Mobvoi‘s ultra-popular Wear OS-powered smartwatch – the TicWatch Pro 3 LTE was first launched in December last year. The company has since then rolled out the watch in some markets including the UK. The company has now expanded the availability of the TicWatch Pro 3 LTE with roll out in France and Spain.

The smartwatch features SIM support since it is the LTE model. It is compatible with Orange’s LTE network in both countries. The TicWatch Pro 3 LTE can be purchased from Amazon France and Amazon Spain or via Mobvoi’s online store.  The watch originally starts at €359.99 but there is presently a price cut bringing down the final price to €305.99. The watch is already available in Germany at the same price while in the UK, it starts at £329.99.

As a reminder, the TicWatch Pro 3 LTE sports a 1.4-inch AMOLED display covered by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The frame is made from stainless steel and plastic. The smartwatch crams a Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100 platform paired with 1GB of RAM. There is 8GB of internal storage on the watch.

The TicWatch Pro 3 LTE comes with all the fitness tracking features you’ll find on a standard smartwatch such as heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, stress level, blood oxygen level, activities tracking, and others. The watch comes with IP68 water and dustproof rating and has GPS. The battery life is pretty impressive for a smartwatch as Mobvoi touts it to go up to 72 hours on a single charge while using the battery -saving Essential Mode extends the battery life to 45 days.

Apart from the LTE version, there is also a non-LTE version on sale at a lower price ($269.99) which you can get from TicWatch’s official Aliexpress store.

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The TicWatch Pro 3 was announced by Mobvoi last month as the first Snapdragon Wear 4100-powered smartwatch. The smartwatch was made available in a GPS (non-LTE) version only.  There are indications that Mobvoi is gearing up to introduce an LTE version pretty soon.

The LTE version of the TicWatch Pro 3, has been spotted on Google Play Console Device Catalog. The device appears under the codename ‘rover’ and seems to pack exactly the same specifications as the GPS version. However, there is the noted presence of eSIM functionality, making it compatible with specific cellular networks. We doubt if this compatibility will be for all cellular network without the need for a second contract.

The use of eSIM has been introduced in the past for smartwatches by a few manufacturers such as Huawei and Apple. The addition of a SIM slot seems to make the watches too heavy and bulky as the weight and height have to increase to accommodate the extra components. However, eSIM is definitely the future of wearables and that’s the route Mobvoi has chosen. In this case, there is no indication if including an LTE chip will mean missing out on GPS. We expect both to be available on the Ticwatch Pro 3.

As a reminder, the TicWatch Pro 3 adopts a similar design style as its predecessor. It has the rugged look for which Mobvoi’s smartwatches are known. In addition, the watch has a dimension of 45.1 x 45.1 x 12.6mm.

In terms of core configuration, TicWatch Pro 3 will use the Wear 4100 processor as stated earlier. The new Snapdragon Wear 4100 utilises a more efficient and smaller 12nm processor compared to 28nm used by its predecessor. Qualcomm says this makes for a “significantly faster new processor.”

It also brings 25% improvement in the battery life and there is equally a faster LPDDR3 memory. The processor features quad-core A53 processors clocked at 1.7GHz for 85% faster performance and the graphics is powered by the Adreno 504 GPU which is 2.5x faster. There is support for up to 16-megapixel cameras while a lower-power 4G LTE modem is also onboard.

The smartwatch has received several accolades for its reduced profile and improved responsiveness compared to almost every other Google-powered watch.

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