Microwear just launched a brand new smartwatch created for outdoor people who love to explorer the world as light as possible, we’re talking about the Microwear H5 4G. If you’re part of this category or you just want a watch 4G connectivity, then stick around as we learn more about this devic
The Microwear H5 is a multi-functional smartwatch that is able to support 4G LTE networks and calls, so you can potentially use it to chat, watch movies or listen to music over the internet. In addition to that, it also features a GPS module, which combined with your favorite map app can allow you to keep track of your position wherever you are.
Microwear’s smartwatch comes with a stainless steel watch case and a TPU wrist band. Other specs include a 1.54-inch 240×240 display, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, a 5MP (2MP interpolated) camera to take selfies or make video calls, a heart rate monitor, a pedometer and finally, a relatively large 650mAh battery for 2 days of autonomy while running Android 6.0.
The H5 has all the feature you expect on a wearable such as switchable watch faces, step counting, calories consumed, heart monitoring, multi sports modes and professional data analysis.
You can learn more about the Microwear H5 4G on the official website or purchase one on Gearbest where it can be found for just $89.99 during the flash sale.
Not particularly fond of fitness trackers, I decided to give the MGCool Band 3 a try and see if fitness trackers do make sense. With fitness trackers hitting the market a dime a dozen, the MGCool Band 3 does manage to make a stand for itself, although it does disappoint at certain levels. With the bar set by the Mi Band 2, let’s see if the MGCool Band 3 manages to keep up.
MGCool Band 3 Specifications
Processor
NRF51822
Display
0.66″ inch OLED
RAM
256K
Physical Dimensions
24.80 x 2.42 x 1.10 cm, 2.5 grams
Operating System
Proprietary
Sensors
Heart Rate Sensor, Pedometer
IP Rating
IP68
Battery
105mAh
Connectivity
Bluetooth 4.0
MGCool Band 3 Design
The Band 3, like many other fitness trackers, features a display for showing you calorie count, real-time heart rate, steps, and last but not the least, time. It would be a real bummer if time weren’t a part of the “watch”. The display is non-touch with a plastic casing on top which is susceptible to scratching and also reveals quite a lot of what is present underneath the casing when exposed to sunlight. The watch does not have any buttons but comes with a touch-sensitive surface located right below the rectangular display. On the back of the watch, lies the heart rate sensor along with the charging pins. The band is made of silicon with stainless steel buckles. Plus points to MGCool for using good quality silicon and buckles that do not wear easily. There are two band colors to chose from, Black and Red. The dial is fixed tight to the strap, so there is no way of changing the strap. The dial is about 4 cm long, but approximately only 1.7 x 1.5 cm is occupied by the display, which seems like a wastage of space.
The watch fits snugly on my wrist, with there being instances when I actually forgot that I am wearing it, which is exactly what I was expecting from a tracker. The IP68 rating is a bonus! As far as the build quality is concerned, I have worn the watch day in and out and it got through with flying colours. More points to MGCool. Overall, the design of the Band 3 is good, although I would have loved to see more utilisation of the space on the dial.
The dial features multiple screens, first of which is the face, that displays the time and heart rate with the connection status. Long press the touch surface and it’ll take you to a menu which on tapping shows you three different watch faces to choose from, one being a cramped analog display. Tapping through the different options gets you to the heart rate, step count, distance walked, calories burnt, sleep tracker, stopwatch, find the phone, and finally the power off option.
The heart rate sensor works flawlessly and provides real-time heart rate. The pedometer is adept at tracking steps and the distance covered, thus fulfilling the basic requirements of a fitness tracker. Once paired with the companion app, it vibrates and shows incoming calls and messages although there’s hardly anything that fits on that tiny screen.There is also a ‘raise the hand to view screen’ option that can be configured via the watch companion app.
But the Band 3 lost some points amassed in the design and build quality section, in performance, primarily due to the badly designed companion app. The WearFit 2.0 is the watch companion app for the Band 3, and it is not the best out there. There are a few useless options like “Photograph”, which I assumed turned the watch into a Bluetooth remote for my camera, but it just opens up the camera module on the phone. It did manage to track my sleep cycle albeit with a few errors here and there. The battery life is not that great. I could squeeze out a maximum of two weeks with the ‘Raise hand to view’ option, which is less as compared to a few trackers out there. BUY MGCOOL Band 3 Smartband - BLACK
MGCool Band 3 Verdict
The Band 3 is a good fitness tracker, standalone with certain issues that might not bother someone who is using this watch for casual workouts or walks. But if you are looking for a watch that gets things done as and when you want it, I would suggest you skip the Band 3. All in all, I have mixed feelings about the Band 3, mainly because even though it does not do its job perfectly, it is offered at an unbeatable price of $19! At this price point, the MGCool Band 3 gives tough competition to the Mi Band 2, one of the most trusted and economic trackers in the market. So if you do not mind a watch that gets the basics right, the Band 3 is the watch for you!
Wearables maker – Zeblaze – are apparently going to launch a new smartband, namely called Zeblaze Arch. The Arch will vary from modify smartbands for some neat features; let’s learn more about it!
The main highlights of the Zeblaze Arch are its 0.87-inch OLED display that should allow it to save energy when on and the complete of the strap into the body of the band itself. Zeblaze then used a second generation center rate sensor to have a more accurate heart monitoring, as well as blood pressure and blood oxygen.
The Zeblaze Arch will work in conjunction with the Wearfit app you can find on the Play store or App Store. The app supports multiple languages, it’s easy to use and connect to, plus it allows you to share your data onto social platforms and Google Fit.
Rapidly increasing Chinese electronics maker – MGCOOL – have just officially declared the availability of the newly launched MGCOOL Band 3. The wearable will be purchasable for just $9.99 over at Gearbest, but in restricted number. Let’s learn more about it!
The MGCOOL Band 3 is a intelligent appropriateness band that comes with lots of enjoyable features. For epitome, it sports an careful optical sensor and uses forward algorithm to track your heart rate constantly while wearing it, giving you a precise total status of your health. It also turn up with the raise to wake up advantage, so you can raise your wrist to turn on the display, saving strength when it’s not in use.
The smart band can acne steps, distance, calories burnt and is water-resistant. In addition to that, we’ve also alarm, call and message reminder functionalities, plus the MGCOOL Band 3 will automatically alert you if you are idle for an prolonged period of time.
Last but not least, the sleep observe won’t only record deep sleep but also light sleep, which should enable you to progress the quality of sleep, taking the right measures. On the hardware side, we find a 0.66-inch OLED display, the previously above-mentioned optical sensor, infrared confession, Bluetooth and a G-sensor.
Following the prosperity of the MGCOOL queue of Explorer action cameras, the Chinese electronics industrialist is ready to launch yet another new camera, this time powered by a Sunplus V50 processor.
With the more processor, the action camera will be able to full tasks quicker and – for example – record 4K videos at 30fps. MGCOOL’s camera will also espouse a new video encoding criterion, so that you can get better quality footage while decrease file size, a win-win upgrade.
The camera is said to ship with a 2-inch display connected with a Panasonic 34112 image joint and the already mentioned Sunplus V50 CPU, thus we should be getting some smooth high quality video and pictures out of it. Unlike other Explorer cameras in the past, the new camera will provide support for up to 128GB storage via microSD card.
Since the emergence of time or partly since the initial newcomer of the smartwatch models subsist the big question about it. must it be just a publication deformation attached to the linked smartphone or should the watches be separate devices eligible of existent totally outside the direct smartphone control ? Different industrialist have different ideas and now even the AllCall newcomer company will be participate to the discussion with new smartwatch model.
Rest of the specs implicate 1.39-inch circular AMOLED presentation, Bluetooth 4.0, single nano SIM card slot and Android 5.1 as the OS. From the pictures it looks like shapely fogyish tradional watch layout and metal construct all the way. And if im seeing correctly there is also a heart rate watch scout in the back. Their freshly assured AllCall W1smartwatch model is absolutely going the “statehood is key” road, because it’s structure rather like a phone than a watch. At least the hardware inside looks like it, because it’s going to be sporting the MT6580 processor, 2 GB RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. That means still only 3G data obtainable, but who would the 4G in just a smartwatch, right ? First ever smartwatch model from the AllCall company the AllCall W1 will be commence exclusively on Gearbest beautiful soon and there is already a product page to be found. We shall if the price will stay the same, because currently it’s listed at fairly optimistic $122.93. We will of course keep you informed.
The Cubot S1 is priced at around $50 and it packs most of the features you’d like to find on a fitness band; going from the heart rate monitoring to the sports activity tracking and other functionalities. Now that we have a general idea of what the Cubot S1 is, let’s get into the full review!
