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GOQii Smart Vital Smartwatch Review: Indian-made Budget Smartwatch with Decent Health and Fitness Tracking Features.

by qalfit January 4, 2021

written by qalfit

The Indian brand GOQii has announced its entry into the smartwatch category with its Budget smartwatch, GOQii Smart Vital. GOQii Smart Vital is an upgrade to the successful GOQii fitness band series. This smartwatch has caught the eye of many Indian users as it comes with some interesting health-tracking features at a very low cost. So, what does the GOQii Smart Vital smartwatch pack? What are the features and functionalities of this smartwatch? Check out this GOQii Smart Vital review by Qalfit.

GOQii Smart Vital Review with Key Specs:

1.3” colour display
Pedometer, Dynamic heart rate monitor, sleep monitor, calorie count
Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity
Smartphone connectivity (Android 4.4 or iOS 9.0 and above)
IP67 water resistance
7 days of battery life
The dimensions are 47.18 mm x 34.98 mm x 10.78 mm

GOQii Smart Vital Review with Key Features:

The GOQii Smart Vital Smartwatch comes with a rectangular 1.3-inch colour display and it takes major inspiration from Apple Watch in terms of design. It comes with a plastic build with a matte finish.
You can easily check your Heart Rate, Oxygen Levels, Blood Pressure. It also has a comprehensive sleep tracking feature. But, the one feature that caught the eye of most users is the body temperature monitor.
You can pair your GOQii Smart Vital Smartwatch with your GOQii app on your smartphone to get personalized coaching. It gives you an in-depth analysis of your health, fitness levels, and provides you recommendations for a healthier lifestyle.
The GOQii Smart Vital Smartwatch comes with 18 exercises or sports modes including running, cycle, walking, cricket, tennis, and volleyball.
You can control music, stopwatch, timer, set alarm, check the weather, and find your phone with your GOQii Smart Vital Smartwatch. You can also set personalized watch faces and match your outfit with vibrant straps.

Positives:

Sleek look
Value for money
Decent battery life

Negatives:

No GPS

Cost: INR 5, 999

Check Full features: Goqii Official

The GOQii Smart Vital Smartwatch is a decent smartwatch with a real-time blood oxygen tracker and a heart-rate monitor. It has a sleek look and a week-long battery life too. So, if you’re looking for an Indian-made budget smartwatch with decent fitness and sports tracking features, GOQii Smart Vital Smartwatch is worth a look.

January 4, 2021 0 comment

Fitness Lifestyle Technology

Amazfit GTS 2 Mini & Pop Pro Smartwatches Launched on December 1.

by qalfit December 2, 2020

written by qalfit

Huami Amazfit has emerged as one of the leading smartwatch brands in the world. Since its inception in 2013, Huami has successfully established its global market leadership by selling millions of units of smart wearable watches worldwide. From budget smartwatches to high-end premium smartwatches, Huami Amazfit offers all kinds of smartwatches to everyone. Huami Amazfit has previously unveiled the Amazfit GTR 2 and GTS 2 smartwatches in China back in September. Now, the company is all set to launch its new smartwatches, Amazfit GTS 2 Mini and Amazfit Pop Pro on 1st December 2020.

So, what do we know so far about these smartwatches and what can we expect from these new smartwatches from Huami Amazfit? Read on to know more about Amazfit GTS 2 Mini and Amazfit Pop Pro.

Read more: Amazfit t-rex vs Amazfit GTR

Amazfit GTS 2 Mini:

What do we know so far about Amazfit GTS 2 Mini?

The Amazfit GTS 2 Mini is the smaller version of its previous release, Amazfit GTS 2. The company announced this via its latest Weibo post(https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4575451065091466). According to the social media post, the GTS 2 Mini will feature a smaller, curved, AMOLED display, alongside a lighter design and thinner profile as compared to its predecessor. It is also teased to come in Green, Black and Pink colour variants with a single dial button at its right. It also comes with matching straps. Other than these, the smartwatch also features 5 ATM of water resistance and a heart rate sensor.

Features of Amazfit GTS 2 Mini?

The Amazfit GTS 2 features a Blood-oxygen Saturation measurement, Amazon Alexa Built-in, the PAI health assessment system, and loads of other features. If anything like GTS 2, the mini version will pack the PAI health assessment system and various sport modes along with customization through various watch faces.

Read more: Amazfit Bip U vs Noise Colorfit Pro 2

Amazfit Pop Pro:

What do we know so far about Amazfit Pop Pro?

The Amazfit Pop Pro is an improved, advanced version of the Amazfit Pop smartwatch that was launch in China a few weeks back. Huami Amazfit announced this via its Weibo post. The post confirmed that the Amazfit Pop Pro will have a square dial with a 1.43 OLED colour touchscreen display, 24/7 heart rate tracking, and NFC. It also brings the PAI health assessment system with over 60 different sports modes. The key highlighted feature here is the built-in GPS and microphone that its predecessor did not possess.

Features of Amazfit Pop Pro?

As we mentioned earlier, Amazfit Pop Pro is the premium version of the Amazfit Pop model. So, as far as we know, it will have all the features of Pop along with updated and additional features. So, we expect a SpO2 sensor, sleep quality monitoring, stress monitoring, and menstrual health tracking features. In terms of pricing, the Amazfit Pop is being sold at $60, so, we expect the price of Pop Pro to be slightly higher than this price tag.

Read more: Top 5 fitness watches in 2020

These two smartwatches will launch on 1st December 2020 in China and unfortunately, finer details regarding the wearables and their pricing are still unknown at the moment. Thus, these are the features and specs we know so far about these two upcoming smartwatches. If you want to know more about Amazfit GTS 2 Mini and Amazfit Pop Pro, stick around Qalfit as we will be posting a detailed review of these two smartwatches very soon.

December 2, 2020 0 comment

Technology

Amazfit T Rex vs Amazfit GTR: The ultimate smartwatch review!

by qalfit June 23, 2020

written by qalfit

Smartwatches were once largely limited to the choice of widgets that users can see on the display. But today, the functionalities of Smartwatches go beyond just timekeeping and basic smart features. One such advanced functionality is fitness tracking, which is a great feature for people who workout. These Smartwatches can assist you in your workout and make it easy to track your progress. With a lot of Smartwatch brands out there, you have plenty of options to consider when it comes to choosing the best Smartwatch for fitness tracking. Among the best Smartwatch brands, there is Huami, a company that quickly became one of the important Smartwatch manufacturers. Following the huge success of the Smartwatch, Amazfit GTR, Huami recently released Amazfit T Rex, which looks totally opposite to Amazfit GTR with its rugged design. So, Amazfit T Rex vs Amazfit GTR, which one should you pick? Read on to know in this ultimate Smartwatch review.

Design:

Both the Smartwatches have a circular dial. The Amazfit T Rex has a rugged look with its body made of polymer and strap made of silicone while the Amazfit GTR has a formal look. Amazfit T Rex has 4 buttons with a dozen military-grade certifications Even with all these loaded features it weighs just 58 grams. The Amazfit GTR has 2 physical buttons and weighs 36 grams. It is more suited for formal wearing.

Design	Amazfit GTR	Amazfit T Rex
Look	Circular dial, Formal look	Circular dial, Rugged look
Weight	36 grams	58 grams
Dimensions	47.2 x 47.2 x 10.7 mm	13.5 x 47.7 x 47.7 mm
Buttons	2	4
Build Material	Stainless steel, aluminium alloy, titanium and leather strap.	Polymer body and silicone strap.
Colours	Brown, titanium	Rock Black, Gun Grey, Camo Green, Khaki

Display:

Both the smartphones feature an always-on AMOLED display, Corning gorilla tempered glass, and anti-glare coating. But when it comes to pixel density and resolution, Amazfit GTR has an upper hand with a resolution of 454 * 454 pixels and a pixel density of 462 PPI.

Display	Amazfit GTR	Amazfit T Rex
Technology	Touch screen, AMOLED	Touch screen, AMOLED
Screen protection	Corning Gorilla 3 tempered Glass	Corning Gorilla 3 tempered Glass
Size	1.39 inch	1.3 inch
Resolution	454 * 454 pixels	360* 360 pixels
Pixel density	326 ppi	392 ppi

Fitness tracker:

The latest Amazfit edition, T Rex, supports up to 14 professional sports modes. Amazfit GTR, on the other hand, only supports 12 sports modes that include the basic step count and heart rate monitor. Both the watches are equipped with Huami’s self-developed BioTracker PPG Bio-Tracking Optical Sensor, which performs high-precision heart rate monitoring 24 hours a day.

These watches also integrate the innovative Huami-PAI (Personal Activity Intelligence) Health Assessment System, which measures the impact of your physical activity on your heart and guides you to a longer, healthier life. It eliminates the need to track complicated data and allows you to intuitively understand your physical state at a glance, as well as more concisely and precisely control your health.

Fitness tracker	Amazfit GTR	Amazfit T Rex
Modes	Outdoor Running, Treadmill, Walking, Outdoor Cycling, Indoor Cycling, Open Water Swimming, Pool Swimming, Elliptical Trainer, Climbing, Trail Running, Skiing and Exercise	Outdoor Running, Treadmill, Walking, Outdoor Cycling, Indoor Cycling, Open Water Swimming, Pool Swimming, Elliptical Trainer, Climbing, Trail Running, Skiing, Exercise, hiking and triathlon.
Resistance	5 ATM	5 ATM water resistance, 70 ° C heat resistance, -40 ° C cold resistance, 240 hours humidity resistance, 96 hours salt spray resistance.
Sensors	GPS, Glonass navigation system, ambient light sensor, 6-axis acceleration, 3-axis geomagnetic, air pressure, capacitive sensor and BioTracker PPG biological tracking optical sensor.	GPS, Glonass navigation system, ambient light sensor, 3-axis acceleration, geomagnetic sensor and BioTracker PPG biological tracking optical sensor.
Activity tracker	Heart rate, calorie count, distance, sleep time, sleep quality, step count.	Heart rate, calorie count, distance, sleep time, sleep quality, step count.

Smartphone Connectivity:

Both the smartwatches come with Bluetooth 5.0 and are compatible with iOS and Android versions greater than android 4.0. Before you start using the watch, you need to download the Amazfit app, add your device there, and sync it over Bluetooth. The watch UI is very simple to use and lets you customize to your needs. You can receive notifications, check the history exercise records, and set exclusive training plans to help you get better performance.

One thing to note here is that both these watches have no speaker. So, you can’t attend any calls. You can see the notification that you are receiving a call and you can use your phone to answer it.

Smartphone Connectivity	Amazfit GTR	Amazfit T Rex
Bluetooth	_V5.0	_V5.0, (Bluetooth Low Energy) BLE
Compatible OS	Android _V5.0, iOS	Android _V5.0, iOS
Notifications	Alarm, weather, incoming call, calendar reminder, text message, Email.	Alarm, weather, incoming call, calendar reminder, text message, Email.

Battery:

Amazfit GTR packs a huge 410 mAh battery that lasts about 24 days of regular use and 74 days of standby. The Amazfit GTR has a 390 mAh battery that lasts about 20 days on regular use.

Battery	Amazfit GTR	Amazfit T Rex
Capacity	410 mAh	390 mAh
Type	Li-Po	Li-po
Regular use	24 days	20 days
Standby	74 days	66 days.
Charging time	Up to 2 hours	Up to 2 hours
Charging Mode	USB	USB

Price:

The Huami Amazfit GTR 47mm Smartwatch is priced at INR 10,999 and the Amazfit T Rex is priced at INR 9, 999.

Price	Amazfit GTR	Amazfit T Rex
Cost	INR 10,999	INR 9,999

Final Verdict: Amazfit T Rex or Amazfit GTR, which smartwatch is better?

If you want a Smartwatch that can suit any event and serve as a fitness tracker at the same time, Amazfit GTR has a classy look and loaded fitness features that might suit you. If you’re a fan of rugged look watches like G-Shock, Amazfit T Rex has the right blend of durable design and fitness features that might interest you.

June 23, 2020 0 comment