Samsung Gear S and LG G Watch R with heart rate sensor unveiled

Along with Moto 360, two brand new smart-watches with heart rate sensors will be arriving at the markets. Samsung will launch its latest wearable gadget - the Gear S and LG will introduce its G watch R by the end of this year.

Both these devices look stunning and they’re expected to be priced in the same range as the Moto 360.

Samsung’s device includes a dual core 1000 MHz CPU. It is loaded with the company’s own Tizen OS. Gear S is packed with a Amoled touchscreen of 2.0 inch size, 360 x 480 pixel resolution. It has 4 GB free space for data storage.

It has a battery rated at 300 mAh and a 512 megabyte RAM. Samsung Gear S is fitted with gyroscope, accelerometer and compass sensors. It supports voice calling over GSM networks, navigation via here maps from Nokia. Its supports Bluetooth 4.0 and 3G, GPRS and EDGE connectivity. This smartwatch can display various alerts and notifications. It can play sound files of MP4, Wav and MP3 formats.

G Watch R has the same memory configuration as the Gear S from Samsung. LG has installed a quad-core 1200 MHz snapdragon 400 processor in this device. It’s design is based on the IP67 standard. This smartwatch flaunts a tiny P-OLED 1.3 inch display. This wearable gadget from LG has Google’s Android wear OS, 410 mAh capacity battery, barometer, compass, gyro and accelerometer sensors. LG G Watch R can be paired with phones and tablets that run Android v4.3 Jelly Bean operating system.

The above 2 smartwatches are water and dust resistant. They’re durable and stylish.

Key specifications:

• 512 MB physical and 4 GB storage memory.
• Latest operating system.
• multi core CPU.
• multiple sensors.
• stylish and durable.
• navigation support.
• WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.
• IP67 certified.

Expected Price: Within 250 to 400 dollars (under 24000 Indian Rupees)