Hi everyone welcome to wesknows tech news and reviews! today we've got a very interesting review
and comparison for you we're going to be comparing the original gts as well as the all-new gts 2 mini
so what are the differences is it just the design is it just a smaller case or is there more to the
differences between these two smart watches well that's what we're going to be finding out today
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honest reviews and share hacks and tricks along the way! A massive range of smart watches is
growing rapidly and it's not just the numbers but in quality as well the funny thing is prices are
not growing in fact you get much more for less the original gts is one of my favorites in the budget
smartwatch segment for a number of reasons it's super light for one the interface is so intuitive
and of course the awesome and bezel-less 1.65 inch amoled display is just a dream to look at and it
sets you back just a hundred and twenty dollars and now we have the all-new gts2 mini which costs
just a hundred bucks or 80 pounds it's slightly smaller with 1.55 inch amoled display so not
that much smaller actually but it has much more features than the original gts like a pulse ox
monitor breathing app a stress monitor more sports modes and so forth there's quite a lot to discuss
and compare within these two watches so we better get started and we're going to kick off with the
designs the displays and then we'll get into the features and functions and if at any point you do
want to skip through then please note there are time stamps in the description below the video
let's just take a look at them from the front the two watches are so similar squarish faces
rounded corners and a single button on the right of the watch face even the straps look and feel
almost identical let's take a closer look the gts 1's watch case is aluminium alloy
the 2.5 d glass curves down and looks almost seamless as it covers the watch case for a
rather large watch the weight is just 25 grams without the straps and unfortunately the luster of
the gts's design finishes about here the button on the right is plastic the underside of the watch is
also quite bland with dull gray plastic the gts2 mini has actually improved on the premium feel
of the watch the smaller front looks neater and actually more fitting for the slender
wrists the chic look is emphasized by the silver aluminium alloy that rounds the case
the smaller size decreased the weight by 20 percent to just 20 grams without the straps the
button on the side is actually also aluminium once you turn it over you're welcomed with a glossy
back that is significantly more exciting than the dull gray on the gts1 dimensions wise the gts1
is 43.3 by 36.3 millimeters while the gts2 mini is 40.5 by 35.8 millimeters so if we think about
those dimensions yes it's a bit shorter but it's just as wide well nearly just as wide
no surprise that the mini is also thinner than the gts by 5 coming in at just 8.95 millimeters
let's get over to the straps as you've picked up already both straps are actually the 20 millimeter
replaceable straps that's the good the bad in my view is that the lugs on both are plastic
that is simply not cool nor does it inspire us with much confidence if we look at the clasps
they're classic wash type but also plastic and there's nothing premium here thankfully you can
easily replace the straps for third-party ones now let's mention the displays because they are huge
on the gts1 you've got a 1.65 inch amoled display on the gts2 mini you've got a 1.55 inch amoled
display let's face it both are large enough for easy reading of health stats texts weather and
so forth both have ambient light sensors for auto brightness also there's always on display on both
what i did notice with regards to auto brightness is that the grading of the colors on the gts1 is
more crude than on the mini on the mini the auto brightness changes are just slightly more fluid
and easy on the eye another point to mention is the resolution the gts1 pumps out 341 pixels per
inch with 348 by 442 pixels while the mini brings 354 by 306 pixels and that's just 301 ppi density
the good thing is you've got downloadable faces on both of these watches whereby you can download or
upload any photo from your phone to the watch face let me actually show you how it's done i'll upload
a photo to the gts1 from my samsung s10 and by the way you can do it from either an ios device or an
android device open the zip app go to profile screen tap on your paired device then watch
face settings choose custom and tap to change the watch face background you can either take a photo
or pick one up from your gallery i'll just use an existing photo of the mass fit neo resize and
tap to sync and voila wow that does look amazing doesn't it the colors are just so bright and the
blacks are so deep to summarize the gts2 mini has a much more premium looking front as well as the
back the plastic lugs are a disappointment on both but then i've had the gts1 for over four months
and it's still fine the display is brighter larger and has a higher ppi on the original gts though
hence there's no clear winner here hopefully the features and functions will make things
a bit more clear for us so let's get on with the sports and let me mention straight away that both
of these watches have dual inbuilt gps as well as being waterproof and water resistant up to
50 meters the gts1 has just 12 preset sport modes and they all seem useful and well thought through
and actually modes that you're likely to use such as outdoor running cycling trail running
treadmill skiing and pool swimming to name a few the activities are goal-based that is you can
set goals for an activity like duration distance covered or calories burnt the mini destroys the
gts1 sports functionality by offering 70 sport profiles over 12. they're also gold-based but
now with smart activity alerts there are actually three activity alerts and these are the safe heart
rate reminder so if your heart rate is higher than the predefined heart rate value you get alerts via
haptic vibrations there's also the heart rate range alert so if your heart rate is out of the
predefined heart rate range when you're working out the watch vibrates to notify you that your
heart rate is too high or too low and displays your current heart rate then you also get the pace
to slow alert and what happens here is if your real-time pace is lower than the predefined value
when you are working out the watch vibrates to notify you that the pace is too low and displays
your current pace on top of that you can now customize your data display screen and choose
the data you require for a workout and of course both watches do get pi because as we know the
pymetric is available on all xiaomi and a mass fit wearables these days the pi score is calculated by
processing data about your heart rate and activity intensity sleep metrics and other health data the
single value score provides a customized health evaluation of each user based on the unique
health data so basically keep your score above 100 and statistically it means that you're about
25 percent less prone to getting heart disease but if you consider the two widgets separately
between the gts1 and the gts2 mini the gts2 mini just does it slightly better because you do have a
heart rate plot as well as intensity gauges which makes it much more interesting and insightful
both watches can actually monitor your sleep and both do it rather well because you do get
three sleep stages so your light your deep and rem sleep on both watches and that's great
another great thing is that you do get sleep scores as well as advice and recommendations
on how to actually improve your sleep quality now the rest of the innovative and great features and
functions that i'm going to mention are present on the gts2 mini but not on the gts1 unfortunately
the features and functions that remain on the gts1 are just the basic and core features
like your stopwatch your timer your weather widget and so forth but the gts mini wow it does bring a
whole lot to us so let's take a look at it there's a stress monitor the gts2 mini can check to see
where your personal stress level lies from relaxed normal medium or high a nice touch is the addition
of a guided breathing app that you can use to relax or simply perform respiratory exercises with
the watch also gets an on-demand spo2 monitor aka blood oxygen saturation monitor or pulse oxygen
considering the monitor is on demand essentially at a point in time the readings are stored and
transferred to your smartphone when synced you can see the trends in the zip app where you can
see the trends up to three hours on your watch face now there's a world clock app on your watch
you can add up to 20 different locations from the zepp app and synchronize them to the watch then
you can view information including local times and the differences between local and that location's
time zone you also get a pomodoro tracker this app allows you to manage time scientifically and
set the concentration times in cycles such as 25 minutes concentration and 5 minutes break but you
can adjust these work and break cycles so if we do a summary on the features and functions between
the two watches i think it's obvious that the gts2 mini just offers way more there's a stress monitor
there's an spo2 monitor there is a pomodoro tracker there's a world clock app and there's
also the breathing app it's just that the gts2 mini does become more premium in terms of looks
and well it's more unisex because it is slightly smaller so it will fit the slender risks a bit
more and of course it does have a number of those premium features such as much more sport modes if
you actually recall we made a test and comparison between the gts1 and the honor magic watch 2 when
i was playing some tennis and the fact is i had to use the freestyle sport mode on the gts1 while
the honor magic which 2 actually did have a tennis profile so with having just 12 preset sport modes
on the gts1 it is a bit restrictive if you want to measure your calories for a specific exercise
and hence i think it's quite clear that the gts2 mini first of all is cheaper it looks better
and it has much more functionality except for one point the screen is brighter has a high resolution
on the gts1 but then again 301 ppi on the gts2 mini that's very good as well and again you're
getting that for just a hundred bucks or just under that and that's a great price for a whole
lot of value thanks for watching everyone if you did find this review useful and insightful
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do let me know in the comments what you think of the two watches and which one would you prefer!