From a long period of time we are waiting for this and finally its here, after unveiling at Computex 2015 and officially launching it at IFA Berlin 2015, today Asus has finally announced its latest wearable device, the Asus Zenwatch 2 in India. Asus ZenWatch 2 will be available in two sizes – 1.63inch (WI501Q) and 1.45inch (WI502Q) for a price of INR 14,999 and INR 11,999 respectively exclusively on Flipkart and Asus Stores.
ZenWatch 2 comes in two sizes, 37mm and 41mm with 18mm and 22mm strap sizes respectively, and three stainless-steel case colors, with 18 different strap material and color combinations, and instantly-changeable and customized watch faces along with an app that lets wearers design their own.
It has got an AMOLED display protected by 2.5D Gorilla Glass 3, it is powered by an Qualcomm chipset along with 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of internal storage, last year ZenWatch has got IP55 certification for protection from dust and water, this year it has got IP67 which means it can be sit under 3.28 feet of water for as long as 30 minutes.
This bigger variant of ZenWatch 2 will have 400mAh battery and company claims it can survive 2.5 days on “ambient mode”, while the smaller variant has 300mAh battery and company says it can last for 2 days. ZenWatch 2 comes with magnetic charger with fast charging technology, which can charge it up to 50 percent in just over half hour.
For connectivity Asus has added WiFi here as which means when your watch and phone are on same network then both can be connected without any issue.