At tonight's press conference, OPPO released its new generation of smartwatches, the Watch 3 series. Among them, we have the super-size Watch 3 Pro which is not only equipped with a larger screen and battery, but also uses a curved screen design. It is also the first of the Chinese smartwatches with an LPTO screen that supports Always-On display.
OPPO Watch 3 and 3 Pro official: the first smartwatch with LTPO and Always-On screen
Either way, the OPPO Watch 3 series focuses on features, so it's harder to take battery life into account than common sports smartwatches. Specifically, in the Watch 3 series, OPPO introduced a new generation of self-developed UDDE dual-engine. A 2.0 hybrid technology and LPTO dynamic update screen technology. The refresh rate can be reduced to 1Hz, reducing power consumption by 15% compared to traditional AMOLED screens, so it can always be bright and can have 5 days of battery life.
Still on the screen, the smartwatch uses a 1,91-inch square screen with an equal width design on all sides, a resolution of up to 378 × 496, a screen PPI of 326PPI at retina level and a maximum brightness of 1000 nit.
In terms of watch faces on the other hand, the Watch 3 Pro not only supports classic watch faces, including the AOD display, but also supports rich custom watch faces, videos and emoticons can be used as watch faces.
In addition to the Always-On, the Watch 3 Pro is also very aesthetically pleasing, with an aluminum alloy center frame, a rotating stainless steel crown and a fully curved screen that extends throughout the case.
The smartwatch also has more strap options. In addition to the fluorescent rubber strap, there is also a custom leather strap and it also supports third party strap matching.
As for performance, the Watch 3 Pro is designed with a dual-core platform. The main chip is Qualcomm's Snapdragon W5 platform with a 4nm process and a significantly improved power efficiency ratio. The CPU part uses 4 Cortex A53 with a maximum clock of 1,7 GHz, plus 1 Cortex M55 coprocessor (250 MHz); as well as dual integrated GPU, including Adreno A702 (1 GHz). All this is supported by up to 16 GB of internal memory. The smartwatch also supports ultra-low power Bluetooth 5.3, dual-band GPS positioning, Beidou, 4G network, dual-band Wi-Fi (802.11n), eMMC 4.5, etc.
In addition to the Snapdragon W5 chip, the Watch 3 Pro also has the Apollo 4 Plus, a small-core chip jointly customized by OPPO and Ambiq, which is mainly used in low-power scenarios and effectively improves the battery life of the watch.
Under these two chips, OPPO's dual-engine 2.0 UDDE hybrid technology can realize two modes of operation. All-round mode is a full function smart watch, which supports eSIM independent calls, supports over 85 APP applications, and has a battery life of up to 5 days.
If you choose the smart light mode, the battery life can be up to 15 days and features such as Bluetooth calling and sport health monitoring are still available.
Speaking of sports and health, the Watch 3 Pro not only supports more than 100 sports modes, including the new tennis mode, but also offers more comprehensive health management, supports blood oxygen detection in any weather, the cardiovascular health assessment and supports ECG electrocardiogram analysis (subsequent updates). ).
While in terms of battery, the Watch 3 Pro comes with a large 550mAh battery, which can be used for 24 hours after 10 minutes of charging.
The OPPO Watch 3 Pro will be sold in China at the starting price of 1999 yuan, around 290 euros.
As for the OPPO Watch 3 (not Pro), all the specifications remain unchanged except the general and screen dimensions. In fact, we find a 1,75-inch AMOLED (non-LTPO) display with a resolution of 372 × 430. It also slims the battery from 550mAh to 400mAh,
The OPPO Watch 3 has a starting price of 1499 yuan, about 215 euros.
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