During this year’s IFA show in Berlin, we’ve seen Samsung, LG, Sony and Asus unveiling their smart watches. Huawei on its end came up with few premium devices, rocking metal-clad bodies and sapphire glass screens (special version of the Ascend P7).
It is said that the Chinese firm will be joining the smart watch market next year. At the moment, they offer a fancy lookin’ smartband that doubles as a Bluetooth headset, but that apparently is not enough. If Asus can do it, so can Huawei.
Engadget managed to corner the company’s CEO Richard Yu who said they are indeed prepping another wearable that will run Android Wear and launch at some point next year. We would have to bet Huawei will use the world attention at CES in Las Vegas or Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to show us their Ascend Watch, or however it ends up being known.
If we can take Huawei’s recent products for anything, they don’t want to launch a super-affordable watch, but the one that people will rave about. We expect it to rock a metal (water-proof) body and fancy design, though you never know — perhaps they end-up with few different models, each catered towards different kind of customer.
Meanwhile, Apple will likely launch its iWatch and arguably make an impact in the entire sector, potentially influencing Huawei’s design decisions. We’ll see how that goes…