Hi everyone welcome to wesknows tech news and reviews! what are we all searching for when
we're on the lookout for the perfect smart watch well we do want continuous heart rate
tracking we also want the watch to look good we want it to be light we want it to be slim line
we want features and functionality we wanted to do great sleep monitoring so you can calculate
your three sleep stages you like you're deep your rem sleep then of course we do want the
advanced features like a stress monitor what about a breathing app what about an spo2 monitor
well of course we do and of course we also want a long battery life well we have all that
in the amazfit gts2 mini and that's the thing we're going to be reviewing today if you're
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reviews and share hacks and tricks along the way amazfit huami has actually sent me the gts2 mini
and we have it on review the delivery guy has literally left my house about two hours ago and
here i am already filming the initial impressions review because i am mega excited about this little
thing the amazfit 2 mini is a new kind of animal on the block it's got the looks to fight it out
in the premium segment quality materials is very high you don't need me to tell you that take a
look yourself the fact of the matter is looks are just not enough today we need the likes of very
good sport features we need very strong health and well-being features and functions on a smartwatch
for it to be successful and we also need an affordable price well the gts 2 actually costs 180
the gts2 mini will cost you around 120 dollars so let's get into the review we're going to kick off
with the unboxing then we'll get into the design the display and of course the most exciting bit
the features and functions a slim box white embossed with silver writing that's what we're
used to with a mass fit on opening the box pulling out the product tray you are met with a case for
the instructions manual in the main tray there are essentially two things you need to look out for
first you get your charger here the charging base is actually very similar to what we saw on the
gtr 2 so it does look to be interchangeable with the current model range which is great
and now we get to the actual watch sitting in a plastic cover now just before i take the watch out
can you tell me what the watch case actually reminds you of for me it clearly resembles
a fitbit versa 3. back to the gts2 mini it's just neat the design is economic and fitting
not bland neither is it very conspicuous and now let's talk about the design for more details
straight away we see that the mini simply means that the size was shrunk from the gts2 to bring it
to a more unisex size another fact is the weight it weighs almost nothing at just under 20 grams
or 19 and a half to be exact there is a single button on the right side of the watch face and i'd
like to point out that the pressing motion is much improved from the initial gts there the button
was fiddly and just too easily pressed here the button feels more solid and the suppressing motion
is more heavy it's almost square with dimensions of 40.5 by 35.8 millimeters another positive is
how slim it is if we were impressed with the honor band 6 having just 10.8 millimeters thickness
the mini comes in with just 8.95 or just under 9 millimeters it has an aluminium alloy frame around
the bezel highlighting the premium as opposed to the bip u another interesting point to mention is
that the underside of the watch is glossy plastic usually smartwatches opt for the standard gray
plastic but the glossy shine definitely looks more enticing the lugs are tapered down and also glossy
plastic just like the underside of the watch the straps are replaceable 20 millimeter straps
soft and flexible nothing outrageous but should be fine for daily wear looking at the clasp good news
it's using classic watch type clasp it's plastic and there's no brand logo and now let's get into
the screen and the display the mini screen is now 155 inches and boasts 354 by 3 or 6 pixels so that
gives us a pixel per inch density of 301 and mind you that's actually beating the honor band 6 which
has a ppi of 283 the glass panel spans edge to edge and is actually 2.5 d glass with slight
curvature around the edges there's no mention of any scratch resistance qualities here though
as mentioned this is an amoled 1.55 inch display and it's super bright at 450 nits you do get
always on display as well as auto brightness let's touch on downloadable faces because i did find
some peculiarities here as per usual you can get plenty of faces from the zep app and it doesn't
really matter if you're using ios or android i can hardly find any difference between using the
samsung s10 or my iphone 12 with the watch you can easily use your own photos to place on your watch
face the peculiarity i found here though is that there are three preset faces on the watch but only
a max of four can be stored in the watch's memory meaning that if you download two faces one of them
would need to override an existing one on your watch a minor limitation but i thought i'd point
it out nonetheless the preset faces are highly customizable you essentially choose the facets
you want displayed on your watch face and just before we dive into the features and functions
of the amazfit gts2 mini let's go through the navigation of the user interface it's actually
all very similar to other amazfit wearables side to side swipes will take you around the shortcut
screens and these are actually customizable from the settings menu we can add or delete screens we
don't require swiping down will get you to another shortcut screen that has dnd alarms settings and
brightness option while swiping up from home shows your notifications pressing on the button on the
side gets you to your widgets you can actually set a shortcut for press and hold of the button
i've set mine to get me to workouts and finally we're ready to get into the features and functions
by the way i think a mass fit have made it clear what the advanced features are and what are core
or basic they've actually done it by stowing all the cool features like where the time and music
control stopwatch compass and camera remote into a separate widget namely more in regards to core
functions though i think a mass fit have really stepped it up because they included two functions
which are actually requested by quite a few of the users first we've got the camera remote and
secondly for all the students out there a mass fit have actually included the pomodoro tracker
essentially once you tap the button on the right you get to see the good stuff let's start off with
sports the tracker is 50 meters waterproof but it doesn't seem to have in-built gps i will need
to test this out there are 70 plus built-in sport modes real-time tracking and analysis is available
and yes you can access your music controls while exercising the only downside i see in
the amazfit gts2 mini sport functionality is the fact that all the exercises are non-goal based
on the other hand though because you do see all your real-time stats on the watch face and it
is large enough for you to see them comfortably you should be able to monitor your distance your
time that you've been doing and exercise so it's not a limitation it's just a point to notice the
mini gets pi just like any other amazfit or xiaomi wearable the pi squares calculated processing data
about your heart rate steps sleep and other health data this single value score provides
a customized health evaluation for each user based on their unique health data so essentially
as long as you keep your score above 100 statistically speaking you are about 25
less prone to getting heart disease the watch can monitor your sleep with three sleep stages
ram deep and light sleep you also get a sleep score and recommendations on how to improve your
sleep quality there is a stress monitor the gts2 mini can check to see where your personal stress
level lies from relaxed medium to high a nice touch is the addition of a guided breathing app
so you can relax or simply perform respiratory exercises with it the watch also gets an on-demand
sp02 monitor aka blood oxygen saturation monitor and the watch now and the watch also includes a
female cycle tracker so we've definitely gone through quite a bit about the amazfit gts2 mini
but a lot of the functions and features still have to be tested by us so for example sleep monitoring
we have to test out the sport modes and how do they actually calculate the calories burned can
you trust the device then of course we will be testing the heart rate monitoring on this thing
as well but for now what we've seen coming out of the box it does look good well actually very good
it actually sits quite nicely on my wrist i've actually got a medium-sized wrist at six and a
half inches and you can see how it's sitting there comfortably well so i do think that this watch is
much more fitting for females as well because the gts2 is frankly huge thanks for watching
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