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Xiaomi WHTCH S1 review: vow to be a good choice for all-round high-end watches

【Home Secret Review】Since the emergence of smart wearable devices, people have more and more expectations for it. Initially, everyone only used it as a monitoring tool for sports health, and did not expect it to have too many functions. At that time, the watch series of foreign brands in the market was unique, relying on a huge user base to fully promote smart watches. In addition to the user group, its own functions can also cope with daily use. However, with the continuous development and progress, the smart watches and even smart bracelets of domestic brands have already possessed powerful functions, and in the process of constantly catching up with the watches of foreign brands, they have caught up. But in terms of price, the watch series of 3000+ is still discouraging for many people, and domestic watches with the same function are mostly around 500-2000, giving users more choices.

Xiaomi WHTCH S1 review: vow to be a good choice for all-round high-end watches

Xiaomi WHTCH S1

The recently released Xiaomi WHTCH S1 is priced at 1099 yuan, which belongs to the pioneer of high-end products in the same series of millet, but it belongs to the people-friendly price in similar products, but it is not inferior to other products in terms of function.

Xiaomi Watch S1 as the first product of the series, named after "S", but also in order to highlight the series of powerful, for high-end users positioning, in fact, we can see that Xiaomi Watch S1 also implements the design rules of Xiaomi in other product lines, stacking is still the simplest and most direct way of expression.

First of all, in terms of appearance, Xiaomi Watch S1 adopts an all-black design, and the watch mirror is made of sapphire glass material, which is usually suitable for mechanical watches, because it has good optical properties, making the surface more transparent, and also has strong and wear-resistant characteristics, and the scratch resistance reaches 1200 times, so it is widely used in equipment such as watch mirrors and lenses. Naturally, the price of this material is also not cheap, although it is not a natural material, but because of the limitation of production capacity, the annual output is not much. Most of the watches using this material are haute couture, which shows that the Xiaomi Watch S1 is indeed willing to pay the cost.

Secondly, on the case, the Xiaomi Watch S1 uses 316L austenitic stainless steel, after 30 processes using nearly 100 processes, and finally create such a wear-resistant and collision-resistant, corrosion-resistant case, while also properly controlled in weight, suitable for daily and sports configurations. Similarly, the strap is also made of skin-friendly and stain-resistant fluoroelastomer material, of course, you can also choose calf leather or other materials according to your preferences with different scene dress, after all, changing the strap is also a way to show personality.

Xiaomi WHTCH S1 review: vow to be a good choice for all-round high-end watches

Xiaomi WHTCH S1 back sensor

Unlike ordinary watches, the back cover of smart watches is usually used to place sensors, and the Xiaomi Watch S1 is set here with a heart rate sensor that can accurately monitor the user's health and exercise status.

The basic qualities of the watch have been introduced, so the hardware data of the Xiaomi Watch S1 as a smart product naturally has to be told to everyone. Xiaomi Watch S1 screen uses a 1.43-inch AMOLED screen, the resolution of 460×460, in the current market belongs to the large resolution watch, while its PPI reached 326, and support 60Hz refresh rate, so in the color brightness and fluency of the look and feel is also a rare excellent effect in the industry. In addition, The Xiaomi Watch S1 adopts the BES2500BP chip platform, with 32MB of memory, 4GB of storage, and the built-in 470mAh battery has a maximum endurance of 24 days, and daily use is 7-10 days, so that the endurance is really at ease. In addition, it uses a 10W magnetic wireless charger, which can charge up to 50% in half an hour, which is a device that charges quickly.

Xiaomi WHTCH S1 review: vow to be a good choice for all-round high-end watches

Xiaomi WHTCH S1 screen

In addition to the hardware introduced above, Xiaomi Watch S1 is also very comprehensive in function, in addition to having 117 sports proprietary modes, it also supports independent Bluetooth calling, NFC, all-weather heart rate / blood oxygen measurement, sleep and other functions, positioning also has five commonly used satellite positioning support, it can be said that in terms of function is not lost to any similar products.

So let's take a look at the specific usage feelings.

This Xiaomi Watch S1 mainly relies on the touch screen and two function keys to operate, the upper key is the menu call key, the long press can be used as a switch on and off, the lower key can customize the shortcut key, we can customize the startup APP in the "Xiaomi Wear" APP. The default is the sports fitness project, in which we can find data monitoring and testing about a variety of exercises, it will automatically prompt whether to start the exercise record when you exercise, and provide you with the relevant data of the exercise after the exercise, such as running distance, stroke times, calories consumed, etc. It can be said that in terms of sports, Xiaomi Watch S1 has been very convenient and intelligent.

Xiaomi WHTCH S1 review: vow to be a good choice for all-round high-end watches

Xiaomi Mi WHTCH S1 multi-dial

In terms of personalization, we can also set the dial through the dial management in the "Xiaomi Wear" APP, in addition to the own dial, we can also choose the dynamic dial, super dial, custom dial, IP dial, market dial and many other personalized dials, the dial has always been Xiaomi's strength, whether it is like sports style or mechanical style, or suitable for girls girly style are all available.

Xiaomi WHTCH S1 review: vow to be a good choice for all-round high-end watches
Xiaomi WHTCH S1 review: vow to be a good choice for all-round high-end watches

Xiaomi WHTCH S1 blood oxygen, heart rate test

We see that there are openings on both sides of the Xiaomi Watch S1 border, respectively, the speaker and microphone, mentioned above that the Xiaomi Watch S1 can be separated from the phone, link Bluetooth directly to call, in fact, the watch itself also has an external function, sometimes in the absence of mobile phones and Bluetooth headsets can also be directly through the watch to call or play music, but it is still recommended that everyone use when there is no one in the surrounding environment, after all, talking to the table is still a bit too personal.

Xiaomi WHTCH S1 review: vow to be a good choice for all-round high-end watches

Xiaomi WHTCH S1 has a variety of monitoring items

In addition to these, all kinds of tests are also an indispensable function of a wearable product, Xiaomi Watch S1 supports all-weather heart rate and blood oxygen testing, not only can real-time test view data, it can also monitor our body data, when there are possible problems, will be early warning, let us better understand their physical condition, prevent sudden accidents, provide a guarantee for life. When wearing, it will also be sedentary monitoring for users, especially for office people, long working hours will cause damage to the cervical spine and waist, at this time, Xiaomi Watch S1 will prompt you to get up and exercise every once in a while to protect your health.

Xiaomi WHTCH S1 review: vow to be a good choice for all-round high-end watches

The Xiaomi WHTCH S1 is versatile

In addition, Xiaomi Watch S1 also supports the installation of third-party applications, we can install management in the "Xiaomi Wear" APP, currently support Alipay, Baidu Map, AutoNavi Map, NetEase Cloud Music, Air Travel Zongheng, Aidong Fitness and other more than 20 APP, in fact, no matter which smart watch, the third-party application significance is not too big, according to the choice of independent installation is the meaning of this function. Similarly, the Xiaomi Watch S1 with NFC function also supports NFC function, which can bind the national transportation card and some access control cards, and when passing the door card, just swipe the watch, safe, convenient and fast.

Xiaomi WHTCH S1 review: vow to be a good choice for all-round high-end watches

In fact, in addition to the above functions, Xiaomi Watch S1 also supports 5ATM level waterproof, easy to wear when swimming, but also has altitude and environmental oxygen content data, for mountaineering enthusiasts is also very practical, sleep monitoring, let us understand sleep quality and sleep breathing status and other functions. On the whole, the Xiaomi Watch S1 has powerful functions, which is almost the same as any high-end smart watch on the market. The price is 30% of other products, the so-called good quality and low price, worthy of xiaomi products, when the real cost performance to the extreme, for the first time to buy smart watches, and a visual look at similar products of the user, the price of 1099, this shot is absolutely worth the money.

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