How these HONOR fitness watches can make you healthier in 2020?

Currently, HONOR has 3 smart fitness wearables available in the country, the HONOR Band 5 Sport, Band 5, and the Watch Magic.

Watch Magic, Band 5 Sport, and Band 5

To those who are looking to improve their health and lifestyle, these wearables are some of the most capable in their respective price points.

Capable fitness watches for their respective price points

AND yes, they are loaded with features designed to help you improve your fitness and overall wellbeing with a starting price of just PHP 1,099.

Let's take a look at them:

How these HONOR fitness watches can make you healthier in 2020?

Band 5 Sport when removed from the strap

1. HONOR Band 5 Sport - At PHP 1,099, the HONOR Band 5 Sport is the most affordable of the bunch. But, it doesn't mean that it is not great.

In fact, it should appeal to a lot of athletes or those who are trying to get into sports as it highlights a minimalist look, different wearing modes, strong 2-week battery life, and a lot of fitness tracking features.

First is its design, this device has up to 50 meters of water resistance, a 0.5-inch PMOLED screen, and a design that can be worn in your wrist or in your shoes. While it is in your wrist, it can track exercises, monitor activity, and watch your sleep.

On foot mode, you can use the wearable to track running form and courtside sports performance, thanks to its 6-axis sensor. According to HONOR, once properly attached, it tracks your running stats with up to 90 percent accuracy.

It can detect seven different kinds of running data such as Foot Strike Pattern, Landing Impact, Ground Contact Time, Cadence, Step Length, Eversion Excursion, and Swing Angle.

Attached on a shoe

For basketball players, it can detect your Vertical Jump Height, Vertical Jump Count, and even Hang Time.

Like more expensive fitness watches, it can track Workout Duration, Active Time, Active Time Ratio, Distance traveled, Calories Burned, Steps, and Movement Speed.

Band 5

2. HONOR Band 5 - At PHP 1,699, HONOR Band 5 is the more complete affordable fitness band. It highlights a 5 ATM (up to 50 meters water-resistant body, silicon strap, and a bigger 0.95-inch AMOLED touchscreen with different watch faces, and the same up to 2 weeks of battery life.

Dubbed as "The Ultimate Fitness Band", the HONOR Band 5 has the 24/7 Heart Rate Monitor, Multiple Fitness Modes, and Sleep Monitor. It is even the most affordable with the SpO2 sensor that measures the oxygen saturation of the user.

It uses Huawei's TrueSeen 3.0 tech for continuous heart rate monitoring that takes advantage of infrared tech and AI algorithms for high-precision readings.

The SpO2 can let you assess how your body is adapting to workouts or at high altitudes. It racks oxygen saturation levels and bloodstream.

This device is also a personal trainer. It knows your workout time, calories burned, and more. It can be used to track Outdoor Running, Indoor Running, Outdoor Walking, Outdoor Cycling, Indoor Cycling, Swimming, Free Training, Indoor Walking, and more.

My favorite there is it can be your personal swimming coach as to where it uses the 6-axis sensor that can recognize freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly strokes. It can record speed, distance, calories burned, and SWOLF score.

Also, it can monitor your sleep. It uses Huawei's TruSleep tech that can analyze sleep quality, identify sleep habits, and provide over 200 personalized assessment suggestions for better night sleep. Sleep is important to help us be healthier and HONOR knows that.

Other features of the Band 5 are Message Reminders, Phone Finder, Remote Picture Taking, and Remote Music Control.

Watch Magic

3. HONOR Watch Magic - At PHP 7,490, the Watch Magic is the company's most premium watch in the country yet. But for what it is, the Watch Magic is considered as a bang-for-the-buck fitness watch.

It uses a 42.8 mm 316L stainless steel dial with 5 ATM (50 meters) water resistance, classic black sweatproof bands, a 1.2-inch AMOLED display with a lot of watch faces, and up to 1-week battery life. 

Basically, it is the most affordable fitness watch with a circular AMOLED display in the Philippines yet.

But, it is more than just that. The Watch Magic is loaded with tons of fitness and health-related features.

It also has a heart rate monitor and advanced positioning (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo).

Basically, it has ultra-accurate and precise location information. It can be very useful for a variety of outdoor and indoor activities that even include mountain climbing, cycling, and swimming.

It can also offer you advice and guides for your workouts. It has customized running courses and professional guide mode from introductory to advanced level. This watch studies your sleep and breathing habits as well.

Health app

All of these watches can be connected through your Huawei Health app. At the Huawei Health app, you can see your Exercise, Heart rate, Sleep, Weight, and Stress records.

You can also use it to change the watch faces of your device, check your Achievements, take a look at Weekly/Monthly reports, and keep track of your plans.

Our thoughts

Gone are the days that watches are just for telling date and time. Now, they can be used to help you be notified by the messages on your phone and improve your overall health.

However, the above-mentioned features are useless if you won't use them. So, take advantage of them and transform yourself into an even healthier and fitter you.