Recommend a smart watch with excellent battery life

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#311327 6-Jan-2024 15:01

My trust 5+ year old Amazefit Bit has just died and I'm looking for a replacement. Loved this as my battery life was roughly 2 weeks so I want something I don't need to charge every night.

NFC / Google Pay would be a bonus, but it isn't a hard requirement. Right now I'm leaning towards the Xiaomi Mi S1 - but I'm open to suggestions.

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#3178466 6-Jan-2024 15:07

I recently bought an Amazfit GTS4 mini after the pebble software stopped working on Android. I've been amazed by this watch, especially for the $140 i paid for it at mighty ape. Two week battery life depending on amount of gps use, nice display, and good sensors.

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#3178840 7-Jan-2024 22:50

Yeah, interested in what you end up doing. The new amazfit active looks pretty tempting (but expensiveish? @ approx nz $300)

I'm just running a honor band 6 (more of a fitness tracker more than anything) but can't live without it with it with its 2w battery etc!

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#3178845 8-Jan-2024 00:25

My Huawei Watch GT 2 lasts 10 days to 2 weeks and does a pretty good job as a smart watch alongside my S23.

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#3178854 8-Jan-2024 07:26

shk292: I recently bought an Amazfit GTS4 mini after the pebble software stopped working on Android. I've been amazed by this watch, especially for the $140 i paid for it at mighty ape. Two week battery life depending on amount of gps use, nice display, and good sensors.

$140 ?? Thats damn cheap, theyre $300+ everywhere else. MA dont have them anymore tho.

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#3178951 8-Jan-2024 12:35

Huawei GT Series are great. I usually charge mine every 10 days or so. Excellent apps and functionality too. Not cheap, but I have zero regrets.

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#3179048 8-Jan-2024 15:08

I used this watch Nov & December & found really good battery life 12 to 14 days very light weight, and cheap joined primate then cancelled to get $152 price. So much info never really got into comprehending using Zepp app.

https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/amazfit-bip-5-smart-watch-black/38031744

Have just changed back temporally to my Galaxy watch(bad battery life 1 to 2 days) due to health problems and need blood pressure and ecg

Prior to amazfit watch i purchased $90 watch from Temu which was ok they have a large selection some with nfc, battery life was think from what I remember about 7 to 8 days had blood pressure ,ecg and body temperature measurements which when compared to my galaxy watch were very similar.

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#3179136 8-Jan-2024 18:13

xpd:

$140 ?? Thats damn cheap, theyre $300+ everywhere else. MA dont have them anymore tho.

Yes, couldn't quite believe the price at the time and it was the slightly naff light blue colour but I have replaced the strap with a navy blue one from Amazon so looks better now.

I see they're sold out everywhere in NZ but available on Amazon AU for $205 delivered and IMHO would still be great value at that price