For a company that has just developed, realme's product updates in recent years are actually quite fast, and it even feels like it has robbed the big brother OPPO... Especially the local new products in India, compared to other countries. It is said that the force is deeper (even the TV has...). This time I will introduce the realme Watch, the brand's first sports watch, which has a high cost performance. The price of only 1,299 yuan brings heart rate, blood oxygen, and several sports functions comparable to high-end models. At such a modest price, does it bring perfect functions, or does it only feel like "on paper"? That's what this article will discuss.

The charger is a magnetic suction type. In fact, the B32-1010 was not fully charged in this experience. The test started when the battery was about 60%. The brightness was set to the lowest condition and the real-time heart rate detection was turned on. The battery life can be about four days. about. The official battery life is seven to nine days.

The watch case body is black painted with a square body design, the overall size is 256 x 36.5 x 11.8mm, and the weight is 31g. Except the button on the right is a rectangle, it really looks like an Apple Watch in a way...

The screen is a 1.4-inch color screen with a resolution of 320 x 320. The general picture quality is just at a usable level. The maximum brightness still affects the recognition a little under the sun. In addition, the overall screen ratio is not too much. Of course, this is also reflected in its price in the early thousand yuan.

The back is where the PPG optical heart rate monitor is placed. When it is turned on, it can be set whether to use it 24 hours a day, and the realme Watch is also the only one that supports blood oxygen concentration (SpO2) among competing products of the same level.

The strap is the current standard 20mm design, which can be disassembled and replaced by pulling the tenon embedded on the case. At present, in addition to the blue that Xiaobian opened the box, there are three colors to choose from, such as black, red and green.

At the conclusion, I will sort out the improvements of the realme Watch a little bit; but here I want to say, this watch is really not easy to wear... It uses a metal buckle, if I want to say it is normal, I will It's fine to buckle it, but it's tragic when you actually wear it.

pain! ! ! ! ! When you press the buckle again, the metal material will go down directly due to the force, and it is really uncomfortable to press the leather... And in order to effectively fix it, the holes on the strap will take some force to be buckled. .

The murderer is in this metal clasp, and the tightness with the strap body is not so high. Therefore, more force is required, but the greater force will press the inside of the wrist, and can only say...you get what you pay for?

Here is also a comparison with Apple Watch Series 5. The square appearance and strap design are really quite similar. The only difference should be the difference between the surface size and the physical buttons of the crown.

Function and test

Realme Watch uses a self-made operating system, and the main operations are actually similar to ordinary smart watches. The physical button on the right can be used as the home button of the mobile phone; first, press and hold the screen on the main screen to change the surface. There are six styles in the watch.

The main function is to swipe up to open, and there are related health functions such as exercise, blood oxygen, heart rate detection, exercise record, and sleep. For mobile phone remote control, there are also search for mobile phone, music remote control and camera.

As the most important sports function I think, realme Watch provides up to 14 sports modes (I don’t shoot croquet, after all, realme’s main market is India, it is normal to have croquet), due to the software Some translations may not be in place yet (like an elliptical or a stepper).

For outdoor running that requires GPS positioning, the watch will automatically connect to the GPS function of the mobile phone when it is turned on. Of course, it can be detected without a mobile phone, but I did not try it.

On the actual interface of exercise, heart rate, calorie consumption and time will be displayed. If it is related to distance such as running or cycling, it will display exercise distance and pace.

There is no need to say more about the heart rate test... Seriously, there is no need to open it, because some surfaces have a built-in heart rate display. The watch will also vibrate to remind you if your heart rate is high/low.

In simple terms, blood oxygen concentration quantifies the oxygen concentration in the blood with data. If it is too low, it will lead to cardiac arrest or even respiratory arrest. Generally in the normal index 95-100%, below 90% is usually a bit of a problem.

After pressing the phone to find the phone, the phone will vibrate and sound as a reminder; it is also a very basic smart watch function.

After roughly talking about the operable functions of the watch, the introduction of the exclusive APP realme Link follows. This application is basically for the wearable products produced by realme itself, but for realme Watch, only the Android version is supported, and iOS is completely unusable. This should be the most in need of improvement for realme Watch.

In the settings of the watch, there are the above-mentioned optional watch faces, as well as incoming calls/messages and sedentary/drinking reminders, and you can also adjust the use range of heart rate detection; in addition, it should be noted that there is a music control here that needs to be ticked Turn it on, otherwise there is no way to remotely control software such as Spotify.

Sleep is also a similar concept, but it will divide deep sleep, light sleep, eye movement and wakefulness, and detect heart rate synchronously, and the overall information is quite detailed.

The heart rate will summarize different numbers into different behaviors. For example, if the heart rate soars during exercise, it will determine whether it is anaerobic exercise or a higher limit exercise.

In the actual training part, the editor first went on the indoor treadmill and compared the way of wearing the Apple Watch and the realme Watch on the left and right hands. It can be found that there are some differences in the distance calculation between the two products. When the Apple Watch is 5 kilometers away, the realme Watch is already 5.64 kilometers away. Moreover, the Apple Watch is also more complete on the interface, and also provides information such as the pace of each lap.

Under the condition that GPS is available for outdoor running, the gap is not so obvious, but Apple Watch has more movement tracks to view. It would be better if the realme APP had similar functions, right?

The point to be mentioned here is that the editor actually ran halfway outside and found that the realme Watch was not recording at all... Later, I realized that the realme Link must be positioned as a background operation and also turned on. Otherwise, just turn off the screen at the beginning of running, and the watch will not be able to catch the GPS signal of the mobile phone.

summary

The biggest selling point of the realme Watch is nothing more than a modest price of 1,299 yuan, but it has functions comparable to mid- and high-end competing products. In addition to some basic functions of smart watches, the heart rate, blood oxygen, and most of the sports modes are attractive enough. There are really no shortcomings, but the price is really hard to criticize... Like expecting a thousand-yuan watch with swimming detection, higher resolution and screen ratio? Of course it is good to have expectations, but there is always a feeling of nitpicking?

What really makes me think that it can be improved is the discomfort encountered when wearing it. Moreover, to improve the watch body, it is not necessary to move the watch body, as long as the buckle of the strap is made more stable, the discomfort can be minimized. Of course, being able to support iOS is naturally a big plus. If iPhone users want to try it, they can only switch to other cost-effective products such as Xiaomi bracelets. I believe this is also a part that can be considered after the official. .