ASUS have announced at IFA that the ZenWatch 2 watch will arrive in October with a starting price of £110 in the UK. Originally announced back in June this year, ZenWatch 2 is a stylish and personalized wearable device powered by Android Wear and produced in partnership with Google.
Crafted with absolute attention to detail using high-quality materials and serves as a smart assistant as well as wellness manager for Android and iOS devices, providing wearers with timely information at a glance and letting them get things done with a simple touch or voice command.
Designed to be a truly personal device, available in two sizes and three stainless-steel case colors, with multiple strap material and color combinations.
The watch will be available in two sizes; 49mm and 45mm, and three colors; gold, silver and gunmetal. There’s an option of either a rubber, leather or stainless steel band. Any traditional watch strap will also work as long as it’s 22mm in size. There’s also a Swarovski crystal-studded leather strap.
The watch is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and comes with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. It carriers a water-resistant rating of IP67.
The larger model sports a 1.63-inch rectangular AMOLED display with a 320×320-pixel resolution, while the smaller models features a 1.45-inch rectangular AMOLED display with a resolution of 280×280.
The larger of the two models has a 400mAh battery (compared to 300mAh on the smaller model), which is said to get up to two days of use on a single charge.
The ZenWatch 2 features an all-new magnetic charger that is said to provide 35 percent faster battery recharge times than the original. It should take only 36 minutes to charge the watch from zero to 50 percent capacity.
ASUS ZenWatch 2 Specifications
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 1.2GHz
- Operating System: Android Wear
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Storage: 4GB eMMC Flash
- Display: AMOLED 1.63″ 320×320, 278ppi Touch Display
- Sensor: 6-Axis (A+G) with Sensor-hub
- Audio: Built-in microphone
- Battery: 400mAh
- Features: Cover Lens: 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla Glass 3, Water Resistance: IP67
- Communication: Bluetooth4.1+WiFi
- Dimensions: 49.6 x 40.7 x mm
