What does
the first circular smartwatch from Pebble have to offer?
Pebble, the company behind e-paper display featuring affordable smartwatches, has just unveiled the Pebble Time Round as
its first circular smartwatch.
We've been waiting for
the first circular smartwatch from Samsung for quite some time now.
Moreover, this will be the company's
first circular smartwatch.
Not exact matches
The original ASUS ZenWatch was announced in September 2014 at IFA, and since then the company has released two additional
smartwatches in the series, specifically the ASUS ZenWatch 2 in 2015, and the more recent ASUS ZenWatch 3 which became the
first model in the lineup to accommodate a
circular display.
As the
first smartwatch in the Huawei Consumer BG wearables family, HUAWEI WATCH features a 1.4 inch AMOLED, scratch - proof and water - proof, fully
circular design at 42 mm diameter, making it timeless and smart within.
It was one of the
first smartwatches to feature a
circular display without a «flat tire» underneath (a la Moto 360), and the fairly high screen - to - bezel ratio made for a relatively small watch.
In fact, Motorola's enterprising
circular screen is so attractive it instantly became the antithesis of the «
smartwatches look like a miniaturized cell phone worn on your wrist» argument when Google
first announced Android Wear in March.
This is the firm's
first attempt at making a
smartwatch with a fully -
circular display, but you'd be fooled in thinking that they had been doing this for years.
LG unveiled its G Watch R
smartwatch as the
first circular display featuring Android Wear
smartwatch in late August.
The LG Watch Urbane follows closely in the footsteps of the LG Watch R, the
first smartwatch with a full
circular Plastic OLED (P - OLED) display, which LG launched in October 2014.
The image in the tweet, which you can see above, shows a
circular heart - rate graphic as well as a
circular symbol on a woman's arm, indicating Samsung has developed a Exynos - powered round Samsung
smartwatch for the
first time.
The company, one of the
first to launch a
smartwatch with a
circular touchscreen, has confirmed that not only has it scrapped any 2016 plans for a new connected timepiece, neither does it intend to release one alongside the upcoming new version of Android Wear.
Moto 360 followed Samsung Gear Live and LG G Watch to become the third Android Wear - based
smartwatch out on the market and a
first one to sport a
circular display.
While the
first smartwatches featured a rectangular screen, newer
smartwatches include a
circular display, and this tred seems to be here to stay, as some of the better - looking watches are round.
The original 2014 edition of the Moto 360 was the most popular of the
first Android Wear
smartwatches thanks to its
circular design and low price.
The Pebble Time Round is the company's
first smartwatch with a
circular face.
Unfortunately, the Moto 360, the industry's
first circular Android Wear
smartwatch, will be available later this summer, likely around the release of the Moto X +1.
For the spec - hungry among you, TAG Heuer's
first attempt at a
smartwatch features a sapphire crystal - coated 1.5 - inch
circular touchscreen display, boasting a resolution of 360 × 360.
As we reported earlier, the G Watch R is the company's
first round
smartwatch with a
circular P - OLED display.
Pebble's
first circular dial
smartwatch, the Pebble Time Round, is now available for $ 249.99.