Huawei refreshes Watch 2 series with 2018 variants

Huawei has announced new variants of its Watch 2 series, with new models sporting new colors and connectivity through a nano-sized SIM card.

The specifications are mostly the same compared to the Watch 2 released last year. Still sporting a 1.2-inch display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear chip, and Google’s own WearOS platform for smartwatches, the Huawei Watch 2 now sports new colors and the option of paying through Huawei Pay or Ali Pay with the built-in NFC chip.

The regular non-LTE watch will be offered in Carbon Black and Star Gray colors, while the nano-SIM and e-SIM variants will be offered in Vibrant Orange and Carbon black colors, respectively.

Huawei Watch 2 (2018) specs:

• 1.2-inch AMOLED display @ 390 x 390, 326ppi
• Corning Gorilla Glass
• 1.1GHz Quad-core Qualcomm MSM8909W Snapdragon 210
• 768 MB RAM
• 4 GB internal storage
• 4G LTE with voLTE support
• Nano-SIM / e-SIM
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth v4.1, LE
• GPS, GLONASS
• Heart Rate Sensor
• NFC
• IP68 Dust and Water resistance
• Android Wear OS
• 420 mAh battery
• 48.9 x 45 x 12.6 mm
• 57 g

Huawei’s new Watch 2 series of smartwatches will cost CNY1,538PHP 12,398USD 211INR 17,907EUR 201 (~Php12,620USD 215INR 18,231EUR 205CNY 1,566) for the non-LTE variant, while additional connectivity will take the retail prices higher to CNY1,988PHP 16,025USD 273INR 23,146EUR 260 (~Php16,315USD 278INR 23,569EUR 265CNY 2,025) and for the nano-SIM and e-SIM variants.

Source: Huawei V-Mall