{"id":137196,"date":"2015-09-02T17:01:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T15:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=137196"},"modified":"2015-09-02T17:03:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T15:03:06","slug":"huawei-watch-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/137196-huawei-watch-unveiled.html","title":{"rendered":"Huawei Watch unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huawei has unveiled its\u00a0smartwatch – which it calls the Huawei Watch.<\/p>\n

Powered by Android Wear, the device will work on smartphones running either Android 4.3 or later, or\u00a0iOS 8.2 or later.<\/p>\n

The watch is 42mm in diameter, features a touch-sensitive AMOLED display, and is coated in scratch-proof sapphire crystal and a cold-forged stainless steel frame.<\/p>\n

Its crown is located at the two o\u2019clock position.<\/p>\n

Huawei\u2019s smart watch will come three colours: rose gold, stainless steel, and black.<\/p>\n

There is also a choice of straps – including stainless steel mesh, stainless steel links, rose gold and black-plated stainless steel links, and brown and black leather.<\/p>\n

Users can also fit any watch strap that has an 18mm-width lug.<\/p>\n

The watch features\u00a0a heart rate sensor and 6-axis motion sensor, which Huawei said can track walking, running, cycling, and mountain climbing.<\/p>\n

The Huawei Watch can also download music for offline playback via Bluetooth, and can link up to wireless headphones.<\/p>\n

Pre-orders for the watch are open in the US, where it will launch on 17 September.<\/p>\n

The basic steel watch with a leather strap will sell for $349, while a gold-plated model with a metallic band costs $799.<\/p>\n

South African availability and pricing will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

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Pre-orders have opened for Huawei\u2019s new smart watch – which is expected to make its way to South Africa in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":137200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[36,1982,29170],"class_list":["post-137196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-active","tag-huawei","tag-huawei-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137214,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137196\/revisions\/137214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}