While the Motorola Moto 360 was the first round smartwatch (ok, almost round smartwatch) that immediately looked different than the square-faced models that came out of LG and Samsung’s camps at the time, Motorola almost went with the same square-faced design as the others. The square display was as close to a smartphone screen as possible, and text didn’t get cut off at the top and bottom of the dial. Manufacturers felt that buyers would want the screen to resemble the display on their smartphone as closely as possible.
But Motorola decided to differentiate its timepiece by going with the flat tire design, which we will call round.
