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wearables we love them we got to have them but does this year's entry from Asus have what it takes to tango with the big boys I'm our percent over TechnoBuffalo and this is the Zen watch too just a quick disclaimer on the top of the video I use these n watch to over a period of three days I'm going to continue using it for a little while but that was the official review period does that watch'd use primary selling point is its affordability the base model comes in at a cool 130 while competitors like the Moto 360 are asking twice that price the model that we have here in the office to test is the $150 model with a leather strap once you become pretty accustomed to Android wear most devices running it kind of meld together so let's focus on what makes these and watch two different does it much choose form factor is a bit striking when you compare it to other wear devices probably because of those giant bezels seriously the giant bezels they're huge aside from the bezels though I actually kind of quite like the look I'm usually not one for the square wearables but the rounded corners on the device and the kind of subtle curves around the back almost almost make me forget that the display itself is square overall though it's the kind of unassuming device it's like pretty enough it's not ugly aside from the gigantic bezels it's actually pretty decent wear I hope the Zen watch too would Excel was in its battery life and fortunately it didn't disappoint in fact I found it on par with the brand new Moto 360 this year's Moto 360 it can easily make it through a full day day and a half with some juice left in the tank and that's with ambient mode turned on the display is much smaller than the Moto 360s but the colors are still pretty strong and the screen is just as responsive as most wear devices so at least so far as I can tell the accelerometer is super responsive to everything behaves as it should lifting it to your fate in fact maybe the accelerometer is even just a little bit too responsive lifting it to your face everything works as you would expect it to in fact everything else on the device is pretty standard Android wear fare four gigs of storage onboard half a gig of ram Snapdragon 400 clocked at 1.2 gigahertz you know all the usual stuff it does have a slightly lower resolution screen at 320 by 320 for a PPI of 278 but it's more than enough to get the job done and truthfully it's small you know it's on my wrist I'm not watching movies on the thing I'm not huge on the charger that Asus provided but it's the least of my worries to be honest the one notable omission here is the heart rate sensor but to be honest I find that to be more of a novelty than anything else I don't use it all that often on my motor 360 and I have a hard time believing that people do use that often to begin with of course in typical Asus fashion there is also a plethora of software features that you can take advantage of if you should so choose I'm super thankful though that Asus made most of these optional downloads and didn't saddle the device down with them so Bravo AC is nicely done there are just too many apps integrations and Asus specific features to outline here but suffice it to say that if you're an Asus ecosystem you're going to be pretty happy with the features offered you can do custom watch faces you can have alerts based on your issues phone all kinds of fun stuff if you're not an Asus user for your mobile device you still have an Android wear device so it's really no skin off your back I keep waiting for a big catch here the device itself is half the price of some competitors so there must be something that I'm missing right well doesn't seem like there is to my eyes is that much to is a fantastic bargain at its price point my only reservation is that the look and feel the device might not be for everyone so if you like or can deal with at least the giant bezels the Zen watch 2 makes for an excellent choice for those of you looking for a wear device on a budget there you go guys my thoughts on the Zen watch - I actually really enjoyed using this thing I'm super surprised and I'm kind of surprised with myself because I'm considering keeping it over the Moto 360 especially given the price point I want to grab one for my wife too because there are only a hundred fifty bucks what do you guys think are those bezels just a little bit too much for you guys not quite enough to justify that hundred fifty dollar price point let me know in the comments you can also hit that subscribe button if you'd like to come over to my house for a awesome tea party than I'm having this weekend otherwise thank you guys so much for watching be kind to one another and I'll talk to you in the next video