Wearable devices with OLED displays - Page 18

Apple Watch

Apple's first wearable device, the Watch, is also the company's first product with an OLED display. It uses a flexible OLED panel produced by LG Display. There are several Watch models, some use a 38mm display (272x340, 290 PPI) and some a slightly larger 42 mm panel (312x390, 302 PPI). Apple refers to the display as a flexible Retina display.

Besides the square flexible OLED, the Watch has a new custom-designed Apple S1 processor, 8GB of storage, NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, three sensors (Accelerometer, gyroscope and heart rate monitor) and the new Watch OS. There are several Watch editions, ranging from $349 to $17,000. Apple started shipping the Watch on April 24th 2015.

Read the full story Posted: Apr 24,2015

Hannspree Sportwatch

Hannspree's Sportwatch is a simple and affordable activity tracker, that sports the a pedometer and sleep monitor, Bluetooth to connect to your Android phone (for data transfer and notification display) and a 0.68" monochrome (blue) PMOLED display.

Hannspree Sportwatch photo

The Sportwatch will ship soon in the UK for $29.99.

Read the full story Posted: Apr 04,2015

HTC Grip

HTC's Grip is a fitness tracker that was developed together with Under Armour. The wearable device sports a curved monochrome (white) PMOLED display, which seems to be Futaba's 1.4" 128x16 film OLED (similar to the one used in Garmin's Vivosmart). The Grip includes the usual range of sensors in addition to an internal GPS chip.

HTC Grip photo

The Grip was supposed to ship in the US in the spring for $199, but HTC later decided to re-design the device and this specific design will never ship.

Read the full story Posted: Mar 02,2015

Acer Liquid Leap+

Acer's Liquid Leap+ is a smart fitness tracker that tracks your activitiy and sleep cycles. The Leap+ uses Bluetooth to communicate with your iOS, Android or Windows Phone and it sports Â small 1" white PMOLED display.

Acer Liquid Leap+ photo

The Liquid Leap+ will ship towards the end of March 2015 for $88 in Europe.

Read the full story Posted: Mar 02,2015

Huawei Watch

Huawei's Watch is the company's first smart watch. The Android Wear device sports a 1.4" 400x400 (286 PPI) circular AMOLED display (made by Everdisplay). It features a heart rate monitor and fitness tracking, six-axis motion sensor and a barometric sensor.

Huawei's Watch is shipping globally, and costs from $349 for the basic model version up to $799 for a gold-plated steel model with a metallic strap.

Read the full story Posted: Mar 02,2015

LG Watch Urbane

LG's Watch Urbane is a luxury-version of its Android Wear smartwatch, that comes in a metal body in gold or silver finishes and a leather strap. It uses the same 1.3" 320x320 plastic-based flexible OLED display used in the G Watch R, and the same hardware (1.2 Ghz Snapdragon 400 CPU, 512MB of RAM, 410mAh battery and 4GB of storage).

The Watch Urbane is now shipping for $350.

Read the full story Posted: Feb 17,2015

Pivotal Living Tracker 1

Pivotal Living's Pivotal Tracker 1 is a fitness band with a unique business model: you pay $12 per year in subscription (first year is $15), and the hardware is free. The tracker 1 measures steps, distance traveled, calories burned and also includes a sleep tracker. It uses a small blue PMOLED display.

The Pivotal Tracker 1 will ship on December 20, 2014, you can pre-order it now on Amazon.com for $15.

Read the full story Posted: Dec 06,2014

Fitbit Charge

Fitbit's Charge is a fitness tracker and sleep tracker that also connects to your phone to show caller-ID. The Charge uses a small monochrome (white) PMOLED display (made by WiseChip). The Charge HR is similar to the Charge but with a heart-rate monitor.

The Charge is now available for $130. The Charge HR will launch in early 2015 for $150.

Read the full story Posted: Nov 03,2014

Garmin Vivosmart

Garmin's Vivosmart is a smart band that includes a fitness tracker and notification display from your smartphone (iOS and Android). The Vivosmart uses Futaba's flexible (curved) 1.4" 128x16 white PMOLED panel.

This device can count your steps, monitor your sleeping and calories burned and also measure the distance you've walked. The band is powered by low-energy bluethooth and can last seven days between charges. It is also waterproof up to 50 meters and is compatible with heart rate monitors and bike speed sensors.

Read the full story Posted: Oct 19,2014

Samsung Gear VR

Samsung's Gear VR is a Virtual Reality Headset (developed together with Oculus VR) that uses a Galaxy Note 4 for the screen (5.7" QHD Super AMOLED), processor, sensors and audio. While it suffers from some limitations (lack of sensors for example), it's a novel idea.

The Gear VR will arrive in the US in December 2014 for $199.

Read the full story Posted: Sep 04,2014