OnePlus Watch 3 was released this week – and buyers quickly spotted an unfortunate typo on the new bit of wearable tech
We’ve all been there – you put the finishing touches to a major new work project, only to find when it’s too late that you’ve made an unfortunate typo. Spare a thought then for the manufacturers of a major new smartwatch released this week, which has shipped with a spelling error on the backplate.
The new OnePlus Watch 3 was released this week – and buyers quickly spotted an unfortunate typo on the new bit of wearable tech. The backplate of the watch states ‘Meda in China’ instead, presumably, of ‘Made in China’.
According to tech website website AndroidPolice, Reddit user Maniac 1688 was first to spot the mistake. Posting an image of the watch’s backplate, they wrote: “Seems like they have a problems with QC (quality control)”.
Other users confirmed it was the same on their items, with bebopblues saying “looked at other review videos, they have the same misspelling, so I guess it’s in all the units, at least this first batch”. AndroidPolice reported official images of the watch on OnePlus’ website also displayed the error, although these were taken down yesterday.
The OnePlus Watch 3 was released this week, and retails at £319. It features a Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 chipset and a custom-made silicon-carbon 631mAh battery. Reviews have hailed its battery life, saying it can run for five days on a single charge, as well as its wide range of health features.
A review on pcmag.com called the watch “a stylish alternative worth considering if you want an Android-compatible smartwatch that you don’t need to charge every other day”.
It said: “The OnePlus Watch 3 doesn’t stray far from the successful formula established by its predecessors.
“It provides detailed activity, exercise, and sleep tracking while offering class-leading battery life. The Watch 3 brings a few new features to the table such as AI health assessments and fall detection, but still lacks an LTE option or a smaller case size.”
LTE stands for Long Term Evolution, and is a way for devices to connect to 4G networks.