Xiaomi’s excellent Watch 2 Pro is among the best watches available right now. At just €249 with LTE, it’s definately one of the best deals around. But the Xiaomi Watch 2 may just be a better one.
The Xiaomi Watch 2 has all the features of the Pro but with a lighter aluminum body, no rotating crown, and a flush top glass. Oh, and it starts at just €199. But the biggest difference is that the Watch 2 lacks LTE – you’d need to go for the Pro if you want to be able to leave your phone behind.
The Xiaomi Watch 2 ships with a TPU strap (either grey or black), and a magnetic proprietary charger. You can also purchase a Pine Green TPU strap, a White Leather strap, and a recycled Braided strap in black.
So here’s where the Xiaomi Watch 2 shines. Like the Pro, it’s a Wear OS 3.5 device with the latest, 4nm Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 chip, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and a very big 495mAh battery (that’s 16GB and 70mAh more than the Galaxy Watch6 Classic).
The watch is also 5ATM water resistant, has a myriad of fitness and health tracking abilities, and dual-band L1 + L5 GPS tracking. That means it uses both the wider L1 and the faster and more accurate L5 band to provide tracking accuracy within the meter.
Keep watching this space for the full review of the Xiaomi Watch 2!