All posts tagged: Smartwatches

Top Offers on Apple, Samsung, Amazfit, and OnePlus Smartwatches During Amazon Great Indian Festival

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Amazon Great Indian Festival sale is live in India, and it brings lucrative deals on a wide range of products across categories such as smartphones, wearables, tablets, laptops, TVs, home appliances, and more. Thus, customers who wish to upgrade their existing gadgets can take advantage of multiple offers and get their desired products at considerably lower prices. We have compiled a list of top premium headphones you can buy during the Amazon Great Indian sale. However, if buying a new smartwatch is on your mind, then the sale comes at a perfect time, with bundling discounts, bank benefits, and other top options from brands. We have curated a comprehensive list of the top offers on Apple, Samsung, Amazfit and OnePlus smartwatches during the Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024. Apple Watch Series 10, which is the Cupertino-based tech giant’s newest smartwatch, is already available with a discount. Meanwhile, Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 LTE is being offered for as low as Rs. 8,099, making it one of the most affordable LTE smartwatches in the market right now. …

The Apple Watch made smartwatches the wearable of choice

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Ten years ago, after announcing the iPhone 6, Tim Cook had one more thing to show the world. Cue the first-ever sizzle reel for the Apple Watch. It’s funny watching that video today, especially when you zero in on the features Apple claimed would revolutionize the smartwatch category. There was the Digital Crown — a so-called breakthrough in input technology that would let you scroll and zoom on what was essentially a mini wrist computer. It had a Taptic Engine that would discreetly buzz when a text or notification came in. Glances were supposed to be digestible tidbits of information, a sort of status update for your apps. Also, remember Digital Touch? That weird feature where you press two fingers on the screen and send a friend an animation of your heartbeat?  Let’s not forget the 18K gold, $10,000 Apple Watch Edition. Fast forward a decade, and the sizzle reels for the Apple Watch are completely different. Now, they’re full of people sharing stories about how the Apple Watch saved their lives. Year after year, …

Boat Smartwatches in India Get Tap and Pay Functionality in Collaboration With Mastercard

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Boat smartwatch users will now be able to use tap and pay functionality at eligible point-of-sale (POS) terminals in India, following an announcement made at the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2024 on Friday (August 30). For this move, the Indian smart wearable brand is partnering with Mastercard, enabling payment services on credit and debit cards from supported banks. This functionality can be accessed via boAt’s official application, secured by Mastercard’s tokenisation capabilities. Tap and Pay on Boat Smartwatches In a press release, Boat announced that its payment-enabled smartwatches can be used to carry out payments via tap and pay method at POS terminals. For transactions up to Rs. 5,000, no PIN will be required. Security will be maintained courtesy of cryptograms which power Mastercard’s device tokenisation capability. Powering payments through wearable devices for Indian consumers, we’re thrilled to collaborate with @RockWithboAt to bring quick, secure tap & pay capabilities to boAt smartwatches. Backed by Mastercard device tokenization, this cost-effective solution will contribute towards the… pic.twitter.com/AYilfQlzKN — Mastercard India (@mastercardindia) August 29, 2024 At launch, Sameer …

Samsung Hints at Introducing ‘New Premium Models’ of Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Ring Launch Tipped Too

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Samsung recently said it is looking to expand its wearable ecosystem this year and dropped a big hint that it might introduce new premium models of smartwatches. The company published its Q1 2024 (Jan-March) earnings on Tuesday and also shared its plans for the next quarter and the rest of the year. For its Mobile eXperience (MX) Business, it could launch new models of the Galaxy Watch and even the Galaxy Ring this year. The South Korean tech giant is also planning to integrate Galaxy AI with new and existing flagship devices. In a newsroom post, Samsung revealed its quarterly revenue, posting a significant growth quarter-on-quarter on the back of strong sales of flagship Galaxy S24 smartphones. The tech giant reported its operating profits for the quarter to be KRW 6.61 trillion (roughly Rs. 37 thousand crores). It also attributed the increased profits to the higher earnings posted by the MX Business. Apart from its revenue numbers, the company also mentioned its plans for the next quarter as well as for the rest of the …

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on Smartwatches Under Rs. 20,000

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Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 has started in India where the e-commerce platform is offering a wide range of items at lowered prices. The sale, coinciding with Flipkart’s Big Saving Days sale, started on May 2 and will last till May 7. We have already talked about some of the best deals you can get on smart TVs, laptops, monitors, smartphones and more. Following, we bring you a list of smartwatches under Rs. 20,000 which you can buy during the sale at considerably lower prices than their usual prices. Some customers can get the listed products at a lower price than the sale price if they are eligible for additional benefits that Amazon is offering. Some of those benefits include cashback on some payment methods, exchange on certain items and bank offers on select bank cards. Some buyers, to ensure ease of payment, can also choose no-cost EMI options listed on the respective Amazon product pages.  You can also check out the list of budget smartwatches you can grab in this sale here. Best smartwatch …

Amazon Mega Electronics Days Sale Brings Discounts on Laptops, Headphones, Smartwatches and More

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Amazon Mega Electronics Days Sale is now live on the e-commerce platform and customers can avail of massive discounts on several electronics products. During the ongoing sale, buyers can avail of discounts of up to 80 percent on several products. Meanwhile, if you have an SBI credit card, ICICI Bank credit card HDFC credit or debit card, and J&K Bank credit or debit card, you can also avail of additional discounts to further lower the prices of electronics products during the ongoing sale. Amazon Mega Electronics Days Sale timeline, discounts The ongoing Amazon Mega Electronics Days Sale will end on April 18, according to the e-commerce platform. During the sale, customers can avail of discounts on laptops, headphones, tablets, smartwatches, cameras, and other products that are on sale at lowered prices. It is advisable to compare the regular price of products that are discounted with their sale price, in order to identify the best deal for the product you are looking for during the sale. Several bank offers can help you lower the cost of your …

Apple Worked on Support for Apple Watch on Android Smartphones for Three Years: Report

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Apple spent a few years attempting to bring support for its Apple Watch to Android smartphone, the company reportedly stated in its response to the US Department of Justice (DoJ) lawsuit filed against the firm on Wednesday. Previous reports shed some light on the company’s efforts to introduce support for its smartwatches on phones running on Google’s smartphone operating system, but this is the first confirmation from Apple that the company previously wanted to launch an Apple Watch that worked with Android phones. The company’s response (via 9to5Mac) to the US DoJ lawsuit states that the company considered supporting the Apple Watch on Android handsets. Owing to technical limitations discovered over a three-year period, the company reportedly decided to drop its plans to expand support for its smartwatches beyond the iPhone. The 88-page US DoJ lawsuit accuses Apple of violating US antitrust laws (federal and state) including allegedly reducing the quality of cross platform messaging (iMessage exclusivity), diminishing functionality of non-Apple smartwatches (limiting Apple Watch to iPhone), supressing cloud streaming for games on iOS, and …

The six best Android smartwatches in 2024

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Editor’s note: Fossil confirmed to us that it is leaving the smartwatch business. As a result, we’ve removed its Gen 6 smartwatch from this list as we evaluate other options. After a long stretch of slim pickings, the last couple of years have been huge for Android smartwatches. Now there are more good options than ever. But this is still a transitional era. While we’re encouraged by the stronger third-party app options, the market is still fragmented. Wear OS 4 is already here for Samsung’s Galaxy Watches and both versions of the Pixel Watch — and now, the OnePlus Watch 2. However, the larger ecosystem is still catching up. Some features, like Google Assistant, are not yet available on certain Wear OS 3 smartwatches. It may come via an update sometime in the future, but it’s been a long wait thus far.  What we’re looking for Processor Android smartwatches have long been foiled by outdated processors. Is the chip under the hood powerful enough to run Wear OS / proprietary RTOS smoothly? Ecosystem Does a …

Oppo Watch X With Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 SoC, 1.43-Inch AMOLED Display Launched: Price, Specifications

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Oppo Watch X was launched in Malaysia on Thursday. The smartwatch appears to be the rebranded OnePlus Watch 2, which was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 on February 26. The latest wearable features a 1.43-inch AMOLED display and is powered by the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 chipset. It is claimed to offer a battery life of up to 48 hours for heavy use in Smart Mode, up to 100 hours for standard use in Smart Mode, and up to 12 days in Power Saving Mode. Oppo Watch X price, availability The Oppo Watch X is available in Mars Brown and Platinum Black colour options. The price tag of the smartwatch is set at MYR 1,399 (roughly Rs. 24,500) for the single Bluetooth variant. It is listed for sale on the official Oppo website. So far, it has only launched in Malaysia, and it is unclear if it’ll be available in other markets. Earlier, reports pointed towards a possible China launch in March. Oppo Watch X specifications Oppo’s latest smartwatch features a 1.43-inch …

Xiaomi Watch 2 Key Specifications, Design Revealed via Retail Listings Ahead of Debut

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Xiaomi Watch 2 has reportedly been spotted at several European retailers, while the smartwatch is yet to be officially announced by the company. The Chinese brand launched the Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro in September 2023, and now a cheaper model can join the lineup soon, as per the report. The potentially upcoming smartwatch is expected to run on Google’s Wear OS and could be available in black and silver colour options. Currently, the company has not shared any details about the Xiaomi Watch 2. According to a report by WinFuture (in German), the Xiaomi Watch 2 has made an appearance at multiple offline retailers. This also reveals some of the key specifications of the smartwatch. Another report by GSMArena goes into greater depth and highlights that the wearable device was spotted being sold in Belgium for EUR 200 (roughly Rs. 17,900) and in Slovakia for EUR 250 (roughly Rs. 22,300), in multiple stores. In comparison, the Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro was launched at the price of EUR 269 (Roughly Rs. 24,000) for the Bluetooth variant …