It seems like last year’s Oppo Watch wasn’t a one-off oddity after all, and there may well be a successor looming in the future—perhaps even something in the way of a sports watch.
Just yesterday, the Chinese telecommunications company has been revealed to have filed a trademark for a new product name, “Oppo Watch Free.”
As seen in the image uncovered by Let’sGoDigital, the description explicitly mentions “smartwatches; sports watches.” The trademark application is registered as Class 9/14 (namely measuring, checking instruments [9] / clocks, watches, chronometric instruments [14]) in the European Union Intellectual Property Office, or EUIPO.
The trademark is currently being reviewed and awaiting approval.
For all we know, the mysterious Oppo Watch Free could be a more outdoor or athletics-oriented version of the Oppo Watch, which the company introduced last spring for the first time.
Unlike most other smartwatches, the original Oppo watch had received a rectangular, thinly bezeled AMOLED display. It came in only two sizes, namely 41mm and a slightly bigger 46mm version.
Apart from size, the two versions had other differences as well. The 41mm model had a flat 1.6-inch panel with 360 x 320 pixels, and a plastic rear. Its bigger counterpart had a 1.91-inch display with curved edges and a 476 x 402p, and back panel forged from a classier ceramic as well as plastic material.
The larger Oppo watch had a 430mAh battery that could last up to 36 hours on a single charge, while the smaller model’s 300mAh battery was good for 24 hours.
