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Review on Smart bracelet HUAWEI Band 4 Pro, graphite black by Agata Roguska ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

I'm satisfied, it's a good purchase.

Pedometer There is a quarantine in the country, so it was not possible to test the bracelet on the street. Walked around the apartment. On one hand - my Band 4 Pro, Band 4 wife. In the other, a Samsung S10e phone measuring steps in Samsung Health with built-in sensors (not from a bracelet). He walked exactly 200 steps around the apartment (specially counted), moderately waving his arms. Results: - phone with Samsung Health counted 201 steps (!) - Band 4 counted 190 steps - Band 4 Pro counted 193 steps Deviation within 5% is normal. But warming up before training, he made two dozen swings with his hands - the bracelet threw on 150 steps at once! heart rate monitor Compared with the chest sensor Sigma. With average heart rates (~ 110-130 beats / min), the bracelet overestimated somewhere within 2-5 beats. I didn’t try it at higher pulses, but as a rule, all devices with optical sensors shamelessly lie. On the other hand, I don’t particularly consider this bracelet as a heart rate monitor for training, but at rest it monitors normally. 5/5. Sleep monitoring Measures something and shows something. I don't see any objective reason not to. 5/5. Workout I tried to write only workouts on an elliptical trainer. The bracelet measured something there. Calorie consumption - what is the weather on Mars. Fun like "the effect of aerobic exercise" is meaningless in the presence of a normal heart rate monitor. But for outdoor activities, GPS in a wristband can be potentially interesting if you don't feel like carrying your phone with you. I have not tried swimming, but under the shower the screen reacts to jets of water. 5/5 in advance. What is the result. If the GPS battery draining quickly in the bracelet is not critical for you, I don’t see any advantages of the Band 4 Pro over the regular Band 4 at all. It’s even somewhat the opposite: for a regular Band 4, it’s enough to plug the bracelet itself directly into USB to charge, and for Band 4 Pro needs a cradle. Band 4 Pro turned up for me at the price of a regular Band 4, while in black the Pro is prettier for my taste, so 2490. For him, I think the price is quite reasonable. The photo shows a comparison with the usual Huawei Band 4.

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Pros
  • About 20% of the battery is wasted per day (permanent heart rate measurement and sleep monitoring are on, without GPS). It gets better, but generally acceptable. The taste and color of the felt-tip pens are different, as for me, from the dark bracelets sold officially in 2022, Band 4 Pro is the most attractive. But my wife's light Band 4 looks more interesting than the light Band 4 Pro. Dials. From several dozen standard heel dials, I found the right ones for myself.
Cons
  • The manufacturer claims compatibility with Android 4.4+. I have a Samsung S10e with Android 10. So, the bracelet in the phone needs Huawei Mobile Services version 4 or newer. The latest on Google Play is 3.0.3.300 (dated 12/2/2022). Thus, without additional dances with a tambourine, the bracelet with your Android 10 phone will not work, unless your phone is Huawei or Honor. You need to independently extract apk with these same Huawei Mobile Services 4+ and install it with your hands. If I leave the phone far enough, and then return, the bracelet does not pick up back to the phone right away - either a few minutes should pass (all this time you live without notifications on the notification bracelet, in particular), or you need to get into Huawei Health with your hands and resume compound. There are no measurements of the level of oxygen in the blood (I have the 2022 version), but on the other hand, it is not clear why it is needed.

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May 30, 2023
Some pros: Design and build quality Has cons: Stripped down functionality with ios

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