by Luke Johnson 17 April 2015 |
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If the Apple Watch is a little out of your price range, don’t worry, Alcatel has confirmed its first smartwatch will set you back just £99.
Having debuted at CES 2015 at the start of the year, the Alcatel OneTouch Watch has now been dated and priced for a UK release.
Coming to British retailers in June, the round LG G Watch R rival will set wannabe owners back just shy of £100, a third of the price of the entry-level Apple Watch Sport.
“We’re launching the OneTouch Watch which will be in stores in June. The Watch will cost about £99, which is very aggressively priced,” William Paterson, UK Director of Alcatel OneTouch said speaking exclusively with TrustedReviews.
He added: “Our philosophy on the watch is that it’s a wearable so it should be nice to wear. You shouldn’t feel as though you are strapping a smartwatch to your wrist, which is why it’s round, so it looks like a watch.”
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Having shunned Android Wear in favour of its own wearable OS, Alcatel has bestowed the OneTouch Watch with a 1.22-inch round LCD display.
Like the Moto 360, this circular screen features a ‘flat tyre’ bottom which holds the device’s light sensor.
Lining up at 10.5mm thick, the metal framed wearable features an optical heart rate sensor on the rear and a USB charging port hidden within the device’s rubber strap.