Honor unveiled its next connected watch, the Honor Watch GS 3, very similar in design and functionality to the Huawei Watch GT 3.

The Honor Watch GS 3 // Source: Honor
While honor presented, this Monday, its first folding smartphone, the Chinese manufacturer also took advantage of the announcement to officially unveil its new connected watch, the Honor Watch GS 3. A watch that is not without recall in many ways Huawei's latest model, the honor watch.
As on the model of its former parent company, Honor has thus integrated an Oled screen of 1.43 inches in diameter on its Honor Watch GS 3. With a definition of 466 x 466 pixels, it thus offers a density of 326 pixels. per inch as well as a brightness that can go up to 1000 cd / m². The digital hit is also equipped with 4 GB of storage and 32 MB of RAM memory, like the Huawei Watch GT 3.

Measurements and sensors

In terms of health measurements also the characteristics are identical, since the new model stamped Honor is equipped with an accelerometer and a gyroscope to measure the number of steps taken, as well as a heart rate sensor that can operate continuously. and also capable of detecting the level of oxygen in the blood (SpO2).
The Honor Watch GS 3 // Source: Honor
The watch also includes a geolocation system to find the best way to find the route of your training sessions and thus estimate the distance traveled thanks to the GPS, Beidou, Galileo, Glonass and QZSS systems. It also supports NFC for contactless payment and even takes advantage of a speaker and microphone to answer calls directly from its wrist.

A not completely identical model

Where the Honor Watch GS 3 will stand out from its cousin is in terms of design. While the Huawei Watch GT 3 with a 1.43-inch screen offers a 46 mm dial for a 42.6 gram case and 11 mm thick, the Honor Watch GS 3 is a little thinner with measurements of 45.9 x 45.9 x 10.5 mm and a weight of 44 grams. It must be said that, unlike the Huawei model, the Honor watch offers a 2.5 D screen that extends to the edges of the case, without annotations on the case around the screen.
Traditional highlight of Huawei and Honor watches, autonomy has not been put aside on this Honor Watch GS 3 since the Chinese manufacturer announces up to two weeks of use, and 30 hours of continuous use with GPS and tracking . Add the charge seems relatively fast, since the manufacturer promises that after 5 minutes, plugged in, the watch would gain 1 day of autonomy.

Price and availability of the Huawei Watch GS 3 in China

For now, the Huawei Watch GS 3 has only been announced in China where it will be offered from January 14 from 1299 yuan (180 euros if we make a simple conversion) with a black silicone strap, or 1499 yuan (208 euros) with a brown or blue leather strap. Three colors are available: Global Voyage (blue), Streamer Classic (gold), and Racing pioneer (black).

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