Huawei unveiled the Huawei Watch Elegant and Jewel back at CES 2016. Retaining the same hardware specifications as the original Huawei Watch, the two new watches are clearly geared at women thanks to a number of more feminine touches. Listed as “coming soon” to the U.S. Google Store since early April, it has finally gone on sale in the U.S. through a number of national retailers.
The Huawei Watch Elegant and Jewel both come with a rose gold-plated finish, smaller 10mm wristbands and 10 “exclusive feminine” watch faces. The former adds a knurled pattern effect and the latter decorative crystals around the dial.
Huawei Watch Elegant and Jewel specifications:
- Processor: 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
- Operating system: Google Android Wear 1.3
- Cellular connectivity: None
- Other connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1
- Display: 1.4-inch full circle (400×400/286PPI) AMOLED with sapphire crystal
- RAM: 512MB
- Internal storage: 4GB
- External storage: None
- Sensors: Gyroscope and accelerometer, PPG (heart monitor), barometer, vibration motor
- Battery: 300mAh
- Dimensions: 44 × 44 × 11.3 millimeters
- Colours: Rose gold
Best Buy is so far only carrying the Elegant model, selling it for US$449.99. Newegg is offering both the Elegant and Jewel for US$449.99 and US$549.99 respectively. B&H is also offering both but for U$499.99 and US$599.99 respectively, albeit also throwing in a US$50 gift card. The latter two look to start shipments on Tuesday, May 3rd.
It remains to be seen when both models will go on sale on the Google Store but it should not be much longer now.