Timex unveils a stylish new collection of smartwatches with awesome battery life
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Timex Metropolitan R
Technically, the 1844-founded US company managed to beat Apple to the punch by around two decades in collaboration with Microsoft, but it was only back in 2016 that Timex first made headlines with a modern analogue timepiece featuring activity tracking functionality. The brand also released a kid-friendly smartwatch in partnership with T-Mobile last year, followed by a fitness-centric device with built-in GPS, stellar battery life, and a great starting price a few months ago.
Both Metropolitan R variants come with 1.2-inch AMOLED screens sporting a 390 x 390 pixel count, and all four members of the intelligent Timex Metropolitan family also have on-board GPS connectivity, a built-in optical heart rate sensor, 24/7 activity monitoring, sleep tracking, and top-notch water resistance going for them.
One important thing to note before pulling the trigger here is these affordable bad boys don't run Google's Wear OS software, instead opting for a proprietary operating system developed by Huami, the manufacturers of those relatively popular and incredibly cheap Amazfit smartwatches. This OS is mainly focused on saving energy while helping display all the smartphone information you need on your wrist, contributing to a phenomenal battery life rating of up to two weeks.
That's obviously with power-hungry features like GPS switched off, but even so, if the number proves attainable in the real world, the Timex Metropolitan collection could turn out to be a real game changer.
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