Battery life: 2 days in alwayson. LG says you'll get three if you forego that luxury. This blows away the G Watch R's only competition, round or otherwise, for the time being, Display: Bright with very good viewing angles, and also the highest pixel densi
Wear isn't done: Wear is sometimes useful. I wish it was more useful, but I'm not even sure how I'd go about making it more useful. For the investment you're making, Wear is very much an ideainprogress kind of product, and that's what you should expect wh
This is the first time I've used an Android Wear device, and I have to say, some of my preconceptions ended up getting thrown right out the window after a week. Android Wear can be useful. I really like it when I'm driving - I hate looking at my phone, ev...
An improvement, but not an Android Wear revolutionAs Android Wear watches go, LG G Watch R is a great device — a substantial improvement upon the platform's first-generation wearables. It beats the Moto 360 on battery life, and (literally) outshines the o...
Abstract: As the title of this post suggests, we don't know yet just how much LG's newest smartwatch, the G Watch R, will cost. This is a very important question, because so far in my short time with the device, it actually seems pretty good. It isn't without flaws...
Published: 2014-10-08, Author: Chris , review by: techworld.com
There's little choose between these two round Android Wear smartwatches and a large part comes down to which design you personally prefer. However, on the hardware side of things the LG G Watch R just comes out on top so might be worth paying £20 extra fo...
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Published: 2014-09-19, Author: Matt , review by: techworld.com
The Apple Watch will surely generate all the hype, but if you are not an iPhone user at this range we can't see that there is any reason to desire that watch over the better Android watches. The LG G Watch R is certainly one of the latter. Of course we ne...
The LG G Watch R full circular P-OLED delivers an impressive image quality with wide viewing angles. The traditional sport watch design is not really unique and its large size will certainly be a no-go for the majority of the female audience, but it is ce...
Abstract: Lisa Gade reviews the LG G Watch R Android Wear smartwatch. The G Watch R has a round 1.3”, 320 x 320 P-OLED display and a sporty diver watch design. It has a black stainless steel casing and a black leather band (standard 22mm). The $299 smartwatch requi...
Abstract: Apple's Watch wasn't the first to arrive, and we've been using the LG G Watch R for quite some time. So six months past the review, how does it fare?Whether or not you're a fan, smartwatches are here to stay, providing a second screen to your wrist, of al...
Published: 2015-01-27, Author: Nick , review by: techlife.net
Abstract: Feature wise, LG's R iteration of the G Watch managed to pop an optical heart rate monitor inside, even though it needs to be manually activated each time you want a reading.There's also a barometer and integrated digital compass, which sounds great on pa...
