Abasebenzisi abaningi babejabule ngokufika kwamawashi ahlakaniphile e-Android Wear. Nokho, iqiniso liwukuthi intengo yalawa mawashi yenze abanye banquma ukulinda, okungenani ukuze kumenyezelwe ama-smartwatches amasha angase ashibhe, noma anikele ngezinto ezengeziwe ngentengo efanayo. Asus kungaba umkhiqizi onesibopho sokwethula iwashi elihlakaniphile lokuqala nge Android Wear lokho kungama-dollar ayi-100.
Sekuvele kunamahemuhemu okuthi u-Asus kungenzeka asebenze ekwethuleni iwashi elihlakaniphile elizokwethulwa ku-Google I / O kanye ne-Motorola Moto 360 kanye ne-LG G Watch. Ekugcineni, kwakungeyona i-Asus kodwa i-Samsung inkampani eyethula iwashi lesithathu. Kodwa-ke, u-Asus une-smartwatch azoyethula emakethe, nokuthi cishe izokwethulwa engqungqutheleni yabezindaba ezoba ngoSepthemba 3, ngesikhathi se-IFA 2014. Isithombe sokuphromotha abasisebenzisile. ukumema abezindaba kukhombisa iwashi nesiqubulo esithi: "Isikhathi sishintshile, futhi sishintshile." Akungabazeki ukuthi i-smartwatch izokhishwa ngoSepthemba 3.
Nokho, okugqamayo ukuthi izilinganiso zentengo zaleli washi elisha elihlakaniphile likhomba ukuthi lingabiza phakathi kuka-$100 no-$150, okusho ukuthi intengo yalo ngama-euro ingase isondele kuma-euro ayi-100. Ngaphandle kokungabaza, kungaba iwashi elihlakaniphile elinenani elifinyeleleka kakhulu, futhi lizoba isisetshenziswa ngempela, hhayi nje esinye isisetshenziswa obekufanele kusetshenziswe enye imali ephawulekayo. Khumbula ukuthi okwamanje amawashi ahlakaniphile acishe angabi nanzuzo uma engahambisani ne-smartphone, ngakho-ke intengo yewashi elihlakaniphile kufanele futhi yengezwe enanini le-smartphone. NgoSepthemba 3 bazophinde bakhishwe i-Samsung Galaxy Note 4, futhi I-Sony Xperia Z3, ngaphezu kwamanye ama-smartphones angaba khona kanye namawashi ahlakaniphile avela kulezi zinhlobo ezimbili.