Huawei Technologies Australia took a long, educated look at the smart watch and concluded most were more technology than watch
It’s hard to disagree. The genre has produced an endless array
of clever gadgets that frankly look like gadgets.
Huawei wanted its first smart watch to be different. It had
to look like a watch whilst having all the leading edge techno-features modern
consumers could desire.
So the company went back to first principles and the Huawei
Watch design takes its inspiration from the Swiss timepieces that collectively
and stylistically define what the classic watch looks like.
Huawei’s Watch is the world’s first smart watch to
have sapphire crystal glass. If you haven’t heard of this before, sapphire
crystal glass is the toughest transparent material around apart from a diamond.
Stylistically, the Huawei is Swiss all the way. On the wrist
its full circular fascia and crown, which is located at two o’clock relative to
the fascia, looks exactly like an expensive Swiss classic watch.
But beneath that 42mm classic look, lurk a bundle of leading
edge innovations. The watch face is also a 1.4-inch, touch sensitive AMOLED
screen on which as if by a magic, appear e-mails, call alerts, text and instant
messages, and much, much more.
The Huawei watch is compatible with both Android and iOS devices. It has
a built-in gyroscope, accelerometer, 6-axis motion sensor, barometer
and heart rate monitor.
It is made of more than 130 quality-tested parts and each
watch is monitored for 650 hours before it’s sold. Moreover it fits any 18mm
watchband and can be customized with more than 40 different faces. Power is via
a lithium battery and a full recharge takes only about 75 minutes.
The Huawei watch is available now from Harvey Norman, JR
Duty Free, Dick Smith Move, JB Hi-Fi, selected jewelers and Huawei Kiosks
nationally. Prices range from $549-$999
