The Huawei Watch and the Apple Watch are both premium devices with terrific design but when it comes to features and variety, the device from Apple has an edge.

Design

Smartwatches cannot overtake the Apple Watch when it comes to variety as the square device is offered in various materials and in two sizes. Customers can first choose between the smaller 38mm Apple Watch or its larger, 42 mm sibling. They can then proceed to choose among the three lines available: Apple Watch Sport made of aluminum, Apple Watch made of stainless and Apple Watch Edition made of solid rose gold or yellow gold. In terms of straps, the Apple Watch offers a wide range of materials and colors for users to choose from such as stainless steel, leather and Fluoroelastomer. It has an IPX7 rating but Apple recommends that the watch not be used when showering.

While the Huawei Watch does not offer customers with a number of options like the Apple Watch, it has a classy round stainless steel body and looks exactly like a traditional watch. It has three color options, gold, silver and black and has one physical button on its side much like its competitor. In addition, it offers a number of bands from which customers can choose from crafted from leather and stainless steel. As for its waterproof and dust proof rating there is no specific certification but Huawei has stated that it is waterproof.

Display

The display on the Huawei Watch consists of a 1.4-inch round AMOLED display, which has a resolution of 400 x 400 pixels and a density of 286 pixels per inch. As for the Apple Watch, its 42 mm version has a screen measuring 1.5 inches with a resolution of 312 x 390 pixels and a density of 302 pixels per inch while its 38 mm version has a screen measuring 1.32 inches with a resolution of 272 x 340 pixels and a density of 290 pixels per inch.

Specs

When it comes to hardware, the Huawei Watch comes with a Qualcomm APQ8026 CPU clocked at 1.2 GHz along with 512MB RAM and 4 GB storage, while the Apple Watch has a S1 system on chip and 8 GB storage.

Sensors

The sensors on the Apple Watch are the heart rate sensor, accelerometer and gyroscope while the Huawei Watch comes with a gyroscope, heart rate sensor, accelerometer and barometer.

Price

The Apple Watch starts at $350 and goes as high as $17,000. The Huawei Watch has not yet announced the price of their new device.