Fossil, the company known for its luxury watches and
smartwatches announced its Gen 5 back in August and recently, Amazon.in teaser
confirmed the launch of on the Great Indian Festival 2019. But, now ahead of
the Great Indian Festival 2019, Fossil has launched the Gen 5 smartwatch with
Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform, Wear OS, and more.
Fossil Gen 5 smartwatch is a touch screen smartwatch
and comes in different materials like ‘The Carlyle HR Smoke Stainless
Steel/Black Silicone/Dark Brown Leather’,’Julianna HR Rose Gold-Tone Stainless
Steel, Blush Leather, and Stainless Steel’. It comes with a 44mm dial, is
powered by the Snapdragon Wear 3100 CPU, 1GB RAM, 8GB storage and runs on Wear
OS by Google operating system.
The sensor options include Accelerometer, Altimeter,
Ambient Light, Gyroscope, Heart Rate, and the connectivity options include
Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, Wi-Fi, GPS and also has an in-built microphone and speaker
which means that users can take calls on their smartwatch and hear responses
from Google Assistant. It is also water-resistant up to 30 meters.
Google promised battery life improvements in the
Wear 3100 platform and in similar lines, Fossil has included three battery
modes on this smartwatch i.e., ‘Daily mode’,’Extended mode’,’Custom mode’,’Time
mode’ and the ‘Extended mode’ claims that the smartwatch lasts multiple days
while still tracking heart rate and displaying notifications as well.
Fossil Gen 5 comes in Carlyle and Julianna Stainless
Steel variant and is priced at Rs. 22,995. It is now available to buy from
Amazon.in.
