Huawei has announced its first Android wear smartphone, the Huawei Watch, at the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona.
The Huawei Watch features a 1.4-inch (400 x 400 pixels / 286 PPI) circular AMOLED display with a 10,000:1 high contrast ratio offering a fully circular 42mm diameter design, scratch-proof sapphire crystal lens, and has a cold-forged stainless steel frame. It also comes with a built-in heart rate monitor, 6-Axis motion sensors, heart rate monitor, and has over 40 watch faces.
The device is built with more than 130 components, comes with a crown, frame, and hinge built from high-quality and scratch-resistant cold-forged stainless steel making it 40 percent harder, says the company. The wearable uses magnetic charging but no details about the battery capacity.
A 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor powers the Huawei Watch with 512 MB of RAM. It is also equipped with 4GB EMMC. It boasts a 6-Axis motion sensor, barometer, and heart rate monitor sensors. It runs Android Wear OS and is compatible with smartphones running Android 4.3 Jelly Bean or above.
The Huawei Watch comes in gold, silver, and black variant colors with stainless steel and leather band options. It will be rolled out in 20 countries, including 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, and United Arab Emirates.
The company has not announced the pricing details yet.
