The LG G Watch R (model W110) is an

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-based

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announced and released by LG and

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on October 25, 2014.LG launches their flexible OLED smartwatch in Korea, you can buy it in the US for $398
Oct 23, 2014. Retrieved March 7. 2015. It is the second round-faced smartwatch after the

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Moto 360 Motorola Moto is a range of Android mobile devices manufactured by Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Lenovo. The Moto brand is also used and marketed for certain public-safety products from Motorola Solutions and by Motorola brand licensees on ce ...

but, unlike the 360, it is the first to feature a full circular display. It is the successor to LG's original

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, which features a rectangular display.

Hardware

The G Watch R has

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certification for dust and water resistance. It has a user-replaceable buckle-based strap. The watch consists of a 1.2 GHz Quad-Core

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400 processor, 4GB internal storage and 512MB RAM. It is encased in a brushed

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and

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body, which holds on the

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. The smartwatch has

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connectivity, a

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for several uses including atmospheric pressure and altitude, an

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, a

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and a

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. Wi-Fi connectivity was enabled in an official patch. While the watch does include a microphone, the lack of a speaker makes it impossible to make calls on it.

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