With the meteoric rise of the IoT and wearables industry, smartphone brands have begun diversifying to this new and emerging market. So far, Apple has seen the greatest success while most of the Android counterparts have only just started entering the market. Now, Realme is also joining the wearables bandwagon as the CEO has officially confirmed that a smartwatch is currently in the making.
In an interview with Mashable India, Madhav Sheth, the CEO of Realme India, confirmed that the company is working on a smartwatch. Rather, a realme Watch which is expected to debut in the country very soon. The wearables from the company will arrive after Realme’s Fitness band is launched and may be revealed alongside the flagship smartphone, Realme X50 Pro 5G.
Unfortunately, the senior executive has only confirmed the existence of the smartwatch and did not divulge any finer details. So, it is unknown if the realme Watch will feature the Wear OS or support various third party applications and more. Although, the poster reveal of the timeline does suggest that the dial of the smartwatch will be in a circular format.
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Realme will launch various different products in the arriving months, with its fitness bands, Realme Buds Air Neo and even a Realme TV. With competition in the smartphone market growing more each passing day, OEMs now have to diversify in other industries as well to stay relevant by offering cross platform integration (something Apple popularized and made possible first).
For the pricing, it is still unknown but looking at the strategy Realme has been following so far, it can be expected to be competitively priced. The smartwatch will compete with other major brands like the Amazfit, Fitbit, Honor, Fossil, and even Apple. So stay tuned for more information regarding the upcoming Realme launches and its awaited realme Watch.
Update: the realme TV has been confirmed to launch sometime in Q2 of 2020, while certain other information regarding the company’s IoT product portfolio has also been divulged. The highly anticipated Realme Band will be launched on 5th March 2020 alongside the realme Watch, a pair of noise canceling earphones, smart speakers, soundbar and other consumer grade home appliances.
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