The Android Wear space has heated up mightily over the last few months. The main offenders that have been kicking up a fuss have been the round-faced Motorola Moto 360 and the LG G Watch R, however the latest square-faced smartwatch is about to hit the scene, and boy does it look like a good one. The ASUS ZenWatch was officially announced at IFA 2014 earlier this year, and despite the fact we knew its pricing ($199 USD), we’ve yet to hear word of when it would be arriving  for us to get our dirty mitts on – until today. November 9th (that’s two days away!) is the date that the ZenWatch is going to become available and will start to be sold (in the US at least) in Best Buys with it going up on Google Play at a later date.
At $199, the ZenWatch is a particularly interesting specimen. Hardware-wise, it doesn’t look all that different from the Moto 360 and the LG G Watch R, housing a Snapdragon 400 1.2GHz processor, 512MB RAM and 4GB storage, which makes it almost a steal at $50 cheaper than the two round-faced smartwatches. Couple that with a few software additions like tap features that add additional functionality and a selection of 100 watch faces to choose from. While we’ll reserve full judgement until some reviews start coming out, we’re quietly confident that the ZenWatch is the more budget Android Wear option that we’ve been waiting for.
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Source: The Verge
