Gadgetory

no coffee today zero caffeine this is all part of the intro in case you're wondering okay what's up guys Lew here and I'm very excited today because not only did I get to experience Google i/o and much of San Francisco that you see behind me but I also received a factory-fresh LG G watch this was just announced at Google i/o and it's one of the first Android wear devices a SmartWatch obviously I did play with a version that was in demo mode at their presentation but this is the retail version this is the one that I'll be testing out wearing linking up to my device using for notifications etc all right so come on in and take a closer look on the back here you can get some of the information you can see it is water and dust resistant ip67 I believe it can be under a meter of water for about half an hour something like that so washing your hands is not going to be an issue with this SmartWatch on you haven't always on screen it happens to be an IPS display which apparently is important for battery saving it has a nine axis motion sensor as well so it can tell when you lift it up to look at it it's got a 400 milliamp hour battery and of course it has a microphone for reacting to your voice commands enough about the box let's take a closer look at the actual device so there you have it the LG G watch so we'll pull the watch out first it has a black band installed it does also come in a white version now I'm a big fan of the charger that the LG G watch ships with it's a lot less of a headache than the Galaxy gear charger that I used previously or really any charger that I've seen with a SmartWatch this one is dead simple you just place the watch on top of this little platform and magnets hold it together and of course you just insert the microUSB on this end into the power adapter and this will just lay flat on your bedside or wherever it is that you happen to charge devices it's also really small the form factors tiny so carrying it with you not a big deal Samsung needs to learn something here the Galaxy gear charger was a big headache still hater to this day now let's see if we can boot this thing up real quick the watch requires the installation of Android wear on your phone so at this point we're assuming that's an application a companion application for the device that allows for it to operate but it's currently not in the App Store at the time of filming is it will launching very very soon at which point I can give you guys a lot more detailed demonstration of the actual device but for now we can do a physical comparison to see how the LG G watch stacks up to for example a standard G Shock watch a lot of G's there um but I have a fairly large wrist so I like to wear larger watches as you can see here so this one on the other hand and most smartwatches are kind of made to be unisex and so they're not really huge which some people will appreciate but you can tell it's not as big as my G Shock watch but it's also not dainty it doesn't look like a girly watch or something like that the objective here is to build a watch that would would look good either on a male wrist or a female wrist speaking of the band they showed off some leather band options as well to sort of class up the device if you don't want to use this standard stock rubberized band but it does have a nice texture on the inside and it is soft touch it's going to be going to be comfortable and I would assume it would also be fairly durable as well a fairly basic unboxing video and overview of the physical device as I said before the Android wear application currently not in the app store at the time of this unboxing so that's how you know who this is a fresh factory-fresh unboxing no app for this thing even yet but as soon as it's available you'll probably see some more info and possibly more video covers from me doing a more elaborate demonstration probably going to check out the Samsung device as well as the Moto 360s which are at the Moscone Center right now so anyways there you have it you guys enjoyed this video please make sure to leave a thumbs up down below leave a comment if you have any questions if you're not a subscriber go ahead and click that subscribe button thanks as always for watching and I'll catch you on the next episode very soon thanks to cameraman marques in the back give him a thumbs up later guys