LG announces G Watch R with circular display

As announced a few days, LG has announced a new smartwatch apparently indistinguishable from a traditional clock. G Watch R is the response of South Koreans to Moto 360.

After the release of a short teaser video, LG has finally announced G Watch R, interesting smartwatch with circular display that will be shown live at IFA in Berlin during the next week.

This is the first real alternative to Moto 360, with the objective of proposing to market one smartwatch with similar aesthetic elegance of traditional clocks, leaving linear and squared lines of the first models in the industry.

G Watch R is based on Android Wear and includes a P-OLED display 1.3-inch (Moto 360 is slightly bigger, 1.5 ” ) in 320×320 resolution. The wearable is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 400 (APQ8026) 1.2 GHz with Adreno 305 GPU, supported by 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of storage built-in. Do not miss the IP67 certification, which guarantees the smartwatch full functionality even if submerged for up to 30 minutes until a meter under water.

From the point of view of functionality, plus the ability to display notifications from a smartphone connected, G Watch R is capable of interfacing with several accessories related to the world of fitness, allowing the wearer to monitor the parameters of your body, such as the heart rate if coupled to a heart-rate monitor. The integrated battery on wearable is 410mAh while the body is in stainless steel with leather strap interchangeable.

With Moto 360 and G Watch R is evident that the world of wearable smartwatch and generally more and more away from the niche market that has occupied until now. It is no longer of articles intended for use geek or specific market niches, but all-round accessories that complement the smartphone introducing a new way to manage incoming notifications from the wrist and manage some of their functionalities.

From the first images released by LG G Watch R looks even more successful Moto 360 from the point of view of design, especially in view of the fact that compared to the latter boasts a display perfectly circular and without the plastic, insert deemed necessary by the Motorola engineers.

LG G Watch R is the first smartwatch that, at first glance, it seems quite indistinguishable from a traditional clock, a huge step forward for the category could have positive consequences in a market that is struggling to take off.

LG G Watch R will be available in the last months of the year, but there are no details yet on price, probably higher than the $ 199 required by South Koreans to the traditional G Watch. Additional Details on the new smartwatch will be unveiled at the next IFA in Berlin during the next week.

• Chipset : Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.2GHz 400.
• Display : P-OLED 1.3 ” (320 x 320). Memory: 4GB eMMC / 512 MB RAM.
• Battery : 410mAh.
• Operating System : Android Wear (compatible with Android 4.3 and later).
• Sensors : 9 axes (Gyro / Accelerometer / Compass), barometer, PPG (scanner heart rate.)
• Color : Black.
• Others : Resistant to dust and water (IP67).