Well, if you were waiting for Oppo Watch Series 3 launch, now is the time as the series has arrived in China with no intimation of its international availability. Dubbed Oppo Watch 3 and Watch 3 Pro, both the models are available in two colorways each with a different type of strap i.e. Leather and Rubber. You can find information on the colorways and pricing available in the respective section. For now, let’s check out what the Oppo Watch 3 series brings onboard for us.
Oppo Watch 3 Series Specifications
Starting with the base Oppo Watch 3, the watch brings onboard a 1.75” AMOLED 430×372 pixels resolution while the Watch 3 Pro goes a tad bit higher at a 1.91” LTPO curved OLED panel boasting a 496×378 pixels resolution. Understandably, both the models have a 326 PPI although the Pro model gets a better display tech in general.
Moving on, we have a Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 SoC under the hood on both models. It is paired alongside 32GB of storage and 1GB of RAM. There’s an Apollo 4 Plus chip onboard and the watches use a dual-boot ColorOS Watch based on RTOS and WearOS.
Next up, the battery capacity of the Pro model is at 550mAh, teased to last up to 5 days while the base variant has a 400mAh battery pack capable of giving the backup of up to 4 days and these estimates are when the LTE is not available. With LTE, the watches get 3.5 and 2.5 days of battery life (respectively) while with the RTOS-only mode, it extends up to 15 and 14 days respectively.
The Oppo Watch 3 series brings LTE on both models along with GNSS, NFC, Bluetooth v5.0, 5ATM water resistance, and a handful of features like the SpO2 sensor, altimeter, and optical heart rate sensor, gyroscope, compass, accelerometer, and more. Here, the Oppo Watch 3 Pro event gets an ECG sensor onboard.
Oppo Watch 3 Series Pricing and Availability
Talking about the pricing, the Oppo Watch 3 will be retailed in China in two variants i.e. Black (Rubber strap) and Brown (Leather strap) at ¥1,599 ($237) and ¥1,699 ($252) respectively. The Oppo Watch 3 Pro will be retailed at ¥1,999 ($296) and ¥2,099 ($311) available for the same Black (Rubber) and Brown (Leather) variants as with the non-Pro variants. When it comes to the availability, both the models are available for pre-orders in their home country aka Chin, and the same will begin on August 19 at 12 AM. Note that its availability outside China is yet to be disclosed.
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