iQOO launched its first smartwatch earlier this year, a round watch with Blue OS. Now the company is introducing its second watch, this one with a rectangular shape, and also a new pair of TWS buds.
iQOO Watch GT
The iQOO Watch GT features a 1.85” OLED display with 390 x 450px resolution. It can reach 600 nits of peak brightness and can automatically select between 256 brightness levels based on ambient conditions.
The display has an Always On mode, which pairs with the AI Smart Window feature – this shows important information about upcoming flights, movie showtimes, medication and more. AI also helps keep your notes organized – you can dictate a note to the watch, which will be transcribed and synced with your phone. This then can be polished or summarized with AI.
And yes, this has both a microphone and a speaker, so you can use it for calls. With the optional eSIM version, you can also make calls even if you left your phone at home. The watch also has a built-in GPS receiver and Baidu Maps for navigation. A circularly polarized antenna claims to triple the GPS signal reception. NFC enables the watch to act as your bus ticket or car keys.
This isn’t a Wear OS device, instead it uses Blue OS, which was developed by vivo. The platform has its own app store, so you can download additional apps and even some games.
The wrist straps are replaceable and you can further customize the look of the iQOO Watch GT with the AI watch face generator – just give it a prompt and it will do the rest. Alternatively, you can transform photos into different art styles.
The GT promises up to 21 days of battery life (with the eSIM disabled), but lasting 10 days would be more common. If used with eSIM enabled, the watch should last between 3 and 9 days.
iQOO TWS 1i
The iQOO TWS 1i buds promise impressively long battery life – the buds can last up to 10 hours on their own and with the charging case the total listening time goes up to 45 hours.
The buds have 10mm dynamic drivers and support the LC3 codec, plus a gaming mode with latency as low as 55ms. And when you’re done with gaming, you can take them out for a run in the rain – they are rated IP54. They lack Active Noise Cancellation, but these are as low cost as it gets.
Pricing & availability
The iQOO Watch GT is available now, its MSRP is CNY 500 ($69/€64/₹5,750) for the Bluetooth version (there is a small CNY 20 discount right now). The version with eSIM is CNY 800 ($110/€100/₹9,200). Note that this is technically a pre-order, but it’s a short one – the first units will ship out on the 16th.
As we mentioned above, the iQOO TWS 1i are priced surprisingly low – just CNY 100 ($14/€13/₹1,150). Actually, you can get them for CNY 60 if you buy them alongside the new iQOO Neo9S Pro+.
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