so umidigi sent out their latest smartwatch offering the 3s could this be the best budget
smartwatch ever to be released absolutely not but we're going to take a look anyway stay
tuned guys welcome back to tech it easy so um umidigi at least that's how i think you say it
sent me out their latest smartwatch the 3s but they also sent out their 2s smartwatch the
previous model for me to do a comparison and point out the differences and well this is a bit awkward
so yeah the boxes are exactly the same the watches look exactly the same anyway let's
start things off on a positive these smartwatches are only going for around 30 pounds in the uk
and at the moment the 2s i believe is currently on sale for just 25 pounds which to be honest if
the device does do its job and tracks everything it's meant to accurately makes it a pretty good
value buy at this price point you're usually limited to fitness trackers which come as a much
smaller package that being said i'm not too sure i would class these smartwatch devices
as smart watches at all sure they look like a smartwatch but the display isn't exactly like say
a galaxy watch display it's actually a smaller square a display inside a round case if you
like which in my opinion looks god awful but hey these are budget fitness trackers right
smart watches anyway let's whip one out the box and have a good old fumble around
go did i actually write that surprisingly the build quality is pretty nice on both the 2s
and the 3s yeah it's very light but the materials actually feel quite premium we have that nice gun
metal finish with a rubber strap and again the buckle is also in the gun metal finish
with the logo nicely engraved on it now they do look completely identical and for the most part
they are but physically i am noticing a difference on the back there is obviously some sort of extra
sensor upgrade which i'm sure we'll find out more about later on also worth noting there's
no physical button on either of these watches you have that touch style button you see on a
lot of fitness trackers such as the galaxy fit 2 and the xiaomi mi band 5. what a coincidence
not my favorite thing if i'm honest especially not on a device like this which is meant to be a smart
watch i think maybe adding a crown might have been a good move here it would help with the aesthetics
and improve the functionality and user experience since there is no physical button you do have to
plug it into a charger to get it turned on thankfully it is a magnetic charger which
does make things slightly easier so let's get this turned on and have a good old look
oh dear i'm sorry but that screen just looks absolutely terrible and to add insult to injury
the ui is also horrific it's like they base the ui off a powerpoint presentation or something the
super slow animations do absolutely nothing for it and this is the same story across both the 2s
model and the more recent 3s model now it would be fair to say that you can't expect too much from a
smartwatch at this price point but again i've seen fitness trackers at a very similar price point
with much smoother better looking displays and uis and i'm thinking on a band 6 here now from
turning it on it's looking like that difference i was talking about earlier between the 2s and
the 3s is the appearance of spo2 monitoring which i will admit is a great feature to have on such a
cheap device i'll give it that but other than that i can't really see any major differences design is
the same display is the same and unfortunately the ui is the same i'm not sure they needed to bring
out a whole new model just for spo2 monitoring they could have just bought out an updated version
of the 2s and made some really significant changes for the later 3s model because really i do think
there's room for improvement here honestly i do think this fitness tracker smartwatch does need
a lot of work that being said there are elements that do jump out at me as great value for many
features to have on a cheaper device but if you were to ask me i'd probably recommend something
like i said earlier the honor band 6 which may be a little bit pricier but only by 10 pounds or
so and you get a lot of fitness tracker for your money there the only big trade-off is aesthetics
it will look more like a fitness tracker rather than a smartwatch but at least it's not pretending
to be something it's not anyway let's take a look at what they can actually do so yes both the 3s
and the 2s can track your steps heart rates and even track your sleep again pretty nice features
to have on such a cheap device then as we talked about earlier we have the spo2 monitoring on the
newer 3s model after walking around in circles a few times i found the steps tracking accuracy to
be absolutely fine and i think now we'll jump into a heart rate and spo2 monitoring accuracy test and
see how it does there okay so we're just going to test the heart rate accuracy and the spo2 accuracy
of the 3s model only which is the latest model so to do this i'm going to use the o2 ring that the
guys at well you sent me a couple of months back now this is some medical grade equipment which
tracks your heart rate and spo2 and there'll be a live update on my phone so i'll keep switching
between the two so actually surprisingly the heart rate accuracy was pretty much dead on from the
get-go on this and to be honest it actually performed better straight away than some of
the more expensive flagship watches so yeah really impressed with the heart rate accuracy
i obviously did it a few times i didn't realize that it had continuous heart rate tracking which
is brilliant for a device at this price point i know i keep saying this but budget does matter
so now for the spo2 monitoring now this again for me i was quite happy with this it was one percent
out but i suppose that's a good margin for error i wouldn't really expect much more at this price
point and again there's lots of factors that come into play here but generally i'm actually really
pleased with the accuracy of this device it's probably the best thing about it okay so now the
accuracy test is out the way let's take a look at some of its other features so you have the ability
to check the weather on here which i guess is a nice feature to have and it brings it a little bit
closer to a genuine smartwatch experience you also have a shutter button for controlling your phone's
camera this is something that we've seen on a lot of recent smart watches and fitness trackers legit
all flagship and i'd almost say it's something i'd actually expect from smart watches and fitness
trackers in 2021 there's also a music player again for controlling your music on your phone another
nice feature to have lastly you have a few other bits such as a compass stopwatch and the find my
phone app which does come in pretty handy and yet another feature i do expect on smartwatches and
fitness trackers coming out this year or later now we also have the message app which for me
personally hasn't worked i mean i'm assuming this is there to receive call and text notifications
but i haven't received any i have tried calling myself from my partner's phone and it just didn't
pick it up so reading through the manual it says it's there to give you notifications but
i don't know if this is health notifications or notifications from your phone either way
if i'm honest if it's not for receiving calls and messages i think it's a little bit misleading this
could be an issue with just my models but i've got two models here the 3s and the 2s and it doesn't
seem to work on either of them which is a shame so let's talk about some of the specs on this
watch which to be honest i'm half bad for such a cheap device again so battery life we're gonna get
seven to fifteen days now that's gonna depend on usage but really you're gonna be getting a minimum
of a week here and i have had these watches for just over a week before i put this review out i
fully charged them once i got them and they still got battery now so that is a good sign that being
said i haven't used them every day but i have no doubt it will reach the minimum of the seven days
they've stated also another nice thing to have on these watches is 5 atm waterproofing meaning you
can take your swimming with you if you absolutely need to to complement the battery life you also
have a rather short charging time of just two and a half hours which again pretty nice to have we've
got bluetooth 5.0 and of course an accelerometer for tracking your steps there is no gps on either
the 3s or the 2s model nor would i expect it to be on such a cheap budget device it can however track
your distance walked using the accelerator sensor so yeah really on paper these things are not too
bad at all and for some crew tracking then yeah why not okay so that was the umidigi 2s and the 3s
now am i going to completely shoot these things to the ground no i don't think they're absolutely
100 terrible i think they've still got some use and i think there's still a few people who might
want to buy one so who are they for well albeit for a very specific set of people these are for
people who are really strapped for cash and they just want something to track their steps sleep and
other bits if you absolutely don't want to spend more than 25 30 pounds on a fitness tracker and
you want something that looks like a smart watch then yeah i'd give them a go all in all they do
i guess what they say on the box you can track your calories sleep heart rate and more and if
you get the 3s you can also track your spo2 also does things like tracking your distance walked and
it's got a fairly decent battery life i suppose if you are wanting something a little bit more fluid
i would look into other fitness trackers such as the galaxy fit 2 and the honor band 6 though i
really hope these models can be improved because if you can get a budget offering of a smartwatch
that works well and looks good then i think you're in the money but for me these just aren't quite
there yet as always let me know in the comments section what you guys think of the umidigi 3s
and 2s do you think i've been a little bit harsh or do you agree with me also if you did find the
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