It was deemed necessary to contain the smartwatch’s components and keep the Moto 360‘s extremely thin bezels. The large model isn’t shown in comparison, but it looks to be about the same size as the original Moto 360.
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According to reports, Motorola’s other new handset, the Pure Edition, is also expected to be available in the United States via Verizon under the brand “Droid Turbo 2”.
If recent rumors are any indication, we’re getting real close to the launch of a few new Android Wear devices, one of the most anticipated being a followup to last year’s Motorola Moto 360. There’s an obvious size difference and it’s fairly compact. As compared, the existing Moto 360 model features a 320mAh battery. Motorola has announced that their Moto 360 has also begun receiving the update, a fact confirmed by former Ausdroider Lucas this morning, and has added a little more info on what you’ll see in the update on their support site. The Moto 360S will be one of them, and it’s just been sighted ahead of primetime. Out of the box, the Moto X rocks a 3000mAh battery that when being juiced up with the 25w TurboCharger can fully power up in about 30 minutes.
The Moto 360S, on the other hand, will reportedly feature a 270 mAh unit, which is a 38 percent reduction in capacity from the jumbo version. Now, why would the source hide that part, we have no idea, unless it was done to prevent the company from identifying the leaker?
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It could have been a cost-cutting move for Motorola to switch to TFT this year, instead of the AMOLED panels we saw in the first two generations of the Moto X. We can also see that the infamous flat tire bezel beneath the display has been passed on through the generations.
