During the pandemic, getting fit and healthy has been a priority and a smartwatch has been very much a part of that journey. It monitors your vitals, keeps track of your progress, receives notifications, and, of course, tells time. There was a lot released this year, and here’s the most affordable and feature-rich option – the realme Band 2.
realme is known to produce affordable and reliable devices and the smartwatch isn’t an exception. They now have a wide array of smart home devices to automate your household. The realme Band 2 comes in its signature yellow box and inside you’ll get some paper works, a charging cable, and the realme Band 2
A quick look a the specs:
- 3.5cm (1.4″) Large Color Display
- Blood Oxygen & Heart Rate Monitor
- Water Resistant up to 50m
- Smart AIoT Control
- Sleep Quality Analysis
To set it up, you simply just need to download and install the realme Link app on your phone and connect your device. You can already navigate a lot of its features from there. It also includes a lot of personalisation, like changing your watch face, alarms, notifications, and a lot more. It’s also where you can get a snapshot of your health stats and activities. As you can see, I haven’t done any (LOL). As far as battery life is concerned, I had it on for over 6 days and it’s still at 62% so the promise of 12-day battery life is indeed true.
realme Band 2 also comes with health monitoring and 90 workout modes including yoga, outdoor run, swimming, indoor run, cycling, spinning, and many more. I don’t even know what spinning is and how it differs from indoor cycling. It’s water-resistant up to 50m so that you can track your swimming activity. What I’m most interested in is the heart rate monitor feature and the blood oxygen level which is what everyone is concerned about during the pandemic. It uses an industry-leading GH3011 sensor for accurate and reliable heart rate monitoring.
The 1.4″ inch touch display is bright enough to see even during daytime. Straps are interchangeable too so you can match your style with your watch faces. The realme Band 2 supports Bluetooth 5.1 and via realme Link app you set up alarms, notifications, and reminders such as:
- Music Control
- Weather
- Forecast
- Camera Control
- Step Goal
- Completion Reminder
- Event Reminder
- SedentarReminder
- Hydration Reminder
In summary, realme Band 2 is currently the most affordable feature-rich smart band in the market. Most of its competitors have smaller screens and sizes. It’s only available in Space Black but you can get different styllish straps for it.
The realme Band 2 is available for SRP P2,490. As an early-bird offer, the realme Band 2 will be available for only P1,740 (P750 discount) on Lazada & Shopee starting October 22.
