First look of the LG G Watch, LG's first wearable smartwatch device, which runs on Android Wear. It comes with a dial-sized charging pod, which's attached to its base in this image.
Flip the LG G Watch over and its underbelly reveals its charging point. The rubberized white straps are tightly fastened on either edge of the square dial of the smartwatch's face.
The LG G Watch's rubberized strap isn't premium-looking at all – it's just old-fashioned rubber with a matte finish. Nothing home to write about here or go gaga about.
More than its white strap, observe the LG G Watch's thickness. Officially, LG pegs it as 9.95 mm, which is just shy of 1 cm. On the hand, it didn't feel too bulky, or too thin compared to a regular digital watch, say, from Casio or any other brand.
While the rubberised strap of the LG G Watch may look ordinary, it does a good job of fastening the smartwatch around your wrist comfortably. No complains whatsoever here.
As for the smartwatch's dial, the LG G Watch sports a 1.65-inch IPS LCD touchscreen with 280x280 resolution. And there's no visible button or visual cue on where to press on the smartwatch face. Not very intuitive or smart design.
Unfortunately, the LG G Watch wouldn't pair with a compatible device during our hands on at an LG demo booth, so we couldn't test it as a companion device. But here are glimpses of its interface, which is fairly simple to interpret.
You can set an alarm using the LG G Watch – smartwatch or no, every self-respecting watch should be able to pull this simple task off.
Clues on how to access hidden features of the LG G Watch lie inside its Settings option. For turning the watch face on or off, all you need to do is double tap. To access a feature, single tap. You can swipe left or right on its face, too.
Inside the settings menu of the LG G Watch, you can choose to put it on Airplane Mode, Restart, Power off, among other things.
The LG G Watch also comes with a built-in pedometer feature to track your footsteps. It can also let you set milestones, like walk 5 km or 10 km, etc.
The LG G Watch's display was fluid and quick to respond during our time spent on the Android Wear smartwatch. Also, the upcoming Google OS for wearable devices looked really slick.
That's it for now as far as this brief look at LG G Watch goes. It's retailing at Rs.14,990, which feels a tad too steep, in the face of stiff competition from smartwatches from Sony and Samsung. Stay tuned for our in-depth review soon.