The smartwatch market is seeing a lot of new entries in the past couple of years, but still, the segment is far from perfect. Most cheap smartwatches come with displays are barely visible under sunlight or are grainy and pixelated. The Cubot F1 tries something different by bringing basic smartwatch features on a sub $70 device with a display that is visible even under sunlight.

The watch features a simple LCD screen. In order to save on battery, the watch features a digital screen protected by mineral glass in order to ensure sufficient viewability under bright sunlight. There’s a backlight that ensures that you can see what’s on the screen even at night. It may not be a great solution, like the transflective Xiaomi Amazfit Pace smartwatch display, but for $60, it gets the job done.

The body is made out of metal and so is the strap buckle. The strap itself is made out rubber and feels good on the wrist. If you are used to touchscreen displays, then it might take a while getting used to the five button layout of the Cubot F1. As the display isn’t touch screen, everything is controlled by these five buttons, including display backlight, power on/ off, changing interfaces, and navigating through the interface.

The Cubot F1 comes with a lot of features on board and unsurprisingly, most are related to sports activity tracking. The watch features a heart rate sensor, pedometer, countdown timer, stopwatch, and even music controls. To be honest, these features have become standard among smartwatches these days, but for a watch that costs just around $60 and stays always on, its pretty good.

You can check out more hands-on pictures of the Cubot F1 from below.

More Cubot F1 smart watch details here: https://www.cubot.net/wearables/f1/

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Cubot has started a new activity for the new devices that it is selling in the second half of this year. The details of the activity are also available on the official site of Cubot. Participating in the new activity will allow users to win coupons that can be redeemed on Cubot products, some memorable gifts from the company as well as a chance to avail any of the new device for free.

The new activity is quite simple as it requires users to simply share Cubot’s new products such as Cubot King Kong, Cubot H3, Cubot X18 Plus and Cubot F1. Users can visit the official site to participate in the activity.

As mentioned above, by promoting the Cubot products on social platforms like Facebook, Twitter or Google+, fans get any of the following prizes:

1. Coupons that can used for availing discounts on Cubot products
2. Exciting commemorative gifts from Cubot
3. Chance to win any of the aforementioned Cubot devices for free.

Once the activity is shared on social sites, Cubot fans can scroll down to the bottom of the activity page on the official site and enter their email address along with all the links of the posts of the activity that they have shared on different social sites. Participants should be aware of the fact that the activity will be expiring on Sept. 10.

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Here is a quick glance at the features of some of the Cubot products from the new activity:

Cubot King Kong

As the name goes, the Cubot Kingkong is a rugged smartphone built for using in extreme weather conditions as it has a IP68 certified body. Its 5-inch IPS HD display is protected by a scratch hard glass and it is packed with a 4,400mAh battery. It also features a dual rear camera system.

Cubot H3

Cubot H3 comes with a 5-inch HD screen and is powered by MediaTek MT6737 chipset and 3 GB of RAM. It is packed with a massive battery of 6,000mAh capacity. Its rear camera is of 13-megapixel and it has a 5-megapixel selfie snapper.

Cubot X18 Plus

Packed in a metal body, the Cubot X18 Pius has a 5.7-inch IPS HD display that supports 720 x 1,440 pixels that offers 83 percent screen-to-body ratio. It is powered by MediaTek MT6750T chipset and 4 GB of RAM. The rear side features a 20-megapixel + 5-megapixel dual cameras and the frontside also fitted with the same set of dual cameras.

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