so we've got our hands on arguably two of the most popular fitness trackers on the market
over in the red corner we've got the samsung galaxy fit 2 and in the blue corner we've got
the xiaomi mi band 5. let's put them head to head and see which is the best fitness tracker for you
hello everyone welcome back to tech it easy so the xiaomi mi band 5 and samsung galaxy fit
2 comparison video has been highly requested so here it is ultimately they're very similar fitness
trackers with much of the same features but there are a few things that set them apart one of them
is the price so as of now the xiaomi mi band 5 is going for around 29 pounds of roughly 40
and the samsung galaxy fit 2 is going for around 40 pounds or between 50 and 60 dollars
neither of them are particularly expensive but there is a slight gap between the two
do check the links in the description though to check the latest prices so yes the xiaomi mi band
5 does win on price but does it as we well know the cheapest isn't always the best and neither
is the most expensive so let's take a look at the other features and details and determine whether
the xiaomi mi about 5 and the samsung galaxy fit 2 are worth it for the money before we continue into
the comparison video if you could leave a like now and a comment that would really really help me out
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christmas without further ado let's get on with the video anyway let's start the xiaomi mi band
5 versus the samsung galaxy fit 2 comparison off by talking about the battery life so both fitness
trackers have more than long enough battery life for continuous sleep stress and steps tracking
for days on end so battery life really isn't an issue on either of these fitness trackers
and it's not something that would make me say do or don't buy one or the other that being said on
paper and indeed in testing the point does have to go to the samsung galaxy fit 2 here
as you can get well over two weeks of battery life with normal usage for example i did my review a
little over two weeks ago now and i have been wearing it on and off i haven't actually put it
back on its charger once and it still has around twenty percent left the me band 5 however on paper
has one day less than the galaxy fit 2 but i'm seeing the battery drain a lot faster than the fit
2 and i'm doubtful it's actually going to reach the 14 days xiaomi have stated so one point to
samsung next let's talk about the accuracy of the fitness tracking so a few of you have asked the
question which is the most accurate and i will do my best to answer that so to establish a sort of
baseline i'm going to use my original galaxy watch i know from when i was in hospital a few months
ago the tracking on that was consistent with the hospitals monitoring equipment so i do know that
is accurate before we jump into the test though there are a lot of factors that could affect the
results here the first being me i do have a bit of a funny heart so my bpm can be all over the place
second being the position of a smart band i can't physically have all three devices in the same
place at the same time and lastly obviously if i don't do the test all at the same time there will
be a natural difference in the bpm so with that in mind i'm going to allow for a few beats out
so for our first test we've got the galaxy fit 2 and the galaxy watch both on the same wrist i've
left the whole clip in so you can see it start to finish so you know there's no cheating and as you
can see they came out exactly the same i did this about three to four times and the most it was out
was just one bpm next up for testing is a xiaomi mi band 5 with the galaxy watch both on the same
wrist the same as i did with the samsung galaxy fit 2. i also tested this three to four times and
none of those times did i get consistent results every single time the xiaomi mi band 5 was quite a
few bpm behind the galaxy watch i've left footage from two of the tests in so you can see for
yourselves so for the last test i put the xiaomi mi band 5 on the same wrist with the galaxy bit 2.
and surprisingly the results are almost identical so my conclusion with this is that both do the job
they both work fine but the samsung galaxy fit 2 is definitely more consistent than the xiaomi mi
band 5. so at the moment the samsung galaxy fit 2 is leading but xiaomi can scrape back some points
with this next comparison general functionality and by this i mean user experience customization
and things like that so the mi band 5 can pretty much be used as a smart watch you can download
apps custom watch faces and even change those watch faces without having to go to your phone
i've seen people over on reddit using the mi band 5 with some stainless steel wrist straps and
rocking it as if it were an actual smart watch so i have no choice but to give xiaomi the point for
that watch faces on the galaxy fit 2 are limited to around 70 choices and you can't really add
any third-party apps or watch faces to it so yeah xiaomi wins the point there so the xiaomi mi band
5 has got some features and functionality that the samsung galaxy fit 2 doesn't have however let's
skip back to that ui i found the ui and indeed the user experience to be much more pleasant on
the galaxy fit too it felt a lot smoother and better put together than the xiaomi mi band 5.
i did mention in my me band 5 review which you can watch after the video or click the card in
the top now but the ui felt incomplete and in some areas it seemed like the developers
had got a little bit lazy as well as this i think to a less technically adept person
the galaxy fit 2 is much more simple to use and easier to get used to than the mi band 5.
yes it is dependent on how technically adept you are but for an overall user experience i'd
be inclined to give the galaxy fit 2 another point here now we've covered the ui and user experience
let's move on to the display now i haven't had great things to say about either of these displays
in my full reviews the galaxy fit 2 was lacking some brightness and the me band 5 was lacking
sharpness i felt in areas it seemed a little bit pixelated that being said though the galaxy fit 2
does appear slightly brighter than the me band 5 and has a certain crispness and vibrance about it
it's also ever so slightly larger featuring a more square design as opposed to the rounded design on
the moo band 5. so again i'd actually have to give another point to the samsung galaxy fit 2 for this
it's just easier to see especially with that 3d glass when you're running now there's definitely
an argument to be made on xiaomi's behalf about the mi band 5 and its extra features
as i explained in my full review there's actually two versions of the mi band 5 the china version
and then the global version the global version is very much the same as a galaxy fit 2 features wise
however if you get your hands on the china version it could come with nfc and spo2 monitoring also
known as blood oxygen monitoring so if you can get your hands on the china version that will really
help close the gap features wise but unfortunately most won't be able to get this version so really
we've covered all the main points now all the other features such as workouts pretty much do
the same thing just in their own little ways there wouldn't really be much to compare there one last
thing i will add in though is that the mi band 5's charger is a lot better than the galaxy fit 2s
it might seem like a tiny thing to mention but xiaomi's magnetic charger is so much easier to
apply than the samsung galaxy fit 2s so well done xiaomi for that so to conclude our xiaomi
mi band 5 and samsung galaxy fit 2 comparison obviously in my opinion the samsung galaxy fit
2 won this battle and it would be the one that i would go for if i needed to buy one again
as well as the features though i think ecosystems have a huge part to play in this too if you
already own another samsung device like me then buying samsung again would be the logical choice
as everything syncs together much much easier all that being said though i wouldn't for one second
say don't go and buy the xiaomi mi band 5. it's an excellent device especially for the price if
you already have a xiaomi phone then i'd actually recommend going for the mi band 5. let me know in
the comments though what you think and share your experiences with others also do remember
to use the links in the description to check the updated prices or even make your purchase
if you're ready lastly if you do want some more information on either one of these devices do go
onto my channel and check out the samsung galaxy fit 2 review or the xiaomi mi band 5 review so
that was a xiaomi mi band 5 and samsung galaxy fit 2 comparison video do let me know your thoughts in
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