Hello! Welcome to Sami Luo channel. Today we will take a look at the Xiaomi Mijia's latest Walkie-Talkie 2.
The test has covered those high mountain areas, relatively open spaces and high-rise buildings. Let's go.
The packaging of Xiaomi Walkie-Talkie 2 is as usual in Xiaomi style: minimalistic and clean.
On the box you can see some highlights: 5W Transmit Power, FM Radio and Long Standby.
On the back you can even see more like IP65 Waterproof, UV Dual Frequency, Dustproof, Location Sharing, Type-c Charging etc.
Open the box you'll see the walkie-talkie itself, an antenna, a back clip, two manuals and a Type-C cable.
The design of the Mijia Walkie-Talkie is not the same as the traditional walkie-talkie on the market.
People will not mistook you as a security guy
The front is a screen. It is not super clear when under the direct sunlight, but enough for your naked eye
Moving down there are three function buttons, which we will talk about later.
Below the middle button is the mic and a button with the up and down selection function
The bottom is the speaker, I have to say that the sound is very loud.
On the back, there is only a Mijia logo, and this unique design makes you feel very comfortable to hold.
Open the silicone cover on the right side and you will see a 3.5mm headphone jack, Bluetooth adapter and type-c charging port.
On the left is the call button, when you are talking you have to press it
Last is the top, you can see an antenna interface and a power volume rotation button, it feels smooth when rotated.
The back clip that comes with the package, especially the 180-degree rotated back buckle,
you can wear it on your belt, your collar or a handle on a scooter
which makes everything convenient and practical
On the overall design, I feel that the workmanship is very solid and rugged,
and at the same time, it is minimalistic and elegant, specially made for urban white-collars like you and me
Next is the most important call quality test.
When using, put on the antenna, rotate the power volume button on the top to turn it on.
(You can set the menu to English) The left is Menu and the right is Channel.
Press the left button to enter the menu bar, there are some need to connect to the mobile phone APP to use
such as the Orientation Map
When comes to connecting to your phone, we don't recommend you to connect to the Mijia APP
basically it has nothing inside, and I've no idea when it can be updated.
I suggest you download the Mijia Walkie-Talkie APP directly.
The connection is also simple
You can find almost anything you need here, mainly the location and the channel editing those
The details will not be described, let's get back to the Walkie-Talkie.
There is a FM radio option here, check it out
The sound is quite good when the signal is good.
Team
Bluetooth Device Connection
I've done a video before showing how to connect to Jifeng Bluetooth intercom headset, catch it up if haven't watched
Move down there is a Button-Free Talking option,
you can set a certain trigger volume to talk so you don't have to keep pressing the call button all the time.
The remain of the menu, as time limited, is not going to be illustrated, you can explore more about it when you have one in hand
Short press the right button to enter the channel setting: choose the same channel for the walkie-talkies
Then you can talk! Simple and straightforward
Now let's test the call quality in different scenarios.
The first scene is a very complex one, there are huge mountains with dense trees, high-voltage wires around.
Hey, I'm Sami. I have two latest Walkie-Talkies from Mijia, one I will left here, which will be held and recorded by my wife
I will ride this Kugoo S1 Scooter straight ahead and record the call quality in each different distances like 1KM, 2KM
[It shows 0KM]
OK, let's go
1.1KM
Hello, can you hear me?
Hey hey hey, I can hear you
[From my wife side]
When the distance reaches to 1.1KM place, I gotta say the call quality is not that great.
It can only be barely heard or unclear.
Even later we switched to different long-distance channels to test, some channels may be better, and some are still the same.
Things got better when we went down to the mountain, which the test environment was not as complicated as it was at first.
Even it is far away, such as 4.5 km, it can be heard clearly.
Wife: I can hear you clearly without noise
Sami: I can hear you clearly, crystal clear
The second scene is a relatively open area like this, the trees are not very dense.
My wife goes straight forward while I walk into the opposite mountain
The call quality is great, check it out
The sound is clear and basically without noise
The third scene is high-rise buildings: this one has 34 stories
My wife stays in the first floor, I first test it in 19th floor, the quality sounds like this
You can hear it but with lots background noise
Later I went to 34th floor. This is how it performs when in a fast moving elevator.
In the 34th floor, in addition to the reduced voice of the call, it is also audible, but still there are lots noises.
We've tested the Mijia Walkie-Talike 2 in different scenarios straight for a week
For the call quality, I'm satisfactory overall. In the relatively open areas, the sound is clear and basically without noise;
In the high-rise buildings, it can be heard clearly but there are lots noises;
In the mountainous areas with complex terrain, dense trees, it can only be barely heard clearly, or can't hear clearly.
Fortunately, it adopts the standard SMA antenna interface, for professionals, you can get better results by replacing the antenna.
So to conclude: the Walkie-Talkie 2 is about $30 more than the first generation, while the overall testing results is not a surprise,
especially the call quality
Of course, you gotta know Mijia Walkie-Talkie's audiences are mainly for urban white-collars
who want to occasionally go outing, or organise small gatherings
then its easy operation, elegant design, long battery life
yes, did I mention during the test I only charged for once?
the APP and the JiFeng Bluetooth headset,
make the Mijia Walkie-Talkie 2 a good choice
Of course, if you are sensitive to price, the first generation of Mijia Walkie-Talkies can still be your choice too
I don't recommend you to buy those cheap walkie-talkies with promising specs like 5W transmitter power, 10KM distance those
it's like 4k action cameras in $50, that can'be true
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