Just over a month ago that the Taiwanese company began marketing its first smart watch: The Asus ZenWatch W1500Q, which had submitted a few months earlier, in early September at the IFA electronics fair held in Germany. Weighs only 75 grams, spread over 50 grams for the body and 25 grams for the leather strap. Now one of its directors has unveiled some details on what the second generation model. The next ZenWatch will incorporate a battery that will give of themselves for up to seven days of use. Precisely the battery life is one of the key aspects that need improvement on smartphones, especially because consumers are accustomed to not having to worry about when to change the batteries in your conventional watches.
Asus engineers have improved the efficiency of the rechargeable battery designed the next model because they have adopted a simpler chipset, which consumes less than the current for a similar performance. In addition, software developers have also made house tune the performance of the device operating system. Thus, with a single charge, the battery lithium polymer forthcoming ZenWatch will provide a range of around one week, compared to only two days providing the current model. The manufacturer plans to begin launching the second generation Asus ZenWatch throughout the third quarter of 2015.
Advances next Asus ZenWatch not limited to battery life. It will also provide greater independence from smartphones, because it will allow voice calls without having connection with a mobile. Moreover, the Taiwanese brand also plans to introduce other smart devices bracelet, economically priced. Both will allow heartbeat monitor, measure the distance and record blood glucose levels, among other benefits related to health and well-being of the user. Anyway, the company has booked what the release date of these two smart bracelets.
The Asus ZenWatch W1500Q is currently available in the market at a retail price of around 230 euros. It has a AMOLED screen with a diagonal of 1.63 inches, which offers a resolution of 320 by 320 pixels, resulting in 278 dpi (dots per inch). It is a touch screen that allows access to all functions, and is protected by a glass sphere curved Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The operating system is Android Wear. It is made waterproof, and meets the standard of IP55. It incorporates a nine-axis sensor, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor at 1.2 GHz and 512 MB of RAM. The internal memory is 4 GB. It has a micro USB connector and Bluetooth version 4.0.
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