Anyone wants to try a pendant smartwatch?

The Unicorn can also double up as a large locket or a pocket watch. (Image Credit: Nandagopal Rajan/Indian Express)

Set up is easy. You need the OnWear Pro app for this. It lets you connect the watch to an Android phone and feed in your age and other measures needed for it to start working. This is not working of Google WearOS but has all the expected features from activity to heart rate, sleep and stress tracking.

Interestingly, there is no pendant mode as such, which is surprising given that this is touted as the USP of the device. All you get is a white rose watch face which looks decent when you wear this as a pendant. The other watch faces will look off when they are hanging from your neck and lead to awkward situations if others try to read the time or your step data by starting at the pendant.

There is no dedicated pendant mode. (Image Credit: Nandagopal Rajan/Indian Express)

Using the Unicorn as a pendant is indeed an interesting concept but one I really cannot find a solid reason for. To start with, it is a bit awkward if you have to hold the pendant hanging from your neck to check the time or see some data. And since there is no pendant mode, this means you are seeing stuff upside down. The alternative is to wear the watch face upside down so that you can read it straight. A bit confusing for sure.

There is one more issue using this as a pendant: you can’t check the heart rate and other data that needs the device to touch your body. I have a feeling the swaying of the pendant also throws the step data off a bit, but we can live with that.

The good thing though is that you don’t need to use the pendant mode. It certainly does not make sense for most men. However, I figured that using the Unicorn as a pocket watch made more style sense for men, especially since you can fit this into the coin pocket on your jeans, which by the way, was originally designed to hold pocket watches.

iTel Unicorn comes with a leather like strap. (Image Credit: Nandagopal Rajan/Indian Express)

As a smartwatch, the iTel Unicorn does a decent job and ticks all the boxes. It has a good vibrant display and build quality with a crown, and a small button above it. In the box is a leather-like strap which can be replaced with others. For charging, however, you need a special dongle which I am not a fan of. The battery life is good and can last you a few days on a full charge. One thing to keep in mind is that some users might find this a bit heavy for a watch on the wrist.

At Rs 2,899, the iTel Unicorn is a smartwatch that can fascinate those who want to stand out in the crowd. And frankly, this is an interesting attempt to take the smartwatch beyond your wrist. Whether this makes sense only time will tell.