Both devices are now available on Google Play. The LG G Watch is selling for $229 USD with a listed shipping date of July 3 and the Samsung Gear Live is selling for $199 USD with a shipping date of July 8. In the UK the LG G Watch is £159 while the Samsung Gear Live is £169 making the roles of the cheaper and more expensive smartwatch different depending on where you live."
These things should go into the commodity stage about one year from now at the latest. I will buy one then for $49. Until then I think I can live without my notifications on a watch.
i like taking my phone out of my pocket. it gives me something to do. it's like smoking. phonecalls are a rare treat, and the suspense of waiting to take the phone out to find out who it is is exciting.
The big omission with both is Wireless Charging. For a small fiddly and ideally water/dust sealed device, having to fiddle with a little port flap or a proprietary cable is not great for a device that will (at this point in SoC, battery and display technology) need to be charged at least once every other day if not once a day, if for no reason other than mechanical durability in a device that small.
I'm a bit disappointed in these first android watches. I was hoping for something with GPS that I could use as a replacement for my Garmin-crippled running watch. But it seems I'd still need to carry around my phone while I wear these first watches, right?
Put in a SIM card slot and GPS and then these watches could be used in lieu of a smartphone for certain activities, and then that would interest me.
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Illiuminatum - Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - link
According to Android Central, G watch has resolution of 280x280.Drumsticks - Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - link
Available for purchase today... so... uh... how much do they cost?Homeles - Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - link
"Update:Both devices are now available on Google Play. The LG G Watch is selling for $229 USD with a listed shipping date of July 3 and the Samsung Gear Live is selling for $199 USD with a shipping date of July 8. In the UK the LG G Watch is £159 while the Samsung Gear Live is £169 making the roles of the cheaper and more expensive smartwatch different depending on where you live."
uhuznaa - Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - link
These things should go into the commodity stage about one year from now at the latest. I will buy one then for $49. Until then I think I can live without my notifications on a watch.soccerballtux - Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - link
i like taking my phone out of my pocket. it gives me something to do. it's like smoking. phonecalls are a rare treat, and the suspense of waiting to take the phone out to find out who it is is exciting.rwschnetler - Sunday, July 6, 2014 - link
fascinatingedzieba - Thursday, June 26, 2014 - link
The big omission with both is Wireless Charging. For a small fiddly and ideally water/dust sealed device, having to fiddle with a little port flap or a proprietary cable is not great for a device that will (at this point in SoC, battery and display technology) need to be charged at least once every other day if not once a day, if for no reason other than mechanical durability in a device that small.CoryS - Thursday, June 26, 2014 - link
They use contact charging on little docks.nitram_tpr - Thursday, June 26, 2014 - link
WTH! How come the Sammy is $30 less than the LG in the US but £10 more in the UK? How does that work?knightspawn1138 - Thursday, June 26, 2014 - link
Probably because Samsung needs a few more bucks to pay off the Apple lawsuit they lost in the EU. Or just because they can.jcraigen - Friday, June 27, 2014 - link
Same price for both in Germany 199 eurosisa - Thursday, June 26, 2014 - link
I'm a bit disappointed in these first android watches. I was hoping for something with GPS that I could use as a replacement for my Garmin-crippled running watch. But it seems I'd still need to carry around my phone while I wear these first watches, right?Put in a SIM card slot and GPS and then these watches could be used in lieu of a smartphone for certain activities, and then that would interest me.
Qwertilot - Thursday, June 26, 2014 - link
I imagine that on board GPS would murder the battery life :(Navigation on foot is one of the use cases where these things seem to make a lot of sense. Can get position, compass etc etc at a glance.