Smart watches have been on the market for a long time but their popularity has not just taken off, a very different situation from that experienced with smartphones that sparked a real fever on arrival in stores. This is most likely due to the fact that they have not yet reached maturity and the lack of characteristics that really provide a benefit to their owners.

The Taiwanese Asus is targeting the smartwatch market by presenting its own device that we already anticipated has characteristics very similar to the rest of the market options. Will Asus achieve greater success than that achieved by its rivals? Only time will give us the answer.

Asus Zenwatch

The Asus Zenwatch presents a fairly conservative design with a 1.6-inch square AMOLED screen and a resolution of 320 x 320 pixels, resulting in a density of 278 ppi, more than correct figures in this regard. The screen is covered with the Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protective glass to provide greater resistance.

Regarding the strap, it comes with a unit made of high quality Italian leather available in three colors, it has a standard size of 22 mm so the smartwatch will be compatible with most of the straps used in watchmaking in case you want to replace it. Asus has opted for a closure system that is common in classic watches so there is no mystery when putting the device on our wrist. The set has a weight of 75 grams.

specs

Focusing on its specifications we find a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 quad-core Cortex A7 processor at a frequency of 1.2 GHz and the Adreno 305 GPU, a chip that will have no problem moving the Android Wear operating system along with 512 MB of RAM. Regarding storage capacity, it is 4 GB.

Of course it has Bluetooth technology, specifically Bluetooth 4.0, with which it is synchronized with the smartphone. A vital function to exploit all the possibilities of Zenwatch since, like most smartwatches, it does not have its own connectivity to the mobile network.

Its specifications are completed with a set of sensors intended to monitor physical activity such as the accelerometer, gyroscope and compass, an integrated microphone and a heart rate sensor that does not integrate in the back of the body, instead it is located on the front of the device and to use it, place two fingers on the screen frames.

ASUS ZENWATCH
Dimensions and weight	51mm x 39.9mm x 7.9-9.4mm; 75 grams
Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 1.2GHz
Memory	512 MB
Storage	4GB
screen	AMOLED, 1.63 inches.
Resolution	320 x 320 pixels, 278 ppi
Connectivity	Bluetooth 4.0
Sensors	Accelerometer, compass, gyroscope, heart rate
Connection	Micro USB with proprietary adapter
Battery	360 mAh
Durability	IP55 waterproof
Compatibility	Android 4.3 or higher
Price	229 euros

Features

Among the functions of Zenwatch we find the usual ones in this type of device such as showing the smartphone notifications, unlocking the smartphone screen, locating our smartphone, silencing its notifications or an interesting Remote Camera function that allows the image captured by the Zenwatch to be displayed. rear camera of our smartphone to take high quality selfies.

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To the above we must add its functionalities related to physical activity and health that we have already mentioned above, among them we find a pedometer to count our steps, the kilocalories consumption during the practice of physical exercise and the heart rate sensor that as we have commented differs from that implemented in its rivals in the market, surely in an attempt to make Zenwatch a cheaper device

Availability and price

The Asus Zenwatch is not a device that stands out in its characteristics or functions above its rivals in the market, however Asus has designed it with the aim of offering a product with excellent features but with a fairly contained price, the same strategy that the Taiwanese manufacturer is following with its ZenFone Smartphones. With this premise we can find the Asus Zenwatch for sale for an approximate price of 229 euros.

For more information you can consult the Asus website