept. 17, and is already available on preorder now.
The Huawei Watch, as it is simply named, will sell at different price ranges that makes it affordable typically for everyone. It comes in a 316L stainless-steel model with leather band at $349. For those looking for a masculine feel, there's a ceramic black model with metal link bracelet for $449, and a rose-gold-plated steel model that comes paired with a metallic wrist strap at $799. All models take a standard 18-mm band size.
No matter which model one chooses, the inner specs are still the same. The watch is powered by a dual-core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon 400, and 512 MB RAM. The body measures 11.3 mm thick, comes with a 1.4-inch circular AMOLED display with a resolution of 400 x 400, with a sapphire crystal screen glass.
Engadget adds that Huawei has 40 pre-installed watch faces on the smartwatch, to which Tech Crunch says are "'direct' homages to established brands." The face resembles, according to the website, old watches like Seiko and Patek Phillipe: "That gold three hander with poppy hands? Breguet. That figure-eight model with the constellation in one of the dials? Jaquet Droz."
In other words, the Huawei watch resembles traditional wristwatches. Tech Crunch further adds that with this design, Huawei seems to be moving away from the mainstream.
The Verge reports that it also has a promised battery life of two days, and possesses what Huawei calls the "world's most advanced" heart rate tracker.
The Verge adds that though Huawei is geared toward the higher end of the market when compared to other watches like the ASUS ZenWatch 2, it still is a lot cheaper compared to the Apple Watch Gold edition sold at $10,000, and the gold LG Urbane Luxe that sells at $1,200. It's also one of those watches reported to officially work with the iPhone.
Despite staying on low profile in the US, this product offering is Huawei's attempt in breaking into the US market this year.
