LG Watch Sport, Watch Style Android Wear 2.0 Flagship Smartwatches
LG on Wednesday launched the first Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches, designed in collaboration with Google, the LG Watch Style and Watch Sport. While the pricing for Watch Style, with its bare-bones features, starts at $249 (approx Rs. 16,700), the beefier Watch Sport variant has been priced at $349 (approx Rs. 23,400) by the company. Both the smartwatches will be available online and through retail in the US from Friday
he official LTE support for LG Watch Sport is only for Verizon and AT&T and LG does not commit for it to work on other networks available in US, as pointed out in a report by AndroidPolice. Further, only these two networks will allow users to utilise same phone numbers on their watch as their smartphone.
The LG Watch Style comes with water and dust resistance rating of IP67 while the Watch Sport is a little more rugged and comes with an IP68 rating.
Interestingly, the ambient sensors on both these smartwatches sit beneath the screen itself, just like on Gear S2 and Gear S3 smartwatches, and automatically adjust brightness to give a boost to the battery life, as pointed out in a separate report by Android Police.
One interesting differentiation between the two variants comes in the form of bands. While the watch bands on LG Watch Style are swappable and can be replaced with ease, the Watch Sport variant doesn't offer the same functionality. Even though it might come across as a strange thing, as Watch Sport is the flagship variant, the company has reportedly provided fixed bands on the wearable as there are wireless antennas present on the band itself.
LG on Wednesday launched the first Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches, designed in collaboration with Google, the LG Watch Style and Watch Sport. While the pricing for Watch Style, with its bare-bones features, starts at $249 (approx Rs. 16,700), the beefier Watch Sport variant has been priced at $349 (approx Rs. 23,400) by the company. Both the smartwatches will be available online and through retail in the US from Friday
he official LTE support for LG Watch Sport is only for Verizon and AT&T and LG does not commit for it to work on other networks available in US, as pointed out in a report by AndroidPolice. Further, only these two networks will allow users to utilise same phone numbers on their watch as their smartphone.
The LG Watch Style comes with water and dust resistance rating of IP67 while the Watch Sport is a little more rugged and comes with an IP68 rating.
Interestingly, the ambient sensors on both these smartwatches sit beneath the screen itself, just like on Gear S2 and Gear S3 smartwatches, and automatically adjust brightness to give a boost to the battery life, as pointed out in a separate report by Android Police.
One interesting differentiation between the two variants comes in the form of bands. While the watch bands on LG Watch Style are swappable and can be replaced with ease, the Watch Sport variant doesn't offer the same functionality. Even though it might come across as a strange thing, as Watch Sport is the flagship variant, the company has reportedly provided fixed bands on the wearable as there are wireless antennas present on the band itself.
| LAUNCH | Announced | 2017, February |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Available. Released 2017, February |
| BODY | Dimensions | 45.4 x 51.2 x 14.2 mm (1.79 x 2.02 x 0.56 in) |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | - | |
| Build | Stainless Steel 316L | |
| SIM | Nano-SIM | |
| - IP68 certified - dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) |
| DISPLAY | Type | P-OLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1.38 inches, 12.3 cm2 (~52.8% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| Resolution | 480 x 480 pixels, 1:1 ratio (~348 ppi density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| PLATFORM | OS | Android Wear 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8909W Snapdragon Wear 2100 | |
| CPU | Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7 | |
| GPU | Adreno 304 |
| MEMORY | Card slot | No |
|---|---|---|
| Internal | 4 GB, 768 MB RAM |
| CAMERA | No |
|---|
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | No |
| COMMS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth | 4.2, LE | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS | |
| NFC | Yes | |
| Radio | No | |
| USB | No |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, heart rate, barometer |
|---|---|---|
| Messaging | SMS, Email, IM | |
| Browser | No | |
| - MP3 player - Photo viewer - Voice dial/commands |
| BATTERY | Non-removable Li-Ion 430 mAh battery | |
|---|---|---|
| Stand-by | Up to 35 h (mixed usage) |
| MISC | Colors | Titanium, dark blue |
|---|
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