By Lily Prasuethsut and Peter Dreyer
Introduction and display
More and more smartwatches are cropping up every month, making it harder for new ones to stand out from the increasingly crowded space.
The Asus ZenWatch was a surprise when it was first announced, considering Asus wasn’t a company expected to enter the wearables world.
But it was promising from start. The first teased images of the ZenWatch were enough to intrigue the wariest wearable-fatigued fan (me), because of its surprisingly attractive design.
Once released, the price of $199 (£199, about AU$252) added to the appeal, though it hasn’t caused a huge stir in the wearables world, primarily because it lacks a wow factor that would make it memorable. It’s also only compatible with smartphones running Android 4.3 and up, which means iPhone users are out of luck.
Display
A sharp-edged, rectangular screen within a round-edged rectangular face is not going to win any plaudits from the high-end design community, but it’s functional.
The problem is more that, at 1.63 inches and 320 x 320 (278 ppi), the Corning Gorilla Glass 3 OLED screen can appear rather pixelated, if you look at it for more than a glance. It’s still a slightly higher density than the …read more
Source: techradar.com – Phones
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