iWatch vs Moto360 vs Gear S: Specifications Features and Price Comparisons

The week was seen with vigorous battle between all smartphone and smartwatches. This year is the dawn of Wearable Technology and smartwatches being one of them. Many big names have launched smartwatches to make it simple to communicate with their devices.

Moto 360 was on display in Berlin and won many hearts. Apple too launched its iWatch that will take your breath away. Samsung Gear S too is a beautiful looking device. Over all, it's confusing which one to own.

The glimpse of the features

The Apple iWatch

The design is premium, with different colour dials and straps to choose from. The design of the dial is square and is like a regular watch. However, it has much going on under the hood. Apple is banking on its health kit that monitor various biometrics. The iWatch does more than telling the time. It is a designer sport wear with the fitness tracker that tells the amount of exercise done and the number of calories burnt. With the inbuilt accelerometer, it measures total body movement and has a sensor that measures the intensity of the heart rate while using Wi-Fi and GPS in the iPhone to track how far the user has moved.

Inclusive of this is that it can receive, make calls, send and receive messages including mail. Many fun things could be done on the watch with the sketch feature, tap on the watch, tap with two fingers and it will record the heart rate and sends it across.

The most talked about Apple Pay is also a feature in the iWatch. This feature allows users to pay securely without any hassels. It has apps galore like the passbook, maps, calendar, timer, camera, Apple TV remote control etc.

Moto 360

The watch with a round design and the colour of the dial is black and white along with Horween leather. It sports a scratch proof Corning Gorilla Glass. It looks like a regular watch and is slim that has an advantage over big chunky watches. Moto 360 tracks heart rate and gives information regarding daily activity and the number of steps taken. Is the user over working or is just lazing around and must do more activity. It tells the user the weather, flight alerts and traffic. It has voice control to get things done easily like OK Google, send text messages, set remainders and even ask for directions. Motorola claims that its battery lasts for the whole day. It is also waterproof up to 3 meters under water.

Samsung Gear S

Samsung Gear S is a very stylish watch with a square dial and looks like a regular watch. Equipped with 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity that helps to receive and make calls including text messages. It has GPS and S Voice to complete tasks. It also has a fitness monitor to track activity and guide the user.

Specifications

Apple iWatch

The display is Sapphire glass with force touch that will distinguish pressure on the display better than the multi touch. Nothing specific has yet been confirmed from the Tech giant. However, they did mention that the battery life will be good and the display will be in two sizes. The iWatch will run on the iOS 8. If reports of, Ming Chi Kou, is to be believed that the device will have 512 MB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage. Nothing much is clear so far.

Moto 360

Moto 360 will be compatible with smartphones running on Android 4.3 or higher. The display is 1.56" 320 x 290, 205ppi. OS Android Wear. It has backlit LCD with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 with dimension of 46mm x 11.5mm. Battery 320 mAh. Wireless charging with charging dock. Processor is TI OMAP 3 with 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of internal storage. Bluetooth 4.0, Pedometer and optical heart rate monitor, IP67 water and dust proof with dual microphones.

Samsung Gear S

Dimension: 39.9 x 58.1 x 12.5, Display: 2.0" Super AMOLED (360 x 480), Bearer: 2G: 900/1800, 850/1900, 3G: 900/2100, 850/1900, Memory: 512MB RAM + 4GB Internal Memory, OS: Tizen based wearable platform GPS A-GPS/GLONASS, Battery: 300mAh, Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, HRM, Ambient Light, UV and Barometer.

Pricing

Apple iWatch will start at $ 349 and be out in early 2015. Moto 360 is priced at $ 249.99. The Samsung Gear S price is not available but speculations are that it could cost more than $ 300 and will be available on October 14, 2014.

When all three wearables are being compared, the Apple iWatch needs an iPhone to sync with, while the Moto 360 and the Samsung Gear S is compatible with all devices running on Android 4.3 and above. This could be a disadvantage for the Apple iWatch.