Xiaomi’s sub-brand Huami has just released its latest wearable the Amazfit Watch in China. Huami has released products other Amazfit products before this, but the Amazfit Watch is the first ever smartwatch from the company. Could this be the long awaited Xiaomi Watch?
The Amazfit Watch utilizes Xiaomi’s MiFit app to function. It sports a 1.34-inch display with 300 x 300 pixels resolution, and is powered by a 1.2Ghz processor along with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage.
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On the back of the dial there’s a heart rate sensor that, unlike the Mi Band’s heart sensor, can continuously read your heart rate. Aside from that, the Amazfit Watch can also be used for on-the-go payments with Alibaba’s mobile payment service AliPay, at least in China.
The Amazfit’s bezel is made of ceramic, making it nice and scratch resistant. The wristband is user replaceable, and the dial can be attached to any other 22mm band. The Amazfit is powered by a 200mAh battery, which should give up to 5 days of battery life.
We do wonder whether this is the much awaited Xiaomi Watch or of it’s just a product of Huami that released with good timing. Regardless, the Amazfit Watch goes on sale tomorrow for a decent 799 yuan or $120.
200 Mah will last for days ? In their dreams … well maybe with the CPU and everything in sleep mode and no data connection but this is quite far off.
I had a watch with MT2502 which is quite frugal and a larger 350 Mah ( maybe fake capacity as you never know with the Chinese ) but that only lasted for 2-3 days.
Huami says that this watch is capable of running for approximately 11 days if it’s just tracking steps, it will provide 35 hours of battery life if GPS is turned on, and the company says that an average of 5 days can be expected if you use the watch in normal conditions.
No offense but companies say many things and not all of them are true.
35 hours with GPS turned on is something that I’m not sure even my phone can do so unless they found some magical new battery tech of chips I seriously doubt this claim.
No offense taken, I was just copying their advertising so you’ll have the full version of it. I’m as skeptical as you, even if they say they used a brand new GPS chip that reduces battery drain.