HUAWEI at its event announced the WATCH 3 and WATCH 3 Pro, the company’s latest smartwatches running HarmonyOS 2.0, as expected. These feature a 1.43-inch AMOLED curved high-response touch-sensitive screen, side button and fully rotatable crown, offset for easy access. You can rotate the crown for easy scrolling through on-display features and volume settings. It comes with 30 cool pre-installed faces, including animated faces and 1,000+ designs available on HUAWEI Watch Face Store. You can create your own animated Watch faces using 5-10 sec short videos.
It has support for eSIM technology to make calls or receive calls since it has built-in microphone and a speaker, has built-in 4G for streaming music, has built-in 16GB storage to store music, and download apps from the HUAWEI AppGallery. With a few simple hand gestures, you can pick up or mute an incoming calls. It has 100+ workout modes — 19 pro modes, for indoor and outdoor sports, and 85 custom modes, with automatic exercise detection for the 6 most common types of workout.
Other features include Remote Shutter feature, Skin Temperature Detector, TruSeen 4.5 heart rate monitoring technology with a 6-in-1 LED and 4 photodiodes for more light intake and SpO2 monitoring. Any fall causes HUAWEI WATCH 3 to immediately switch to emergency mode9 and alert your designated contact. Both these have 5ATM water resistant rating.
HUAWEI WATCH 3 and WATCH 3 Pro specifications
- 1.43-inch (466 x 466 pixels) AMOLED display with 326 PPI
- Hi6262 processor
- 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage
- HarmonyOS 2.0, Compatible with Android 6.0 or later, iOS 9.0 or later
- Up and Down buttons with Rotatable Crown
- Sensors: Accelerometer sensor, Gyro sensor, Geomagnetic sensor, Optical heart rate sensor, Ambient light sensor, Barometric pressure sensor, Temperature Sensor
- Microphone and Speaker
- Water and Dust resistant (5ATM)
- 100+ workout modes with automatic exercise detection for the 6 most common types of workout, Sleep tracking, Heart rate tracking, SpO2 tracking, Skin temperature measurement
- Watch 3 Dimensions: 46.2 x 46.2 x 12.15 mm; Weight: 54 g (strap excluded)
- Watch 3 Pro Dimensions: 48 x 49.6x 14 mm; Weight: 63g (strap excluded)
- 4G LTE data (via eSIM), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS (L1 + L5 only in Pro) +GLONASS + Galileo + Beidou, NFC
- WATCH 3: 450mAh battery offers 3 days of typical use in smart mode, and 14 days use in ultra-long battery life mode.
- WATCH 3 Pro: 790mAh battery offers 5 days of typical use in smart mode, and 21 days use in ultra-long battery life mode.
The HUAWEI WATCH 3 with a 316 Stainless Steel and Ceramic back starts at 2599 yuan (US$ 507 / Rs. 29,705 approx.) for the Active Edition with a silicone strap and the Classic Edition with a silicone strap. The Classic Edition with a leather strap costs 2799 yuan (US$ 438 / Rs. 32,010 approx.) the and Elite Edition with a Metal strap costs 3099 yuan (US$ 516 / Rs. 37,710 approx.).
The HUAWEI WATCH 3 Pro with a Titanium and Ceramic back comes in Classic Edition with Leather strap priced at 3299 yuan (US$ 516 / Rs. 37,710 approx.) and also comes in Elite Edition with a Metal strap at 3999 yuan (US$ 626/ Rs. 45,735 approx.). It will also sell straps in different colours separately. These will be available to order from today and will go on sale in China from June 11th.