It really looks like an updated version of the Motorola Moto 360 will be coming very soon. Fresh from a 50% discount that was offered via the retail website Woot in mid-May, the Android-based smartwatch is now being offered by US retail giant Best Buy for only $149 but for only a limited time.
The $149 is actually less 40% from the original price of the Motorola Moto 360 of $250 but Best Buy is not saying until when the discount on the smart wearable will last althouhg it looks like it will be until the Memorial Day week which may end until the end of May, notes the Phone Arena.
Best Buy has a number of strap options for the Motorola Moto 360 so the discounted price is a great opportunity for new consumers to join the smart wearable bandwagon without hurting their pockets.
At a price of $149, the Motorola Moto 360 would be a perfect deal for those who are planning to make their initial foray into the smartwatch market. It’s similar to a naïve driver getting his first car. Rather than going for the brand new, he should consider going for the second-hand or a slightly used unit just to get the feel of driving instead of getting the subsequent feel of owning a good-looking brand new car.
Whenever consumers are given the opportunity for this kind of deal, they should not procrastinate and grabbed the deal right away because it’s one of those rare chance to pick up a functional Android-based smartwatch and gives them the feeling later on that they got their money’s worth for it.
New landscape for smart wearables
When it was launched in March last year and subsequently released to the retail markets in September 2014 as an Android-based smartwatch, the Motorola Moto 360 carried a retail price of $250.
For one of the best reviewed smart wearables back then, paying such amount for the Motorola Moto 360 was considered a bargain.
With the emergence of the Apple Watch in March this year, the device has practically changed the landscape of the smart wearables. Given the advance technological features of the Apple smartwatch, it was a no-brainer to compare or even think that the year-older Motorola Moto 360 would be able to compete head on with the Apple Watch.
As an American tech company itself, Motorola would surely not allow its first smart wearable to go down without a fight. As there are already reports that the company is planning to unveil its next generation Motorola Moto 360 very soon, Motorola is now going on a disposal binge mode to finally sell all its remaining 2014 smartwatches until supply runs out.
Flagship Android wear
In addition to the next generation Motorola Moto 360, Samsung is reportedly close to unveiling its Gear A round-faced smartwatch which could very well become the flagship Android Wear equivalent of the Apple Watch.
And unless Motorola comes up with something really great and groundbreaking, the company’s Motorola Moto 360 shall soon relinquish its official title as the most reviewed Android-based smart wearable to the upcoming Samsung Gear A.