The Xiaomi Mi Watch will cost only 185 dollars!

February 24, 2020

That's it, we know the price of the Xiaomi Mi Watch. Xiaomi rivals Apple for first place in the wearable market. The Chinese electronics giant has launched its first smartwatch in its health home market.

Xiaomi Mi Watch

Xiaomi Mi Watch Apple Watch way

The Xiaomi Mi Watch looks strangely like the Apple Watch. I told you about it in another article. The Mi Watch, like the Apple Watch, has a square body with a crown and a button. It has a 1.78 inch (326 ppi) AMOLED screen. It runs MIUI for Watch, the company's portable operating system; and based on Wear’s Google operating system.

Inside the aluminum alloy metal case with matte finish are microphones on both sides to record audio and take calls. There is also a speaker on the left to listen to music for incoming calls. The Xiaomi Mi Watch offers a unique size of 44 mm. It has a ceramic back, which also houses the charging pins and a heart rate sensor.

The Mi Watch is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 3100 4G chipset, with four Cortex A7 cores clocked at 1.2 GHz, associated with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of storage. The company says its first smartwatch supports cellular (via eSIM), Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, and NFC connectivity for payments. The Mi Watch should run 36 hours on a single charge in cell mode.

Why use this smartwatch?

The Mi Watch will also help users track their sleep, performance during swimming, cycling and running. She will also measure their heart rate. Over 40 popular Chinese apps, such as TikTok and QQ Messenger, are available for the Xiaomi Mi Watch. The company's XiaoAI assistant is the watch's default virtual digital assistant.

The Mi watch is priced at CNY 1,299 ($ ​​185) and will go on sale in the country this week. International availability is not yet known, but will no doubt be available worldwide within a few quarters.

The company has announced that a variant of the Mi Watch, featuring a sapphire crystal and stainless steel, will go on sale next month in China. Its price will be CNY 1.999 ($ ​​285).

Xiaomi is no stranger to the wearable market. The company's fitness trackers, which cost less than $ 25, display colorful images and last for weeks on a single charge, are incredibly popular in Asian markets.

It is also not the first time that Xiaomi has been accused of being too inspired by Apple. Xiaomi's first smartphones looked a lot like iPhones. But in recent years, its products have had a little more independence and originality.