OPPO has confirmed that the Watch 3 series will be equipped with the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 SoC. Earlier today, the Chinese manufacturer officially confirmed its launch date. Good news is that it launches on August 10 in China.
Remember that we brought news sometime last month that chip maker, Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 chip series of chipsets for wearable devices last month, and that the OPPO Watch 3 series would work with this chip.
The OPPO Watch 3 series is scheduled to officially launch at 7:00pm (local time) on August 10 in China. As you might have seen in the photos, the OPPO Watch 3 is equipped with a curved edge display. Rumors have it that the device will be equipped with a 1.91-inch AMOLED display, with LTPO technology.
The device will be powered by the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 as well as the Apollo 4 Plus co-processor. For now, there is no word on the exact battery size of the OPPO Watch 3. We only know that in the RTOS mode; it will be able to last for up to 15 days. In the WearOS mode; it will have a runtime of 5 days.
The OPPO Watch 3 is expected to offer features like a heart-rate tracker, a SpO2 tracker, ECG, GPS, NFC, e-SIM, and 5ATM water resistance. It seems to be equipped with a metallic chassis with a rotatable crown on its right edge. It will be made available in black and brown colored leather straps, it appears that there could be as many as three variants of the Watch 3.
