Huawei goes all-in on luxurious with its newest smartwatch, the Huawei Watch Final. This linked timepiece is styled after traditional dive watches from the likes of Breitling, Rolex or TAG Heuer, and options as much as 14 days of battery life, a bevy of health-tracking options and the power to outlive within the ocean in depths as much as 100 meters.
Costs aren’t but official, however with such high-performance specs and supplies together with titanium, do not count on it to come back low-cost. It is because of go on sale within the UK and Europe in early April, so we’ll probably hear extra over the approaching days. A US launch shouldn’t be deliberate.
Aesthetically, the watch is designed to imitate technical dive watches, though there are numerous options particularly for scuba or free divers. It is waterproof right down to 100 meters — or 10 ATM, ISO 22810 or EN 13319, should you’re into your technical strain requirements. It has bodily buttons to assist navigate options underwater and varied software program features for issues like diving depth, timing and dive logs.
There are two variations: Voyage Blue, with a blue entrance and a titanium strap; and Expedition Black, with a black entrance ring and rubber strap that Huawei guarantees is very proof against water and oils, so is probably going the higher choice for diving and different sports activities. I count on it’s going to even be cheaper than the titanium model.
Different key options embody a 1.5-inch show, a 2.35mm sapphire glass masking for further sturdiness, a corrosion-resistant Liquid Metallic physique and well being monitoring, together with SpO2, stress, sleep and ECG monitoring. Throw in as much as 14 days of battery life and the power to cost from zero to full in 60 minutes, and the brand new watch does seem like working arduous to earn its Final title.
With purse strings tightened the world over, it is arguably a dangerous time to be launching what’s going to probably be an expensive luxurious smartwatch, however these of you into diving and different sea sports activities could effectively discover it well worth the cash. We’ll be placing it by means of its paces once we pay money for it within the coming weeks so keep tuned for extra.