Moto 360 2015, Now In India

A fairly big upgrade to it’s predecessor, the Moto 360 (Gen 2) proves that Motorola’s serious about Wearables.

Motorola has launched their new Moto 360 (second generation) Collection in India, and it starts from an extremely affordably INR 20,000!

The new Moto 360 shows some design refinements — first the material’s changed — Motorola’s used materials like horween leather and aircraft-grade 316L stainless steel. Design wise the biggest change is that of the crown moving to the 2 o’clock position from the standard 3 o’clock position.

And… Motorola’s even created a collection aimed at fitness enthusiasts, just to round up as much interest as it can for this new version.

Taking further inspiration from the traditional watch world, Moto 360’s case design now features lugs specifically tailored for men and women, and polished bezels in new styles.

Motorola will introduce five variants of Moto 360 in India — three metal and two leather variants and for the first time, the company is introducing two variants exclusively for women: a distinctive Rose Gold (similar to the Apple Watch) with blush leather and the other as a natural metal variant. The choices in the men’s design are models available in cognac, black leather and black metal.

Wrists come in different sizes, thus watches ought to too and Moto 360 allows you to currently make a choice from two case sizes:

• Standard 46mm model with a 1.56-inch display (360x360 pixels and 233 ppi pixels density)
• Smaller 42mm model with a 1.37-inch display (360x325 pixels and 263 ppi pixels density),

The new Moto 360 is IP67 rated which means that it is sufficiently protected against dust and water immersion from 15 cm to 1 meter.

The black strip on the bottom of the screen houses the ambient light sensors, and with the display being Corning Glass, the screen seems adequately protected against normal wear and tear

The durability of the watch coupled with the heart rate sensor, make it a viable outdoor companion.

The watch comes with a Snapdragon 400 processor clocked at 1.3 GHz, an Adreno 306 GPU with 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB internal memory.

While the Moto 360 (Gen 2) comes with Bluetooth 4.0 LE it also brings Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n to keep the user connected.

Thankfully, it also features an extended battery life over its predecessor.
The smaller 42mm model has 300 mah battery while the 46 mm model comes with a more powerful 400 mah battery. Motorola says the battery will last for about 36 hours for the smaller battery and 48 hours for the 46mm model, a considerable improvement over their competitor, the Apple Watch, which barely lasts about 18 hours under normal conditions!

The Moto 360 (Gen 2) despite being an Android Wear based watch, does support iPhones, however it loses some functionality, so it maybe not the best buy for the Apple loyalists.

The Android Wear based smartwatches will be available starting Dec 1, 2015, and will be sold exclusively via Flipkart and Myntra at prices starting at INR 20,000.

Originally published at Chip-Monks.