14 DAY TRIAL // The Samsung Gear 2 is one smartwatch that brought a pretty useless functionality to the tablet, if you ask us – a camera.
Basically, this was the most notable difference between the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo, which came devoid of a snapper. But this seemingly unimportant difference took a toll on customers’ budgets, draining them of an additional $100 / €73.
Anyway, the feature seems quite useless unless you’re a spy or some sort or a stalker. Not to mention how awkward it is to try and snap pictures with a wrist-bound device.
Nevertheless, there’s one company that takes the issue of smartwatch photography quite seriously and they have come up with the Arrow, a device which aims to make it more comfortable and intuitive to snap photos with your wrist.
The watch comes equipped with rotating bazel which is where a tiny-tiny camera lives. So you’ll be able to take selfies as well as take a snapshot of the beautiful scenery displayed in front of you.
Due to its ability to rotate with a full 360 degrees, the smartwatch is capable of snapping photographs from any angle.
And listen to this part. The company behind the watch says it won’t embed a decrepit camera either but will add a pretty sensible 8MP one, which is comparable to what decent smartphones and tablets take advantage of.
Furthermore, the Arrow will bring other sensible benefits to the world of smartwatches. For starters, it will follow the design cues of the Moto 360, so it will come with a round display that will arrive covered with sapphire glass.
The watch will come with a 1.61-inch display, but we’re not given any data about resolution and such. The company claims it’s considering the possibility of jumping onboard with Android Wear for this project, which makes sense. It’s not like they are going to adopt Tizen.
Arrow will make use of the Qi charging standard and will act like a fitness tracker too, embedding a heart rate monitor and step counter.
On top of that, you’ll be able to use the watch to place calls from your wrist, thanks to the speaker and microphone embedded. So in theory, you’ll be able to use it without the paired smartphone.
Judging by what we have told you so far, it seems like the Arrow smartwatch has the potential to differentiate itself from the slew of Android Wear devices provided that it makes it out on the market soon enough.
