OnePlus Watch could challenge Apple Watch with two different designs

OnePlus Scout could challenge Apple Watch with 2 unlike designs

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Nosotros know that the OnePlus Watch is on the way, simply cheers to new patent filings we know there's going to exist more than 1 model. Or at least two dissimilar variants you can choose from.

We've already heard well-nigh there beingness two different OnePlus Watches, merely not much else. It now looks like this patent from the German Patent and Trademark office (via TechnikNews) has revealed more than details. It reveals two OnePlus Watches with the same body, but two dissimilar straps.

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Smartwatches come up with a range of straps, sure, merely information technology's the cloth that tells us a bit more than about what the OnePlus Scout has in shop. The patent reveals that the straps volition be made out of leather (or a leather substitute) and something akin to silicone.

Leather is traditionally the kind of strap yous'd wear if you wore the sentry in more professional or fashion-conscious situations, Silicone is more suited for fitness since it tin can handle h2o and sweat much more effectively.

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The patent does reveal you tin swap out the bands, equally you would with any other smartwatch. The question is whether the hardware would differ.

Afterward all, the Apple tree Scout Sport had the same internals as the Apple tree Picket, but cost $200 less. That was downwardly to it using Aluminium in identify of stainless steel, Ion-Ten glass instead of the stronger sapphire, a plastic back plate and fewer interchangeable straps.

OnePlus could practise the same hither, by using less impressive materials on a fettle variant. That style information technology can offer a cheaper selection for people who don't necessarily demand an elegant looking watch all the time.

If the rumors concord true, OnePlus volition beat the Apple Watch 7 to marketplace past several months. And nosotros're presuming that the company will endeavour to compete on features and toll, just as it does in the smartphone category. The Apple Lookout man SE starts at only $279, then that's likely a closer competitor to the OnePlus Lookout.

OnePlus may merely be patenting two different bands so that people have the pick to option and cull which one they use. Of class, patents don't always get put into practice, so we're only going to have to wait and meet what happens.

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