Back at March 18, 2014 Motorola announced Moto 360. The most anticipated Smart phone that was delayed lot to come to market. Moto 360 has changed the face of Smart Watch industry with its intrusive design of all time.
Design
Samsung was the first player in the Smart Watch market but
much of its product didn’t work out very with it shabby design with a square
screen. When Motorola designed it Smart watch they went back into few decades when
round watches came became trendy and even it persist now. Most of the major
watch maker still makes a ton of classy round watches. Android wear is made for
square faces so the as the initial players Samsung opted square screens for their
smart watches but it didn’t look great. Motorola bought Moto 360 as the first
round Smart Watch in the market. Motorola scarified many to go for round screen
but even before Moto 360 was out in market, people where in love with it.
Moto 360 has a stainless steel body which substituted cheap plastic,
making it more premiums. With the stainless steel the watch weighted 49g,
lighter than Samsung Gear Live (59g) and LG G watch (64g). Moto 360 is very
light than other smart watches out there. The initial watch’s straps made
available are made of high quality leather in black and gray, the metal straps
will be arriving to the watch later with a slighter higher price. It has a
small button on the right side, enables to put the display to sleep/awake and
brings to setting on a long press.
Display
The Moto 360 has a 1.56 inch IPS display with 320x290 resolutions
which is not a great screen but does its job. The interesting feature is that
the screen is round with very small bezel around it. Motorola optimized the
Android Wear for square display to fit in it round display. But it didn’t work
as they expected. Many text or picture brought to the watch was cut out so as
to fit in the screen. The screen isn’t so sharp nor bright which made it tough
to use under direct sunlight.
Chipset and Memory
Texas Instrument OMAP 3 is the chip in Moto 360, isn’t a
great chipset in market but it does works well for this watch. It had a 4GB on
board storage and 512 RAM that can run the device decently.
OS
Moto 320 is powered by Android Wear, a platform from Android
specifically for wearable device. The OS is made to run in very low
configuration and consume very less power, since both can’t be afforded in a
wearable device. The OS running on Moto 360 is the version one of Android Wear
which has lot of faults to be cleared. When Google introduced Android to smart
phone is was not prefect until Android Jellybean which took almost 5 year for
the makeover. Android Wear is already 50 percent ready for the product but
still 50 percent perfection should be brought to it. Many problems currently
faced by the Smart Phone are because the unfinished platform Android Wear.
Apps
Moto 360 is made to resemble a normal watch but running
Android Wear, thus it lacks so many features. The fitness app is buggy and the
heart rate monitoring sensor detects the heart rate perfectly. The notification
appears more than once which is annoying. The Google cards and many are cut out
to fit the display that makes data at a glance in watch difficult. Few apps are available in the Google play store too.
Battery
The Moto 360 carries a 320mAh battery which can roughly last
12hrs with out of the box settings. The battery issue has been a big problem
for Moto 360 so Motorola planned for a update to fix it. The recent firmware
update did a good job, which made the Moto 360 last for 20hrs from full charge.
The update turned off ambient mode which the battery drops to less than 15
percent. The LG G Watch had a bigger battery of 400mAh battery that can last a
full day without charging. The Pebble watch could last for days without
charging which make it so special. The update also bought Mood light feature
into the watch which set the display brightness according to the lighting
around you.
Moto 360 comes with a beautiful Qi wireless charging dock. Simply
put your Moto 360 into the dock to charge and the display changes to a small
clock face with a blue ring around it showing the charging progress. Makes it a
beautiful clock near your bed but it’s not a good alarm clock as it doesn’t have
speaker in it, instead it vibrates.
Moto 360 is pretty watch to wear but it doesn’t have great
features. As Android Wear gets updated the watch will performance well and overcome
all the current issues.
| Available model | Light Stainless steel case + gray Horween leather band Dark Stainless steel case + black Horween leather band Light Stainless steel case + Stone Horween leather band |
| Compatability | Smartphone running Android 4.3 or higher |
| OS | Android Wear |
| Display | 1.56 inch 320x290 206ppi Backlit LCD Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Dimension | 46mm diameter by 11.5mm high |
| Weigth | 49g |
| Battery | 320mAh Wireless charging with charging dock included |
| Processor | TI OMAP 3 |
| Memory | 4GB internal storage 512 RAM |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth 4.0 low energy |
| Sensors | Pedometer Optical heart rate monitor(PPG) On-body detection |
| Water Resistance | IP67 |
| Other | Single physical button Vibration motor Dual mictophones |
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