If you’re one of the kind of people who don’t like Pebble’s blockbuster
Pebble smartwatch,
and want your smart watch with as many features as possible, then
probably the Neptune Pine running on Android 4.1.2 will be your next
purchase.
Unlike
the Gear
or the Pebble, the Pine is massive, literally. That is mainly because
of the 2.4″ touchscreen display with resolution of 320 x 240 pixels.
It’s obviously a color display, accompanied by 3 capacitive buttons and a
VGA front-facer (along with an LED Flash).
Under that display, you will find a 1.2Ghz dual-core SnapDragon S4
processor, 4 GB RAM and an 800mAh battery lasting up to 120 hours.
Storage capacity is set at either 16 or 32 GB non-expandable.
At the back is a 5 megapixel camera with LED Flash and 720p video
recording. Being an smartphone trimmed down to the size of a smartwatch,
there is a microSIM card slot onboard, supporting 3G. Other
connectivity means include Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, 3.5m headphone jack and
Wi-Fi.
Running full Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, the Pine comes with the
official Google Play app, which means it’ll be possible to run Angry
Birds or Candy Crush Saga on the thing. The watch is also
IP67-certified.
All this might be sounding very well but the price might eventually turn quite many people off.
At $335 for the 16 GB model (and $395 for the 32 gig version), it’s
not a lot more expensive than the Galaxy Gear (on retail for $299) but
still lands squarely in the smartphone territory, despite arriving from a
company whose name you probably haven’t heard yet.
To buy this thing, you have to ask yourself whether you really need a
full-fledged smartphone or a stand-alone device for your wrist at all.
The Pine will be released in March.
Check blow the comparison of Neptune Pine with other Smartwatches of the time.