Amazfit's most powerful smartwatch yet, the GTR

The Huami is no stranger to us, as a manufacturer of smartwatches, activity trackers and a number of sports shoes, it has a fair market share in the global market. The Xiaomi Mi Band series, and the Amazfit activity meters and smartwatches are also known and popular in our country. The Stratos performs particularly well to date, like the Bip or the Verge. The Mi Band has been one of the most popular activity meters in Hungary since its release, setting sales records every year, far ahead of similar attempts by Huawei/Honor or Samsung. It is so well known and so popular that a whole industry has been created to copy it, with often misleading names and the same design.

Huami has already unveiled several new products from its Amazfit smartwatches this year, the latest of which, the Verge Lite, could be available on Global paicon, which we will be reporting on soon. The Mi Band 4 has been available for 3 weeks now, and so far it is performing better in sales in Hungary than its predecessor, the Mi Band 3. Its success is illustrated by the fact that entire webshops are based on it, almost everyone who is involved in the sale of technical goods is already holding it - or trying to hold it. There is nothing wrong with that, as long as the warranty repair is as fair as their pricing.
A successor called Amazfit Sportwatch 2 and a successor called Bip are now available on the Chinese market, both with ECG functionality. Of these, we do not yet see the arrival of the Global version. We hope that the GTR-is intended for the world market (currently the GTR is only available in Chinese versions) because its extremely impressive design and knowledge would justify a fight with the competition.

Huami reported its first quarter results before the presentation. Huami Technology shipped 5.6 million watches, an increase of 16.7% compared to the same period last year. Revenue reached 799.6 million yuan (33.6 billion forints at daily exchange rate), an increase of 36.51T$3.3T compared to the same period last year. The Amazfit brand itself achieved sales of 330 million yuan (13.87 billion forints per day), an increase of 621T$3T.
With this result a the world's No. 5 smartwatch manufacturer and No. 2 in China.

As a result of the positive results, the manufacturer has stepped up its development, introducing ever smarter watches in recent times. Today (16 July), the Amazfit GTR was unveiled, a family of watches with a 42 mm and 47 mm diameter, in a variety of designs. The materials used on the watch body include aluminium alloy, stainless steel, and titanium, while straps are available in cowhide, silicone rubber, and plastic.
In addition, 2 more versions, the Iron Man Edition and the Special Edition are also available, of course limited only in China.

The Iron Man version made of gold-plated stainless steel, with patterned red silicone strap, black ceramic frame, special Iron Man bill, MARVEL coin in the box.

The ladies are also not out of the loop, equal in knowledge but friendlier, 42 mm with a diameter of women's series available in 4 versions. Starry midnight black, moonlight white, cherry powder, and coral red. They are thinner and lighter, with a thickness of about 9.2mm and a weight of 25.5g.

The 47mm series has a 1.39″ AMOLED display with 454×454 pixels (retina), while the 42mm series has a 1.2″ AMOLED display with 390×390 pixels and 100 new accounts.

The Amazfit GTR in China is equipped with NFC and can be used to buy tickets on buses and subways in 253 cities. Alipay payment is also supported as an offline payment method. NFC can also be used in the smart home system, even for door opening.

Main functions:

• 5ATM water resistance
• GPS + GLONASS dual positioning
• air pressure sensor
• BioTracker PPG 24-hour continuous heart rate monitoring
• 12 sport modes (weight training is new)
• Bluetooth 5.0 BLE

The 42 mm version Special (or Deluxe) Edition features a quartz-zirconium crystal decoration, of which 60 pieces have been used, supplied by "Sógors" (Austria).

Amazfit GTR battery

Huami emphasised at the presentation its well-optimised system. This has reduced standby consumption by 82.6%. In active use, this figure is 51.2%, while in average daily use it is 48.7%.

In the light of these figures, the manufacturer cannot be proud, which was highlighted, but it was not measured against the competition (which is nowadays the preferred method of all manufacturers).When Bluetooth, heart rate monitoring and other functions are not in use, other smartphones can last up to 30 days on a single charge, while for the AMAZFIT GTR this figure is 74 days (for the 47 mm version).
With frequent use, the battery life of the watch is on average 14 days compared to competitors, while the Amazfit GTR lasts up to 42 days.

Amazfit GTR in daily use

For an average daily usage, Huami calculates:

• active heart rate monitoring
• sleep monitoring enabled
• Indication of 150 incoming messages per day (notifications flash on the display)
• view the watch 30 times a day
• NFC use 4 times a day
• other operation for 5 minutes
• 3 training sessions three times a week with a 30-minute GPS session

With this usage, the 47 mm GTR can last up to 24 days on a single charge.

Amazfit GTR pricing

In terms of price, the AMAZFIT GTR 47 mm stainless steel and aluminium alloy version is priced at 999 yuan (59,990 Ft domestically), while the titanium version is priced at 1399 yuan (79,990 Ft domestically). The sale started at 16:00 on 16 July. The Iron Man edition is also 1399 yuan, or roughly 80e Ft.

The AMAZFIT GTR 42 mm women's version is 799 yuan (45.990 Ft at domestic prices), which will also go on sale from today. The Deluxe version (60 pieces with quartz-zirconium crystal garnish) is 999 yuan (59,990 Ft domestically) and will be available from 30 August.

Choice of watch straps
For the time being, the factory straps are available in the cowhide and coloured silicone collections.

New Amazfit APP

Amazfit is almost the only smartwatch manufacturer that listens to customer feedback. It records all bugs and suggestions on its central forum and continuously improves its own Amazfit OS system together with its customers. This makes it extremely smooth, well optimised for consumption and user-friendly to use.

Specifications

Details of the hardware were not disclosed by the manufacturer.

Let's hope the international version will come, even if they leave out NFC. The specs are impressive, although an inductive charging could have really been included.
How do you like the GTR?

Amazfit GTR

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