This article was updated in 022 Double Eleven . It not only gives you science to popularize how to buy the watch you want, but also recommends high-quality smart watch recommendations. If you want to buy a smartwatch, reading this article is enough.
1. Is it necessary to buy a smart watch?
smart watch products have never been free from the dependence of smartphones since their production and development, and it is impossible in the future, because the smart watch products produced by manufacturers of any nature are positioned as mobile phone assistance from the beginning. Without independent smartwatches, the problem that users still need to choose to buy a smartwatch while already owning a smartphone will always be controversial. In addition, the call function of smartwatches has always been the unsolved pain point that has been complained the most at the user level.
In fact, smart watches have developed to this day, and their health detection functions and exercise functions have become very comprehensive. Compared with the single wearable function of traditional watches, the "all-round" of smart watches is attractive enough. In addition, the price threshold of smart watches is much lower than that of traditional watches. The price of more than 1,000 or 2,000 is enough to give you face, and the appearance design is more in line with the choice of young people.
In addition, with the richness and complexity of life scenes, every personal computing device has its own meaning. One of the positioning of smart watches itself is mobile phone assistance. There is no need to directly benchmark smartphones. Moreover, mobile phones are not portable enough after all, and there are indeed scenarios that are inconvenient to view mobile phones, such as meetings, classes, and exercise. Moreover, smart watches have improved a lot compared to the independent performance at the beginning. They have basic communication functions on mobile phones and have independent calls that can be separated from mobile phones. So whether it is in terms of wearable functions, functional applications, and mobile phone assistance, choosing a smart watch should start from the needs.
2. The functions and classification of smart watches
The functions of smart watches are very rich, from the most basic timing, message reminder, step counting, payment functions to health monitoring functions including heart rate monitoring, sleep monitoring, stress monitoring and heart management, as well as a series of exercise monitoring functions. It can be said that in response to different user needs, there are corresponding products for optimal matching.
Smart watches are roughly divided into the following three categories:
- Traditional smart watches
- Sports smart watches
- Career type smart watch (elderly/children)—I won't introduce them here
Traditional smart watches and sports smart watches are different. Just looking at the category naming, you can probably know that the difference between is mainly lies in the verticality of the function, and the audience is naturally different.
Traditional smart watches focus more on smart functions. Although they have sports assistance functions, the accuracy of data monitoring is not as accurate as that of professional sports watches. In addition, the recognition patterns are not as rich as professional sports watches, and the sports analysis and guidance are not perfect. The experience of professional sports watches in terms of intelligence is not so good, and there are fewer functions in terms of intelligence, which generally meets more basic functions.
It is worth mentioning that many friends who may not know much about smart watches may mistakenly think that smart watches and sports watches are the same, but in fact there are relatively big differences between the two. Pay attention to distinguishing between smart sports watches and sports professional smart watches. The following will be explained in detail with your product classification.
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Intelligent functions: health monitoring, voice call function, message reminder, payment function and entertainment function.Among them, the health detection functions include: sitting reminder, heart rate monitoring, sleep monitoring, stress monitoring, step counting and other functions
exercise assistance functions: heart rate detection, GPS positioning, exercise management, exercise pattern recognition and waterproof level
3. Appearance, wearing experience and battery life
Smart watch As a smart wearable product, in addition to product performance, this attribute of the watch as a fashion accessory and whether it is comfortable to wear.
The appearance choice and the wearing feel naturally vary from person to person. Dial: Some people will like round dials, while others may like square dials. In terms of watch straps: Some like steel chain straps, some have a special liking for leather straps, and some pursue personal choices for other types (this type can be focused on referring to the various styles of watch straps). Although there are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand readers, the appearance choice can intuitively express our taste, and it is worn in most cases, so it needs to be carefully considered.
As for Wearing experience , it is related to whether the wrist is coordinated as a whole after wearing. Be careful not to have too much pressure, because comfort is very important for a watch that is worn daily.
Battery endurance : You should know that having an excellent endurance has always been one of the highlights that attract smartwatch users. For users who don’t care much about product charging, this is undoubtedly a great experience.
Functional requirements + appearance, wear experience requirements + other product performance requirements are what you need to consider, of course, so is the budget.
4. Model recommendation
smart watch
smart watch has always been committed to basic performance. Lanbang watches have been updated several times. There are a big breakthrough in product performance updates. The W2 Plus released in September this year. Independent communication (call and Internet access) and independent WiFi have also truly reflected the product in its independence.
I have compiled a table below and summarized and compared several watches for your reference: Note: The core selling point is the highlights of each model I have sorted out, but I did not repeat the explanation, such as the highlights of GT2 GT2 Pro is included, the highlights of W2 Plus and so on.
- Lanbang W2 Plus
This model is also 51.8mm, with a genuine leather strap, and the strap material is 200 yuan. As the leading actress of Lanbang Watch, the overall performance of W2 Plus is very balanced, with black body color, black fluoroelastic , Maverick retro black brown leather strap, stainless steel black metal strap, and four standard package options, which meet the needs of different groups of people. The casual and sporty style and business style coexist. You can buy different strap combinations and match them.
- Huawei watch3pro
watch3Pro's dial and battery capacity are larger, and there is not much difference between other inverters.
Overall, the overall operation of the HUAWEI WATCH 3 series is relatively natural and easy to get started. Pay independent calls, which is not supported by other Huawei watch models. In addition, you can connect to WiFi independently, and independent performance is not available in the second generation series.
You can consider the previous generation of products inadequate budget, and the functions may lag, which is better at the price discount.
- Huawei GT2
Overall, it is a very cost-effective product within 1,000 yuan (the price was still 1,500 yuan last year). With blood oxygen detection, most smart watch users attach great importance to this speed. In addition, there are heart rate detection and heart management functions, and the motion recognition mode is rich enough. The exercise assistance function can fully meet the needs of daily exercise tracking, monitoring and management.
- Huawei GT2 Pro
GT2 Pro's blood oxygen detection is upgraded to 24 hours. GT2 needs to be opened manually. In addition, I personally think it is not necessary to charge the setting direction. You can download third-party software in the app store. Compared with GT2's , Xiaomi , which actually requires this design.
Apple Watch
Apple's experience will be relatively smoother. If you are an Apple user, it is recommended to choose a watch from this brand. Apple phones are matched with Android smart watches. Some functions cannot be matched, so there are naturally shortcomings in the experience.
- Series 7
Apple Watch Series 7 Smart Watch GPS model 41mm starlight aluminum, released last fall, there are two versions, one is the GPS version and the cellular version, cellular = GPS + cellular. For GPS version, the cellular version is also available for selection.
cellular version can be used independently from the mobile phone (you can answer calls separately), but there are restrictions on cities. Other versions cannot be used independently at present and need to be used after matching with the mobile phone. Of course, within ten meters of Bluetooth, there is no difference between the GPS version and the cellular version, and the main difference is the independence of the product.
Series 7 is slightly larger than the Apple Watch SE case, with a display screen of 17% larger than the SE, 45mm and 41mm respectively. The Series 7 is also bright, with blood oxygen function, electrocardiogram detection function and keyboard reply. You can choose the above as needed. If you don’t need these functions, choose the Apple Watch SE, after all, it’s 800 yuan cheaper.
- Apple Watch SE
OPPO Watch
- OPPO Watch 2
Some people say that this watch is the "ceiling" of the Android field. Its performance is indeed not vague. It has a dual-mode design, and the full-smart mode has a battery life of 4 days and a battery life of 16 days. In addition, in terms of ecology, the performance of this watch has attracted a lot of attention. It supports more than 50 applications in total, and the most important WeChat can be used.
supports continuous blood oxygen detection and snoring evaluation at the same time, making sleep health monitoring more complete. In terms of exercise, in addition to monitoring data, we will also give suggestions based on your health and exercise conditions, which is also a great improvement in this watch.
There are three options, 46mm eSIM version, 42mm eSIM version and 42mm Bluetooth version. The Bluetooth version is the cheapest. In addition to connecting with your mobile phone to access the Internet, the other two can activate eSIM to achieve independent communication and networking.
Tic Watch
- TicWatch Pro3 New 4G version
This watch has very powerful functions, and the smoothness of the Snapdragon 410 processor is much more optimized than the old model.
As a product that won the German iF Design Award 2018 Design Award and the American IDEA Finalist Design Award, the overall design adopts the shape of a classic mechanical sports watch. Its biggest buying point is that it can be used completely independent of the phone. When the phone is not around or is turned off, it can still make/receive calls through the watch. It can be said that this is a real smart watch in the Android field (more stable than Xiaomi watch).
Tic's smart watch has always been praised as a real smart watch in the Android field. The funder's father is Google, with a real wear os system, can download any third-party software, and its independent performance is very powerful.
In addition, it is the difference between 4G and Bluetooth versions: the 4G watch has a built-in eSIM communication module, which can realize independent call function. In addition, the running memory of the 4G version is larger than that of the Bluetooth version.
Honor Watch
- Honor Watch GS Pro
I was very optimistic about the Honor Watch brand in the early stage. Honor Watch 2 was indeed amazing when it was launched, but it was indeed insufficient momentum. The Honor Watch GS Pro released at the same time as Huawei GT2 Pro last fall has not caused any splashes.
Let’s take a look at the difference between this and Honor Watch 2: The battery life of this Honor Watch GS Pro is very amazing, reaching 25 days. The previous generation Honor Watch 2 was 14 days, and the battery life has been greatly improved. In addition, the new Honor Watch GS Pro supports 14 military standards, bad weather warnings, and has more sports recognition modes, which are more suitable for sports wear.
does not have any highlights in the upgrade. In addition, I remember that the price of this watch is not so cheap. I remember that it is more than 2,000 yuan, but the price is still good at purchasing at this price.
- Honor Watch 2 and Honor Small Gold Watch
Honor Watch 2 and Honor Small Gold Watch have always had good sales and reputation.
function is quite similar to Huawei GT2. Both are models with good basic functions, and also require blood oxygen monitoring function and good battery life. However, in terms of style, Huawei and Honor have different positionings. Huawei focuses on business style, Honor focuses on sports and leisure style. The appearance design and materials of the watches of the two brands can reflect this.
Samsung Galaxy Watch4 smart watch
The new Wear OS system can support more local apps and make our wrist life richer. The newly upgraded processor consumes less power and greatly improves performance, which can take into account both the energy efficiency and intensive task processing requirements. The new generation of health management is also amazing, capable of BIA body composition analysis and tracking our fitness progress. In addition, we can measure our blood oxygen saturation during sleep and snoring detection to track and improve our health.
exercise detection items have also been increased to 95 items, closely tracking our activity and health scores to generate more accurate exercise status reports.
The positioning and specific functions of each watch are different, starting from demand and budget~ When I first started writing smart watches, the most common topic of discussion was whether it is necessary to buy smart watches and whether it is useless. However, with the popularity of products and users' understanding of the products, the acceptance of products is getting higher and higher.
Thanks for reading~
