Huawei first showed off the Huawei Watch 2 (herein the HW2) in Barcelona back in February, when it debuted alongside the Huawei P10 at Mobile World Congress. I eagerly rushed to the booth to get some hands on time, only to be disappointed, finding that most of the devices were tethered to security...

The Huawei Watch 2 is the first smartwatch in Australia that supports 4G, and that's just one of its many tricks. Running Android Wear, it's simple but powerful. This is the first watch you can use properly without your phone in Australia -- and that comes in handy more often than you'd think.

The Huawei Watch 2 is a capable device that's smarter than your average smartwatch with even more connectivity than any other smartwatch as well thanks to the 4G SIM card onboard.

The Huawei Watch is a slick, second-generation device that irons out the kinks of the past, emerging from the chrysalis of iteration as the fully-fledged smartwatch it always could have been, given patience.

Good battery life; Solid performance

Display too small; 4G connectivity isn't elegant; No waterproofing

The is the successor to the popular and adored original , and it's a controversial one. Gone are the classy looks, replaced with a sporty body and packed with features.

Update: The Huawei Watch 2 keeps dropping in price and we've added the latest prices to this review, along with information on how it compares to the Apple Watch 3.

Built-in GPS and NFC; Optional 4G model; Feature-packed smartwatch

Screen a little too small; Performance can be sluggish; Design less premium than predecessor

The original Huawei Watch was one of my surprise favorites. It didn't have an overabundance of features, but it ran Android Wear nicely and it looked good doing it. With the new $299.99 Huawei Watch 2, the company pivoted hard.

Very accurate heart rate monitor that works 24/7; Built-in GPS means you can run without your phone; It's not as bulky as sportier watches like the LG Watch Sport or the Garmin Fenix 5X; Watch's speaker produces surprisingly good audio quality

The screen is so small it makes text very hard to read; especially while moving; Battery struggles to last 24 hours; Not particularly attractive; Plagued with lag; crashes; and random bugs

Within the category of smartwatches, the Huawei Watch 2 is a great device. But that doesn't mean it's one you need to buy if you're not already sold on wearables.

The Huawei Watch 2 is one of few watches that supports 4G connectivity; though not in the US; and does fitness tracking as well as any other wearable

No features that make this a must-have device for the average user; It's also a little too big and bulky, and its 1.2-inch screen is too small

The smartwatch industry has been stagnating in recent times, so it was good to see a big launch at MWC 2017 after months of very little activity. The Huawei Watch 2 was unveiled alongside Huawei's latest flagship smartphone – the P10 – and at first sight, it looked very promising indeed.

Sales of smartwatches haven't quite taken off in the way manufacturers would have liked them to, but Google, Apple and a host of third-party manufacturers keep plugging away, despite all that.

Decent battery life; Packed with sensors; Android Wear 2

Expensive; Plastic strap looks nasty