Android By Russell Holly Aug. 18, 2014 9:30 am
While Android Wear has been available to the public through the LG G Watch and the Samsung Gear live for a little while now, the device that everyone has their eye on in the smartwatch category is from Motorola. The Moto 360 is expected to receive an official launch alongside some of Motorola’s other Fall offerings in just a couple of weeks, but over the weekend Best Buy accidentally let all of the details slip.
The Best Buy mobile site for the Moto 360 appeared over the weekend, and while we already knew a lot about this watch there were clearly some surprises left. Motorola’s round Android Wear device has enjoyed a long hype campaign where the company focused on the build materials, explaining time and again that the goal was to make this feel like a quality piece of hardware.
It’s somewhat surprising, after all of that hype about the materials, to discover that the watch is expected to retail for only $250. While the Moto 360 will still be the most expensive Android Wear device, it will only cost $20 more than the LG G Watch.
Most of the other details were already suspected and are now confirmed. The parts of the watch that touch your wrist will be plastic, because they also connect to the wireless charger. The watch is expected to be the only Android Wear device with an ambient light sensor, which hopefully means no more adjusting the brightness manually. Curiously, Best Buy lists 802.11 N wireless capabilities. If this turns out to be accurate, it’ll be the only Android Wear device with WiFi onboard. Since this feature is never mentioned in any of the promotional features on the page, it’s possibly just a mistake in the listing.
While Android Wear as a platform still has a little bit of growing to do in order to be considered fully baked, the Moto 360 seems like the perfect combination of price and design to help encourage users to make the jump and start using the platform. Based on this Best Buy leak, which has since been completely pulled, it looks like Motorola will be ready to sell these immediately after the official announcement on September 4th.
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The Best Buy mobile site for the Moto 360 appeared over the weekend, and while we already knew a lot about this watch there were clearly some surprises left. Motorola’s round Android Wear device has enjoyed a long hype campaign where the company focused on the build materials, explaining time and again that the goal was to make this feel like a quality piece of hardware.
It’s somewhat surprising, after all of that hype about the materials, to discover that the watch is expected to retail for only $250. While the Moto 360 will still be the most expensive Android Wear device, it will only cost $20 more than the LG G Watch.
Most of the other details were already suspected and are now confirmed. The parts of the watch that touch your wrist will be plastic, because they also connect to the wireless charger. The watch is expected to be the only Android Wear device with an ambient light sensor, which hopefully means no more adjusting the brightness manually. Curiously, Best Buy lists 802.11 N wireless capabilities. If this turns out to be accurate, it’ll be the only Android Wear device with WiFi onboard. Since this feature is never mentioned in any of the promotional features on the page, it’s possibly just a mistake in the listing.
While Android Wear as a platform still has a little bit of growing to do in order to be considered fully baked, the Moto 360 seems like the perfect combination of price and design to help encourage users to make the jump and start using the platform. Based on this Best Buy leak, which has since been completely pulled, it looks like Motorola will be ready to sell these immediately after the official announcement on September 4th.
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