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In the before times, you could always count on Fossil to bring a massive amount of smartwatches to any trade show. Were most of them gussied up versions of Fossil watches for other brands under their umbrella? Yes, absolutely. But after a year of ups and downs, it’s nice that even a pandemic can’t seem to throw Fossil off its CES traditions.
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The big announcement this time around is Fossil’s first cellular watch, the $350 Gen 5 LTE. If you’ve got a good memory, however, this shouldn’t come as a surprise recent FCC filings hinted that this was coming back in December. The good news is this means Wear OS finally has a cellular watch. The bad news is it’s powered by the last-generation Snapdragon Wear 3100 chip. This is a bummer, as LTE is a notorious battery guzzler, and the 3100 didn’t really extend battery life on Wear OS watches