ASUS ZenWatch 3 goes on sale a bit earlier than scheduled for $229

The ASUS ZenWatch 3, which was officially announced earlier this year, is now available to purchase online in the US for $229. The Android Wear smartwatch was originally scheduled to go on sale in early November. so this represents a bit of an early launch for the watch.

At the moment, only the version of the watch with the dark brown leather band is on sale at B&H Photo, with shipments to begin sometime in mid-November. It’s also technically on sale at the official ASUS web store, but at the moment it shows that it is temporarily out of stock. We will let you know when it becomes available directly from ASUS once again.

The ASUS ZenWatch 3 includes a 316L stainless steel body and a 1.39-inch circular AMOLED display with a resolution of 400×400. Inside, the smartwatch comes with the recently launched Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor, which has been optimized specifically for wearable devices. It also has 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage a 340mAh battery.  ASUS says the ZenWatch 3 will come preinstalled with 50 watch faces, which should offer more than enough customization options.

Are you interested in buying the ASUS ZenWatch 3 now that it is finally on sale in the US?