Apple announced the Watch Series 2 yesterday along with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The company also rebranded the original Apple Watch as Watch Series 1.
Category: Smartwatches
Apple announces watchOS 3 update roll out for September 13th
In June, at the WWDC event, Apple previewed the watchOS 3. Today at the Keynote event, Apple has officially announced the watchOS 3 update alongside the Apple Watch series 2. The latest version of the watchOS 3 is faster and brings improvements to activity tracking and sharing and a major UI overhaul. The watchOS 3 update will go live on September 13. Continue reading “Apple announces watchOS 3 update roll out for September 13th”
Weekly Roundup: Moto Z Hasselblad True Zoom, Asus ZenWatch 3, Sony Xperia XZ and all announcements from IFA 2016 Berlin
This week was all about world’s leading trade show IFA in Berlin. Some of the companies made announcements before the main event kicked off on September 2. Here are some of highlights of what launched on or before the IFA 2016. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Moto Z Hasselblad True Zoom, Asus ZenWatch 3, Sony Xperia XZ and all announcements from IFA 2016 Berlin”
Samsung Gear S3 Frontier Hands On and Photo Gallery
Samsung announced the Gear S3 Frontier smartwatch at the ongoing IFA 2016 Berlin. We are live at the event and have got our hands on the latest smartwatch from Samsung, so let’s take a detailed look at hardware and specs.
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Samsung Gear S3 classic and Gear S3 frontier announced at IFA 2016
Samsung just announced Gear S3 at the IFA 2016 in Berlin. This includes the Gear S3 classic and Gear S3 frontier models. Both these have a 1.3-inch (360×360 pixels) Circular Super AMOLED Always On Display with the latest Corning Gorilla Glass SR+ protection and has rotating bezel. These run Tizen- Based Wearable Platform 2.3.2. The Gear S3 frontier includes LTE connectivity and offers a rugged outdoor look, while the Gear S3 classic offers minimalist, elegant look. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S3 classic and Gear S3 frontier announced at IFA 2016”
Garmin Forerunner 35 smartwatch with built-in heart rate sensor and GPS announced for $199.99
Garmin has announced Forerunner 35, its newest GPS-enabled running watch with built-in Elevate wrist-based heart rate sensor that monitors heart rate 24×7. Continue reading “Garmin Forerunner 35 smartwatch with built-in heart rate sensor and GPS announced for $199.99”
Asus ZenWatch 3 Android Wear smartwatch announced
Asus just announced ZenWatch 3, it’s third generation Android Wear smartwatch and the first in the series to feature a round design at the IFA. It crafted from jewelry-grade 316L stainless steel and is just 9.95mm thick. Continue reading “Asus ZenWatch 3 Android Wear smartwatch announced”
Xiaomi’s Huami introduces Amazfit smartwatch with heart rate sensor and GPS
Xiaomi’s sub-brand Huami has introduced its new Amazfit smartwatch in China. It has a 1.34-inch (320 x 300 pixels) circular display with scratch-resistant ceramic bezel and 1.2GHz dual-core processor. It has replaceable standard 22mm wristband and comes with IP67 ratings for water resistance. It also has GPS + GLONASS support. It also has a heart rate sensor on the back for real time heart rate measurement and syncs to phone over Bluetooth.
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Garmin Fenix Chronos is company’s first luxury smartwatch with expensive price tag
Garmin has launched its first full-fledged luxury smartwatch dubbed Fenix Chronos with advanced tracking, fitness training, GPS navigation, heart –rate monitoring and more. Apart from standard notification alerts to step, sleep, calorie counting, the Chronos smartwatch can also measure and record activities like run, bike, lap swim, open water, SUP, row, golf and more. Continue reading “Garmin Fenix Chronos is company’s first luxury smartwatch with expensive price tag”
Announcing Titan Juxt Pro meetups in India powered by FoneArena
Hello readers! We are coming to meet you again. This time we are teaming up with the folks from Titan, who will showoff their recently launched JUXT Pro smartwatch, successor for the first JUXT smartwatch, compatible with both Android and iOS devices. Continue reading “Announcing Titan Juxt Pro meetups in India powered by FoneArena”
Apple Watch 2 to reportedly not support cellular connectivity
The next generation Apple Watch was tipped to come with a cellular connectivity. However, a new report from Bloomberg states that Apple is facing issues with battery life for a version of the upcoming Apple Watch 2 with cellular connectivity.
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Huawei Watch with Stainless Steel strap launched in India for Rs. 22999
Huawei Watch with leather band was launched in India back in April. Today the company has launched the smartwatch with stainless steel band in India at the P9 launch event. It has a 1.4-inch (400 x 400 pixels) circular AMOLED display with 10,000:1 high contrast ratio, scratch-proof sapphire crystal lens and has cold-forged stainless steel frame. It has built-in heart rate monitor, 6-Axis motion sensors and is also water resistant with IP67 ratings. Continue reading “Huawei Watch with Stainless Steel strap launched in India for Rs. 22999”
Samsung Gear S3 announcement set for August 31 at IFA 2016
Samsung has sent out invites for the announcement of a new Gear smartwatch on August 31st at the IFA. The invite shows a dial along with the caption Talk About 3 confirming that it will be the Gear S3 smartwatch, successor of the Gear S2 that was unveiled at IFA last year. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S3 announcement set for August 31 at IFA 2016”
Asus ZenWatch 3 passes through the FCC, may sport a circular display
It looks like Asus has a third generation ZenWatch in the works. Earlier two iterations of the smartwatch from Asus sported a square dial, however the ZenWatch 3 may feature a circular display.
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Titan JUXT Pro Smartwatch Unboxing
Titan just launched JUXT Pro smartwatch as the successor of the JUXT smartwatch that was launched earlier this year. Here we have the unboxing. Continue reading “Titan JUXT Pro Smartwatch Unboxing”