official price and models available

Last October, Fossil announced a smart watch with Wear OS called Fossil Gen 5E, which inherited several features from its older brother, the Fossil Gen 5, introduced the year before. However, the new smartwatch has removed some features to reduce its price as well.

As is often the case with the brand’s devices, the Fossil Gen 5E was initially released in the United States, but it is now possible to buy it in Europe and it is available in several different models, for men and women. Let’s see at what price you can find it.

Fossil Gen 5E pricing and availability

As we said, Fossil is already marketing the Gen 5E smartwatch with Wear Os in our country. His the official price is 229 dollars, although you can find it a little cheaper at some distributors. It is available in different colors with a leather, silicone or stainless steel strap for the men’s model (44mm case), and in silicone, Milanese or stainless steel for the women’s model (42mm case).

Fossil Connected Smartwatch Gen 5E for men with Google Wear OS technology, heart rate, GPS notifications, NFC and smartwatch, black silicone

Fossil Connected Smartwatch Gen 5E for women with Google Wear OS technology, heart rate, GPS notifications, NFC and smartwatch, pink silicone

With heart rate measurement, GPS and NFC

In addition to the Google operating system for portable devices (Wear OS), the Fossil Gen 5E has a 1.19 inch AMOLED panel with the Always-On function and a processor that has been around for a long time: the Snapdragon Wear 3100. It promises a day’s autonomy and it has NFC, Bluetooth 4.2 and WiFi connection.

It does not have an altimeter, but it has a built-in GPS and an internal memory of 4 GB. It also offers several sports modes, an ambient light sensor and the possibility of measuring heart rate at the using sensors located in the back. In addition, has speaker and microphone to answer calls or interact with the Google Assistant in the event that we are using Android.

Fossil Gen 5E tech. Sheet