I think it's probably Huawei's watch that will be more practical, because the watch has all the features inside and it also lasts longer.
Personally, I think the Huawei bracelet is enough.
Huawei watch and Huawei bracelet are two different dimensions of smart products, smart watches in the function of the design in the future is to replace the phone, smart bracelet is only as a cell phone auxiliary accessory to use.
Huawei watch and Huawei bracelet have one thing in common is that they are built for business people, the appearance of the design is biased towards business, simple and generous. In terms of specific functions Huawei bracelet functions basically Huawei watch can realize.
As a thousand-dollar smart bracelet, Huawei Bracelet B5 has a more obvious gap between the overall texture and the hundred-dollar smart bracelet. First of all, it is equipped with a 1.13-inch AMOLED color touch screen with a resolution of 300x160, colorful and delicate view is one of the biggest differences between this product and other smart bracelet products.
Huawei bracelet and watch which is more practical, this needs to look at the individual how to use it, the two products have their own advantages and characteristics. If needed, are more practical, depending on how the individual use. How to use the bracelet and watch depends on the individual's needs, I hope to help you.
Because the Huawei Watch is too much like a watch, I don't think it will attract as much attention when worn on the wrist. Huawei B2 is not, glossy screen design, simple and generous, earth gold color is a highlight wherever you go. I am a personal opinion, I personally like the design and appearance of the B2, of course you can disagree, both products are good products.
Sports bracelet is better, because when running sports bracelet is far more convenient to wear than sports watch, and will not happen to fall or bump.
Choosing a sports bracelet or a sports watch, I think it still depends on how much you like the sport,
If you only run occasionally, then it's better to choose a sports bracelet because, as you said, a sports bracelet is very lightweight and portable, and it's light as a feather on your hand, and it's inexpensive, but you can realize 80 to 90 percent of the functions of a sports watch, so it's obviously better. Obviously higher, if you want to become a professional runner, and have a fixed frequency of practice, and also 2-3 times a week training program, at the same time on the running of some parameters hope to understand more comprehensive and detailed, then you can choose the sports watch.
Sports watch compared to the bracelet, first of all, the screen is much larger, can display more parameters and information, exercise at a glance, unlike the bracelet need to slide to look through the parameters, while the positioning is also more accurate, the material and texture have a relatively large improvement, the value of the face is much higher,
In fact, I personally still more recommended to start from the bracelet, one because of the price of the low, the function is also enough, in the I'm not sure if I'll be running for a long time, the investment is low, but the function is also completely enough.
If you use it, or as you run deeper, you feel the need to upgrade your equipment, it's not too late to do so.
Now, whether it's a bracelet or a watch, there are updates every year, so there's no need to rush, and you might be able to get a product that better meets your needs if you buy it later.
Which sports function is better for a bracelet and a watch?
Sports bracelets and sports watches are typical representatives of smart wearable, bracelet price is relatively cheap, from one or two hundred dollars up to a few hundred dollars, while the price of sports watches compared to the bracelet is a lot more expensive, cheaper also want to hundreds of more than a thousand dollars, the expensive ones are several thousand dollars, they are in the two in the end, what is the difference between them? How should runners choose a bracelet or watch?
The bracelet represents the low-end
Does the watch represent the high-end?
In the eyes of many people, bracelets often mean cheap and simple functions, while watches are synonymous with high-end atmosphere, is this really the case?
If placed a few years ago, there may be such a situation, because the bracelet of that era is almost only pedometer function, but today's bracelet, has completely got rid of the defects of a single function, smart wearable as well as the sensor itself, the development of technology, so that the smart bracelet has been realized the technological upgrading of bracelets have been achieved, the bracelet has been realized more than 70-80% of the function of the sports watch can be realized.
For example:
Watch is color screen, bracelet can also be color screen;
Watch screen pixel is high, bracelet can also be high pixel;
Watch can watch the time, bracelet can also watch the time;
Watch can measure heart rate, bracelet can also measure heart rate;
Watch can record running mileage, bracelet can also Record running mileage;
Watches can be mobile payment, bracelet can also be mobile payment;
So from the function alone, it is not too much to say that there is no essential difference between the bracelet and the watch, in fact, from the engineering point of view, the integration of the chip, integrated circuit boards, sensors together is called smart wear.
Some people say that the bracelet and watch are mainly different in appearance and shape, the round is a watch, the ring is a bracelet, which is probably due to the earliest watches and bracelets manufactured into the current shape, so we agreed to call it so, the shape is one of the characteristics of the product, but not to judge the product is good or bad, grade, function of the essence.
Bracelets and watches are the most important and core hardware components of wearable devices for a long time to come, and there will be more wearable forms, such as smart hardware worn on the ears, arms, legs, or other parts of the body, now or in the near future.
But in general, from the user experience, wearing comfort, accessibility, and the user at any time to view the point of view, the bracelet watch still has an important irreplaceable advantage.
From the wearing comfort
Hand ring may still have some advantage
Watch due to the dial is larger, so from the wearing fit may not be as good as the hand ring, especially some outdoor or triathlon watch dial is huge, due to the built-in a variety of sensors is also particularly thick.
For men, there is a more obvious sense of heaviness after wearing, of course, many people also enjoy this feeling, while the bracelet is different, the bracelet is born with a ring-shaped appearance, the core of the bracelet can be designed as a curved, which can be better adapted to the wrist, so wear feel more lightweight and comfortable.
If there is little difference between the overall experience of a watch and a bracelet when worn on a regular basis, then the sleep mode measurement of a bracelet is slightly more advantageous than a watch, and the feeling of sleeping with a slightly heavy watch is not as good as that of a lightweight bracelet.
Functionally speaking, the watch is relatively more powerful
But not all the functions users can really use
Whether there is a difference between the function of the bracelet and the watch, this is a key question.
Smart watches on the market can be roughly divided into two categories:
One category is based on mobile operating systems such as Android and Apple, with independent call and Internet functions, which is essentially a scaled-down version of a smartphone, and can be regarded as a cell phone in the shape of a watch;
The other category does not have an independent mobile network module, and must be connected to other smart devices. The other type is one that does not have an independent mobile network module and must be connected to other smart devices to receive notifications of incoming calls/text messages from smartphones and to realize Bluetooth transmission with cell phones. Bracelets are broadly similar.
Watches are usually more expensive, from the point of view of meeting the user's feelings, manufacturers will also be in the functional design compared to the bracelet, to provide more functionality, the watch round dial relative to the bracelet strip design is larger, so you can build more sensors, while the bracelet is relatively limited in the internal space and can not be made the more thick, so from the functional point of view, the watch in the function of the design of the bracelet is still a little better than the bracelet.
Of course, the powerful function is one aspect, but the user can not fully use the watch's rich function, which becomes another industry pain point - how to let the user to make full use of the powerful function of wearable, to get a better user experience.
In fact, a significant proportion of users in the actual use of the watch, or only 20-30% of the functions, many of the functions of the watch users rarely use or simply can not be used, so for many pragmatic consumers, the simpler, more direct bracelet, but also to achieve most of the functions of the sports watch has, the key is the price is still cheap, why not do it?
Which one measures heart rate and other indicators more accurately
Measuring heart rate, distance and other important parameters is not accurate depending on the bracelet watch itself, but depends on the measurement accuracy of the sensor technology and algorithm optimization.
As a modern bracelet and watch mainstream use of photoelectric technology (PPG), let's just say that everyone is not very accurate in high heart rate measurement.
There are many factors affecting the accuracy of heart rate measurement of photoelectric bracelet watches, including the displacement of skin, muscles and these non-beat physiological substances, skin color, light signal data is usually in the same interval with the swing frequency or step frequency (140-190 steps/minute), wearing parts, etc. These factors often lead to the lack of photoelectric technology in the measurement of the accuracy of the high-heart-rate range, and in the medium-low heart rate range are generally accurate. range are generally accurate.
Continuously optimizing the heart rate algorithm to improve the accuracy of heart rate detection is also a problem that wearable manufacturers are trying to solve.
Measurement of running posture
Watch bracelet show their skills
Whether it is a watch or a bracelet, worn on the wrist, is destined to be able to measure the running posture parameters are very limited, generally can only provide the step frequency and stride parameters (stride frequency according to the arm swing cycle or induction of the vibration cycle, stride according to the speed, stride frequency inverted), then the runner hopes to get more running posture parameters should be How to get the manufacturers to show their skills, show technical strength of the time.
Some manufacturers have built-in motion sensors in the heart rate belt or fix the sensor in the waist, as this time fixed in the torso, so that the center of gravity can be measured to vacate the height of the running posture parameters such as time to touch the ground.
As a top domestic high-tech enterprise, Huawei has always had a pretty good performance in the wearable consumer market, Huawei officially launched a running bracelet to the market in 2018, that is, Huawei Honor Bracelet 4Running Edition, and the latest version is Huawei Bracelet 4e.
Huawei's solution is to wear it as a normal bracelet on the hand usually, and when you're running through an accessory that snaps onto the laces of your shoes to measure your running form.
The bracelet can measure running posture parameters such as landing mode, impact force, touch time, flopping amplitude, swing angle, etc. Especially for the measurement of the foot's movement pattern during running, the data is rich and comprehensive, which can effectively help the public to evaluate the running posture.
And Huawei in the bracelet algorithms also continue to innovate, Huawei bracelet 4e in addition to running to measure the running posture, playing basketball when fixed on the shoes, but also can measure the height of the jump up, the number of jumps, and other data, Huawei will develop more in the future based on the measurement of the mode of different sports projects bracelet.
Force wearable later on Huawei to lead the industry
In the field of wearable, Huawei is not the earliest entrant, but Huawei joined, relying on the strong R & D manufacturing capacity, Huawei, whether in terms of shipments or product quality, etc., undoubtedly has become the industry leader, Huawei is the minority of the bracelet and watch side by side, are able to provide users with hard products, Huawei is a minority of bracelets and watches, both can provide users with a hard product. Walking on two legs, both legs are walking fast and good one of the manufacturers.
As a high-tech enterprise with a strong engineer culture, Huawei's extreme pursuit of product innovation and willingness to invest in research and development are the fundamental reasons why Huawei's bracelets and watches are rapidly iterating and continue to amaze users.
In the Huawei Xi'an Research Institute Sports Health Science Laboratory open day activities, many media, including Wisers, were invited to visit one of Huawei's professional laboratories currently engaged in the research and development, testing and validation of wearable products, and we have witnessed a large number of Huawei Sports Health Science Laboratory's advanced scientific research equipment.
Zhang Wei, President of Huawei's Wearable Product Line, looks at the future of wearable products
Mr. Dai Jiansong, author of the Injury-Free Running Method, was invited to participate in the Wearable Roundtable Discussion
The exercise cardiopulmonary test platform is mainly used for aerobic capacity and walking and running tests
The optical capture test system is mainly used to analyze complex sports movements
Golf simulation equipment provides a basic test platform for the golf function of Huawei's bracelet. Golf simulation equipment provides a basic test platform for Huawei's bracelet golf function
In the Wearables Reliability Test Lab area, engineers use mechanical equipment and software tools to simulate many extreme use scenarios, and carry out destructive tests on the service life of Huawei's smart wearable products' hardware and software.
There are hundreds of these tests. A quarter of these tests are extreme destructive tests, which effectively help to improve the product and enhance product reliability and performance, and after reading this, you know why Huawei's products are of such high quality.
It is in the strong R & D support, in the past year or two, Huawei wearable product line of richness and iteration speed have made great progress, Huawei GT series watch has become one of Huawei's explosive products, and established a good user reputation.
What are Huawei's innovative features compared to other wearables?
The vast majority of Huawei's bracelet watches now offer a unique heart health detection function, which on the one hand allows for long-duration heart rate detection, and on the other hand allows the public to further measure the heart's workings when the heart is feeling unwell, as well as when it needs to be on a regular basis, thus providing a practical tool for early screening for atrial fibrillation.
The results were released at the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology and the World Congress of Cardiology, which is undoubtedly an important fruit of the perfect combination of wearable technology and public health, the future of wearable not only provides exercise testing and recording, but also provides a powerful tool for the public's daily monitoring of health behaviors and health risk screening.
In addition, Huawei's soon-to-be-launched WATCHGT2ProECG model is equipped for the first time with ECG detection, which can directly measure ECG signals through the dial back electrode and side electrodes;
On this watch, Huawei has integrated and innovated photoelectricity (PPG) and electrocardiography (ECG) technologies, and established the vascular detection function, which, after being compared with atherosclerosis detection
Vascular function is an important indicator of cardiovascular health, which used to be tested only with the help of expensive equipment, but now this watch can directly measure your vascular health, which is a great innovation brought to people's healthy life by technological progress.
Engineer demonstrating the accuracy of the WATCHGT2ProECG model's vascular function detection
Huawei attaches importance to the user experience, and in response to some runners' feedback that the accuracy of Huawei's bracelets or watches sometimes declines when they measure high heart rates, Huawei said at the open house that it would make a big improvement to the accuracy of its heart-rate measurements for new products that will hit the market next year.
There is no such thing as a perfect product, but only a manufacturer that listens to its users' opinions and continues to reflect on and improve itself, and Huawei's frankness and patience in listening to its users in this regard is to be commended!
It is also hoped that Huawei will provide the public and sports enthusiasts with more accurate, smarter and more diversified wearable products in the future!
Should runners choose a bracelet or a watch
Finally, we'd like to answer the key question for runners, should they choose a bracelet or a watch?
Watches don't necessarily mean high-end, and similarly, bracelets don't necessarily mean low-end. Bracelets are becoming more and more powerful, and have become virtually indistinguishable from watches in terms of their functionality.
For the 60-80% of ordinary runners who just use it to record their running mileage and heart rate, a few hundred dollars of bracelet is enough to meet the functional requirements;
And for the 20-40% of senior runners who need more complicated functions, such as setting up a training program, etc., then a more complete and powerful watch is the best choice.
Because a watch is still much more powerful than a bracelet in terms of interaction design and functional diversity, which is also reflected in the price.
But, unfortunately, 80% of the mass runners only utilize 20% of the functions of the sports watch, and the remaining 80% of the advanced functions are not used, so manufacturers are not only to sell the product, but also to pay more attention to user service.
How to make users better use of the product, so that they can enjoy the healthy and beautiful life brought by science and technology, for all manufacturers is not a small subject.
Because the consumption of people's aspirations, trends and expectations for a better life, from a general rational consumption point of view, the beginner runners bracelet is good enough, and the watch is more suitable for mature or senior runners.
Summary
Bracelets and watches are constantly being upgraded, and their functions are becoming more and more perfect and powerful. Sports bracelets are enough to satisfy the general public's needs for general sports records, while watches are more powerful in terms of interactive experience and function settings, and are more suitable for in-depth sports enthusiasts.
The bracelet and watch are both classic representatives of wearable, their positioning, functions, adaptable users, etc. There are some differences, and the two can not replace each other, so as to meet the needs of diversified users.
Do you choose a bracelet or a watch?
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Buy Honor Smartwatch 242 or Huawei 7 bracelet
Buy Honor Smartwatch 242. Reason:
1, Honor Smartwatch 242 battery life is better than Huawei 7 bracelet battery life.
2, comfort level: glory smart watch 242 strap comfort is better than Huawei 7 bracelet.
3, the main function: honor smartwatch 242 is more powerful than Huawei 7 bracelet function.
Which one to choose between Huawei bracelet 7 and Glory Watch 2
Glory Watch 2.
1, Glory 2 smartwatch, improve the duration of the battery life, increase the super Bluetooth call function, independent music playback function and early heartbeat screening, etc., it can be said that both the appearance, health, sports, etc., wearing a very atmospheric.
2, Huawei bracelet 7, its body is more compact than a smartwatch, but also has a strong health and fitness features, lightweight and simple.