El Motorola Moto 360 it is one of the most anticipated devices of the year. Since the company now owned by Lenovo showed the first images of its smartwatch, the expectation has only grown, reaching its peak at Google I / O, where it was announced that will arrive throughout this summer. Motorola has managed to attract everyone's attention with a design with classic tints on its watch, moving away from the rest of the Samsung or LG proposals. That is the premise of Withings Activity, a wearable capable of recording our physical activity, with a really attractive design and an autonomy of one year.
Motorola has done what people have been crying out for since the first smartwatches began to appear, to create a smartwatch that looks like just that: a watch. Until now, most have opted for a design with a square screen and away from classic watches, Only the Moto 360 seems to go in this line and due to the repercussion and the good reviews it is receiving, it may be that from now on, the trend is this.
Withings has gone for a similar idea with its latest device: the Withings Activité. It is a wearable with the capacity to record physical activity but looks very similar to a conventional watch. The French company has been in the sector for a long time and have developed applications and various devices oriented precisely to sport and health.
Design and materials
As we said, design is one of the fundamental points for the success of wearable and Withings has tried to maintain the classic lines of the watches. Round touch screen with sapphire crystal and leather straps. As they themselves indicate, it is about the union of a watch with an activity tracker. The watch itself uses systems made in switzerland. Available in two colors, black and brown. One note, needles are the key to this device.
Features
The part of the fitness tracker offers multiple features in the style of other devices. It allows us to measure the steps we take, the distance we have traveled, controls the user's sleep, shows the calories we consume during any activity or throughout a day, and so on. All visualized through an analog needle tool. The rest of the information is consulted through its smartphone app. It carries out a record to keep a history of our outings to act as a complement when preparing a training plan or setting a goal.
Es water resistant to a depth of 50 meters and a key aspect is the battery. It does not have a battery like the rest of smartwatches or smartphones, but uses a button cell like conventional watches, offering a autonomy of up to one year. Its price is one of the main obstacles, 390 dollars.
Source: Withings
Vía: BGR