With the rise in wearable technology, there has been a surge in the growth of fitness trackers that come with high-end activity tracking features and interactive operating systems, which further push the sales of these devices for health-conscious consumers. There are a lot of kinds of fitness trackers from high-end to the affordable ones that allows you to track your activities. While high-end ones let you measure almost everything from your blood pressure to stress levels, the affordable one can just track your steps, calories burned, etc. Recently, Xiaomi and Honor have introduced their respective fitness trackers namely Mi Smart Band 4 and the Honor Band 4. Here, in this Mi Band 4 vs Honor Band 4 comparison, we will see what these bands offer to consumers.
Mi Band 4 vs Honor Band 4: Display
The Mi Smart Band 4 comes with an all-new full-color AMOLED display, with a 39.9 percent increase in screen size compared to its predecessor. The band is able to display over 16 million colors, along with 77 customized themes.
On the other hand, the Honor Band 4 sports a large 2.5D curved screen, a 0.95- inch AMOLED 240×120-colour display. The Honor Band 4 comes with user-friendly icons and offers easy navigation by intuitive scroll gestures and a ‘Home’ button for one-click return.
Mi Band 4 vs Honor Band 4: Features
The Mi Smart Band 4 allows users to view fitness stats, messages, and notifications at a glance with a splash of color. There is a new 6-axis sensor that now supports more accurate activity tracking and also introduces a new swim-track mode. The Mi Band 4 supports offline payments via AliPay, and also uses artificial intelligence. Users can activate XiaoAi AI assistant for voice control of other connected smart home devices. Mi Smart Band 4 is available starting from RMB 169, with 5 color straps to choose from.
The Mi Band 4 also has an improved heart rate monitoring system. The Mi Band 4 has the same waterproof design as seen in the Mi Band 3 along with the identical band design with tracker module combo and a touchscreen to navigate data screens.
The Honor Band 4 works on Huawei’s TruSleep monitoring technology that allows the user to track sleeping activities and automatically records user periods of REM -- acting as a personal sleep advisor to the users.
Additionally, the Honor Band 4 comes with a 6-axis sensor which automatically recognizes swim strokes, records swimming speed, distance and calories. Furthermore, Band 4 is swim-safe and is water-resistant up to 50 meters.
Mi Band 4 vs Honor Band 4: Battery
The Mi Band 4 comes with a 135mAh battery as compared to the 110 mAh on the Mi Band 3. The smart band will be equipped with Bluetooth 5.0 (as compared to Bluetooth 4.2 in Mi Band 3) to provide seamless connectivity across multiple devices.
The Honor Band 4 has a 100mAh battery that according to Honor can last with you till 17 days.
Mi Band 4 vs Honor Band 4: Price
While the Mi Band 4 without NFC costs approx. Rs 1,700 and the one with NFC costs approx. Rs 2,300. The Honor Band 4 is priced at Rs 2,999.