Geak II Watch Stretches The Limits Of Smartwatch

Aside from the – usually valid – complaints that many smart watches look simply like a miniature slab with a watch strap attached, there is another major drawback that the current crop of smart watches has had，and that is battery life – or the lack thereof. The one exception to this has been Pebble, with the power-sipping e-ink display that it utilizes. While it does save battery life, it hardly has the flashy looks that we are expecting now from the Apple Watch and Android Wear. The Geak II looks to straddle that divide.

Now, if you have not heard of the original Geak watch (since what we are looking here is in fact the second version), you are not alone. Created by Shanda, the Geak has been pretty popular within its home country of China. With the Geak II, they are looking to stretch out into the international market, with an APAC-specific Kickstarter-type campaign over on Pozible.

So, why does this particular watch matter? It is because of the promised battery life which is 3-4 days with moderate usage. "Big deal," you may say, but once we consider that most presently available Android Wear watches offer (often less than) a day of "power reserve," and that the watch packs a 320x320 pixel, color LCD display, that 3-4 day promise sounds a lot better. How did they manage to do that? Well, along with the color LCD, they also managed to slip in an e-Ink display, which I imagine greatly contributes to the ability to conserve battery. I was tempted to think that – when the LCD was in use – this was another Android Wear piece of kit.

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As it turns out, this is not the case. As Google Now is blocked in China (and Now is a major component of Android Wear), Shanda instead went with a custom-skinned version of Android 4.3, complete with their own app store. Sure, this may not exactly bode well for long-term stability in the platform, but it is a pretty interesting proposition. As a watch guy, I appreciate that the Geak II actually looks like a regular watch.