For fitness inclined users and health conscious smart watch buyers, HONOR presents its Watch 4 which packs in a great dollip of features and excellent battery life for an affordable pricetag. This classy looking smartwatch boasts a 6 series aluminum alloy middle frame with higher strength and finer texture, with the centrepiece of its stylish design being its 1.75″ AMOLED (390×450 resolution) screen which sports rich colours, plenty of detail and is bright enough to use outdoors in direct sunlight during workouts.
The HONOR Watch 4 provides a comprehensive list of indicators of continuous health monitor including heart rate, blood oxygen, stress, and sleep, making it convenient for you to check at all times. During the myriad of workouts it is capable of tracking, the advanced workout algorithm demonstrates the outcomes of your workout efficiently, encouraging you to burn more calories, while presenting a very easy to follow data summary of aspects like calories burnt, distance travelled, average speed as well as average pace, and even elevation changes during extended walks for example.
You do not have to worry about battery life or bother charging the smartwatch every day like some competitors, since the built-in 451mAh battery lasts up to 14 days during typical usage scenarios, which may be a manufacturer provided theoretical battery life target but we turned it into practice using the device as a smartwatch most of the time whilst tracking our sleep every night and doing 7km walks three times per week – the Watch 4 did indeed last between 12-13 days.
Also worth noting is that this iOS and Android supporting smartwatch is also waterproof and allows for customisation with north of 300 watchfaces being accessible via the Watch Face market in the HONOR Health app, all offering various choices of dials and complications that are available to download.
It is currently on special at local retailer Takealot for a recommended retail price of R 1,880. Some competing smartwatches that cost around the same include HUAWEI’s Fit 3, and Xiaomi’s Redmi Watch 4.
