Huawei’s offshoot Honor has announced a new color variant of the Watch GS 3. The Honor Watch GS 3 was first announced in January alongside the Magic V smartphone. The watch was initially offered in silver, gold, and a black variant with the gold and silver variant utilizing Nappa leather straps while the black variant has rubber straps.
The new Summer Orange color variant of the Watch GS 3 comes with rubber straps with a bright orange hue. The watch also gets a watch face with orange accents. Aside from the color option, the watch has the same features as the other variants.
As a reminder, the watch is manufactured using 316L low-carbon stainless steel with a 3D curved glass and a graduated bezel. The watch weighs 44g and has a thickness of 10.5mm. The Watch GS packs a 1.43-inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 466 x 466 pixels and a 326 ppi pixel density. Internally, the watch crams a 451 mAh battery that is said to bring up to 14 days of battery life on typical usage but when the GPS is turned on, it can last for 30 hours. The watch comes with fast charging as a 5-minute charge can serve a day’s usage.
The watch comes with an 8-channel PPG module that brings up to 97% minimum accuracy for heart rate tracking. The watch also has support for 24/7 blood oxygen tracking as well as sleep monitoring with over 200 suggestions to improve your sleep.
You also get a dual-frequency positioning supporting the five major satellite constellations of GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou, and NAVIC. Users can also avail themselves of the over 100 sports modes onboard, 10 of which are categorized as professional sports modes. It runs on LiteOS and is powered by an Apollo4 chipset with 4GB of storage onboard. There is support for AliPay in China, thanks to the NFC chip on board and some pre-installed apps. The watch comes with 5ATM water resistance.
The Honor Watch GS 3 Summer Orange color variant carries a price tag of 1299 yuan (~$195). The smartwatch is presently up for reservation in China.
RELATED:
- Honor 60 SE 5G smartphone goes on sale in China for a starting price of 2,199 yuan ($347)
- Realme C35 reaches Malaysia at a lower price
- realme X7 Pro 5G users can now apply for realme UI 3.0 early access
- Realme 9 Pro Plus to arrive in a Free Fire Special Edition
