The OnePlus Nord Watch is a tool that we knew was coming, as OnePlus extensively teased the wearable earlier than launch, because it does with so lots of its merchandise. However now this funds smartwatch has arrived, so we all know the total specs and particulars.

This even cheaper various to the OnePlus Watch – which wasn’t overly costly within the first place – sports activities an AMOLED display screen and as much as 10 days of battery life, amongst different issues, all of which you’ll discover detailed beneath.

We’ve additionally included data on the discharge date and worth – although that’s one space that there are nonetheless some questions on.

Lower to the chase

• What’s it? An reasonably priced smartwatch from OnePlus
• When is it out? Now in India, unknown elsewhere
• How a lot does it price? ₹6,999 (roughly $85 / £75 / AU$130)

OnePlus Nord Watch launch date and worth

The OnePlus Nord Watch has to this point solely been introduced for India, the place it’s out now. It’s not clear if or when this wearable will come to different areas. The unique OnePlus Watch did launch within the US and the UK, so it’s actually attainable the Nord Watch will as nicely, particularly as these areas have additionally seen some Nord telephones.

However some OnePlus merchandise are made particularly for India, so there’s no assure that the OnePlus Nord Watch will get a wider launch.

In any case, it prices ₹6,999 in India (roughly $85 / £75 / AU$130), although has a brief introductory worth of ₹4,999 (round $60 / £55 / AU$95). Notice that whereas a launch within the US and the UK is feasible, we wouldn’t count on to see the OnePlus Nord Watch in Australia, as the corporate doesn’t promote its merchandise there.

OnePlus Nord Watch design and show

The OnePlus Nord Watch is available in a selection of Midnight Black or Deep Blue – a shade which applies to each the silicone strap and the zinc alloy case.

It has a stainless-steel buckle, and together with the strap it weighs 52.4g. The size are 45.2 x 37.2 x 10.4mm, and the OnePlus Nord Watch is IP68 licensed, that means it’s each water and mud resistant.

As for the display screen, it’s a 1.78-inch AMOLED one with a 368 x 448 decision, 326 pixels per inch, and a 60Hz refresh price. The standard brightness is 500 nits.

OnePlus Nord Watch health and options

The OnePlus Nord Watch has a formidable 105 totally different sports activities modes, together with ones for yoga, cricket, operating, and plenty of different actions. It additionally gives computerized monitoring for runs and walks, so that you received’t must manually begin monitoring these.

It helps 24-hour coronary heart price monitoring, plus sleep monitoring, blood oxygen measurements, menstrual cycle monitoring, and stress monitoring.

This knowledge is fed right into a devoted N Well being app in your cellphone, which the watch pairs to utilizing Bluetooth 5.2. Nonetheless, one huge health omission is GPS, which is absent right here. Although low-cost wearables usually lack this.

Away from well being and health, the OnePlus Nord Watch gives a library of over 100 totally different watch faces, so you possibly can customise it to fit your type. It additionally consists of customary smartwatch options like name and message notifications, music controls, and a distant shutter to your cellphone’s digicam.

It really works with each Android and iOS telephones, however the precise working system of the watch will in all probability be a bit restricted, as whereas we will’t see it talked about, it’s presumably the identical OnePlus Watch OS as seen on the usual OnePlus Watch.

This has the draw back of that means there are far fewer apps than with Put on OS or watchOS, as you’re restricted to the pre-installed ones.

OnePlus Nord Watch specs and battery life

The OnePlus Nord Watch has 256MB of storage, although the chipset and RAM aren’t talked about.

As for the battery, that’s 230mAh, and OnePlus claims that it’ll final for as much as 10 days of ‘typical use’, and that it has a 30-day standby time. That has most smartwatches beat, and it’s a plausible declare, because the OnePlus Watch additionally lasted a very long time, and lived as much as the corporate’s claims.

There’s no point out of charging speeds, but it surely makes use of a magnetic charger to juice again up.

Whereas the decision continues to be out on whether or not it could discover a place amongst our decide of the most effective smartwatches, this is hoping OnePlus brings it to new markets so we will name it in for evaluation.