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Amazon India Displays Three Variants of Moto 360 (2nd Gen) Smartwatch

Starting off this New Year, Motorola is now giving its consumers a wider range of products to choose from as they can now buy the Moto 360 (2nd Gen) men’s collection on Amazon.in. The men's collection of the smartwatch is available in three variants: cognac leather, black leather, and black metal out of which Cognac Leather variant has been introduced for the first time in India, and is exclusively available on Amazon.in. The cognac leather (46 mm) variant is available for Rs.20,999, the cognac leather (42 mm) for Rs.19,999, black leather for Rs.19,999 and black metal Rs.23,999.

It comes with an improved battery life delivering over 36 hours of battery life after one complete recharge. It has a backlit LCD Corning Gorilla Glass 3 display and runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, 1.2 GHz quad-core CPU assisted by 512 MB RAM and 4 GB internal storage.

The new Moto 360’s exclusive Live Dials also make it easier for the user to dive in with shortcuts right on the watchface to the apps frequently used by the user. Additionally, it also allows the user to live a healthier lifestyle by monitoring its heart-rate, number of calories burnt on a per-day basis etc.

All the three variants of the smartwatch streamline with the user's mobile life giving them more of leisure time.The black collection is available in 46 mm with a black metal band and in 42 mm with black leather band variants while the silver collection is available in 42 mm in the cognac leather band. Another e-commerce website Flipkart is also selling the silver metal and gold leather versions, apart from above three variants.

The IP67 rated Moto 360 is powered by Android Wear and gives the user complete control right from the wrist so that the user can focus on its ongoing task without constantly grabbing the phone from the pocket or purse. It also allows user to get notifications and important information at a glance, user can respond to messages using voice ability feature.

Being a part of the tech-savvy world, it is important for the manufacturers to keep it compatible with all the available options and hence the new Moto 360 (2nd Gen) is compatible with both the Android and the iOS platform. In the case of Android OS, the smartwatch requires a phone running Android 4.3 version or above, and for iOS platform it requires iPhone 5 or above variant.