Established in July 2012, Shenzhen Kingwear Intelligent Technology Co, “KingWear”, is one of the most solid smartwatch producer. It was July, 2014 when they released its first smartwatch, the GV08, this smartwatch jump into the wagon when Samsung release the Samsung Galaxy Gear, in those times lot of companies thought it was a new era for watches, indeed, it was. Five years have passed, today Gearbest, working as a partner of Kingwear, put on pre-sale a new model, the Kingwear KW99.
Design
Made from stainless steel, the KW99 has a 45mm case and a strap made of leather. Below there’s a heart rate sensor, the sim tray and power connector. Its AMOLED screen looks gorgeous, you only need to change the face of the watch to match your outfit, whether casual or gala.
Hardware
Powered by 1.3 Ghz MTK6580 Quadcore processor with 8 GB of internal memory and 512 MB of RAM. Other features of the smartwatch include WIFI, GPS as well as Bluetooth 4.0. Sensors for fitness and health activities include heart rate monitoring, gyro sensor. Running the latest Android 5.1 the KingWear KW99, the smartwatch has several fitness and health options such as pedometer, distance counter, calorie counter, sleep monitoring, sedentary alarm.
Once linked to your phone you will be able to get social app notifications, meeting reminder, wakeup gesture, remote control for phones camera, scheduler, alarm clock, calendar, stopwatch, calculators. It also has 400 mAh battery with a standby time of 2 days.
Review
Either you are a sport geek or just want to receive notifications from you smartphone, all your needs are cover. Thanks to its 3G data connection, this smartwatch can work without being linked to smartphones, even you can track your daily runs with integrated GPS.
All the features are accurate, don’t worry for space, it have enough memory to save all your logs. And if you want to call your trainer just tap on the screen and make a call with the internal speaker.
Conclusion
Kingwear just make another great product, the KW99 is a great upgrade from the last year KW98, it looks like they work on the internal component, and the external too, because this smartwatch looks like those premium chronometers from Switzerland. Is not released yet, but just hit presale on Gearbest for only $119.99.