In September 2020, the vivo WATCH 1 generation was released. I didn't have too many expectations, after using it for a while, I was shocked by its amazing completion and product performance, and it was difficult to imagine that this was only vivo's first smart hardware device.
Therefore, I have always been very concerned about the follow-up products of vivo WATCH. At the end of 2021, Vivo officially released vivo WATCH 2. In a responsible attitude, after getting the watch, I basically used it all the time. Today, I would like to share with you my personal experience. (Because the watch is worn for a long time, it is impossible to avoid wear and tear, and there will be some flaws in the pictures, and students please forgive me)
The vivo WATCH 2 differs from the previous generation, with only a 46mm version. Black, silver and gray are three colors, and the price is 1299 yuan. However, I personally recommend adding 99 pieces to buy a package with a leather strap. Although the fluoroelastomer strap is the most suitable for sports, it is also a good choice to occasionally bring a leather strap to change the taste. The charger has changed from one generation to the next and cannot be universalized.
First talk about the hardware, I like the appearance of vivo WATCH very much, it can be said that it is the most high-quality watch in the same price. The appearance of the vivo WATCH 2 is still on a tough route, with a borderless mirror design on the front. In the state of the screen, the sense of unity is very strong, this time the screen is also on the 60Hz high brush, the whole sliding operation experience is very smooth. 1.43-inch screen, 326PPI, to ensure a sufficiently delicate display effect.
In order to further highlight the sense of quality of the watch, vivo also adopted the design of the "star array bezel" in the edge of the watch, the official said that there are 1680 small to micron squares as embellishments, although the "star array bezel" is less than the stunning of a generation of ceramic bezel, but the more integrated screen design is also unique. As a thousand-dollar product, it can be said that enough effort has been made.
The watch body is made of 316L stainless steel, while the drawing process is carried out, the two buttons on the side also adopt a semi-hidden design, it is difficult to see the buttons from the front, and the large oval buttons can ensure blind exercise very well. The strap buckle has also been redesigned, and although it is a little troublesome to wear, there is basically no need to worry about the loose strap.
Looking at the whole, the hardware part of vivo WATCH 2 has been changed and upgraded in many details, which has done a good job of quality and practicality.
However, the development of smart watches so far, the hardware is actually difficult to open a large gap, affecting the user to choose a product may be the value, but the real user can retain, continue to use, or depends on the strength of the software. I believe that this is also the point where everyone is more worried about vivo WATCH 2, after all, vivo has not been in the smart hardware market for a long time, whether the software experience is perfect, and whether health and motion detection are accurate enough?
First of all, after a generation of training, vivo WATCH 2's software experience and sports health monitoring functions have formed their own system, and the accuracy has a fairly good guarantee. Needless to say insufficient, it may need to be improved in terms of feature richness.
Let's start with daily health monitoring. 24-hour heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, sleep and stress data are all complete, there is no problem with accuracy, after all, health detection hardware has been developed for many years, technology has been very mature, these basic body parameters acquisition and analysis, for vivo such a big factory, is not a difficult task.
In terms of daily functions, compared with the first generation, vivo WATCH 2 mainly adds eSIM independent communication functions, and Jovi voice functions are also more independent. It can be seen that Vivo's idea is to ensure long battery life at the same time, so that the smart watch functions as rich as possible and as far as possible to operate independently of the mobile phone.
But these two functions, for me personally, are a bit of a chicken rib. Unless the watch independent call becomes slightly valuable when running outdoors, the other scenes eSIM call does not mean much to me personally, and as a telecom user, there is an extra 10 yuan per month handling fee, although not much, but mosquito meat is also meat. The voice function, as a carless party, I can't play its true value. For me, I probably only think of voice function when I'm lying in bed with the lights off or driving with something to deal with. In other scenarios, the convenience of hand exercises is faster. However, it can be found that this year's major intelligent hardware has added this function, and it may be that after a period of development, the ecology has improved, and the convenience of voice can be better experienced.
In terms of other life functions, navigation, viewing itinerary, NFC access control, bus card, WeChat Alipay payment, are also more familiar to us, and will not be repeated here.
It is worth mentioning that although vivo does not have a long time to do smart hardware, the design aesthetic is very online. The exterior hardware is excellent, at the same price level, the dial design is also consistent with the concept of refinement and quantity. The dial of a generation has been very good. The number of dials of vivo WATCH 2 has been greatly improved, and the overall sense of quality is still online. At the same time, it is also linked with hot spots. For example, the Winter Olympics, cute tigers, etc., anyway, are very in line with my personal aesthetic. The watch face download and replacement speed is also very fast. Various types are included, I hope vivo can keep updated in the future and continue to work hard!
In terms of sports function, vivo WATCH 2 adopts four-star positioning, and the star search speed is about 10 seconds, which is in line with the level of this price point product, and more importantly, it is extremely stable to play, and there is rarely a problem of searching for stars for a long time, which makes people very satisfied. This is very important, I believe that users who like sports have encountered a certain scene, intelligent hardware can not find the star, resulting in the exercise can not be fully recorded embarrassing situation. 50 meters waterproof, intelligent motion recognition, WeChat motion interconnection, are enough to meet the needs of mass users.
In terms of sports data recording, vivo performance is also satisfactory enough, whether it is just got the product a few years ago, or the re-experience of this period, the motion trajectory recording of vivo WATCH 2 can be called accurate, and it performs well in thousands of yuan products. In addition, the built-in 2GB storage space, you can copy the song to the watch, and then by connecting the Bluetooth headset to use the watch to play music independently, get rid of the phone.
However, after all, vivo started relatively late, the motion algorithm is a very difficult to accumulate in the field, in the final statistical display of sports data, the data is still somewhat insufficient, here and Huami's data page can be compared to see the gap. In addition, in terms of sports and fitness tutorials, there are not many provided in the APP, and the incentive mechanism for similar achievements and sports milestones is also lacking, which requires vivo to continue to work hard to follow up.
Regarding the endurance, personal will feel that the vivo WATCH series has always been very top, the official said, the closure of the independent communications section to achieve 14 days of endurance, the actual test down no problem at all, and even can stick to another day or two, people are very satisfied. Everyone please be sure to put the charger away, do not charge for such a long time, do not want to charge when you can not find the charger situation...
After a few months of experience, it can be said that the vivo WATCH 2 is very complete, but it does not bring the sense of surprise that a generation has given me at the beginning. The price remains basically unchanged, and the second generation is basically in the case of ensuring battery life, various upgrades to sensors and algorithms, and the addition of independent eSIM functions, which are very attractive to specific groups of people. It can be said that it is a highly competitive smart wearable device. With vivo's own mobile phone, the experience is extremely comfortable, which is a very cost-effective product in the thousand-yuan smart watch market during this time.
However, this year's intelligent hardware market competition may be more intense, under the 1099 yuan to support blood pressure health research Huami GTR 3 Pro, the same price there is also into the smart hardware market earlier glory new product GS 3. Even if the vivo WATCH 2 has a very good performance, the market pressure will be very large. How the specific performance will be, you can look forward to it.
Finally, the help that smart watches can bring to everyone is completely different, because everyone's needs for smart watches are different. The advice given here is also a reference that can be provided from my personal point of view. But no matter what, vivo WATCH 2 is still a very good and enterprising product. As long as you insist on doing it, I believe that the vivo WATCH series can also become the top brand in the wearable market.