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Smartphone Realme 7: 5G variant announced for 280 euros

The Chinese manufacturer Realme has announced a new version of its Realme 7 smartphone with 5G support. The Realme 7 5G will arrive in Germany on 27. November in the trade and costs at market launch 230 euros. From December 1st, the cell phone will be available at the regular price of 280 euros.

Even at this price, the Realme 7 is still one of the cheaper smartphones with 5G support. This could be due to the SoC, among other things: Realme installs the Dimensity 800 U from Mediatek instead of the common Qualcomm processors. The SoC has two faster cores with a maximum clock frequency of 2.4 GHz and six cores with 2 GHz. Up to now, it has mainly been used in cell phones for the Chinese market.

Realme combines the processor with “up to 8 GB of RAM” – the one for 280 The variant offered in euros should only have 6 GB. The internal storage space is 128 GByte. The battery is quite large with its 5000 mAh.

Display with 120 Hz Unusual for a cell phone in this price range: The display of the Realme 7 5G supports a refresh rate of 120 Hz. Higher refresh rates have meanwhile become established in top models, but are still a rarity with cheaper smartphones. The LC screen of the Realme 7 5G is 6.5 inches and shows FullHD + resolution. The fingerprint sensor is placed on the side of the case.

On the back of the Realme 7 5G there is a quad camera, the main module of which is photos with 48 Megapixel shoots. There is also an ultra-wide-angle camera with 8 megapixels and two 2 megapixel sensors. The Realme 7 5G is offered on Amazon and can already be pre-ordered there. In addition to the smartphone, realme also presented the ANC earphones Buds Air Pro and the Smartwatch Watch S.

In October, the Chinese manufacturer announced the Realme 7 and Realme 7 Pro for the German market. Like Vivo, Oppo and OnePlus, Realme belongs to the Chinese group BBK Electronics.

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Fitbit adds Google Assistant support to Sense and Versa 3 smartwatches

Google Assistant support is coming to the Fitbit Sense and Fitbit Versa 3 thanks to a new update rolling out starting today in the US. Alongside it, Fitbit OS 5.1 also adds new blood oxygen monitoring features, support for audible replies from Alexa, and enhancements to the watches’ calling and messaging features.

Both smartwatches already support Amazon’s Alexa, but with the addition of Google Assistant Fitbit says they’re becoming the first smartwatches to offer a built-in choice between the two voice assistants. Support for Google Assistant has been on the cards since the company announced the smartwatches earlier this year. It’s unlikely that these will be the last Fitbit devices to support Google’s voice assistant, given the search giant is currently in the process of buying Fitbit. If you want to switch which voice assistant you use, Fitbit says you can do so from the companion app.

That doesn’t mean Fitbit is ignoring its Alexa functionality, however. Fitbit OS 5.1 also adds the ability for Alexa to audibly reply to your queries via the smartwatch’s speaker, rather than just displaying its responses onscreen.

The watches’ calling and messaging functionality is also being improved with the update. The Fitbit Versa 3 and Sense can now answer calls directly when a phone is nearby using their built-in speakers and microphones. Previously the watches could be used to accept or reject calls, but users still had to speak into the phone itself. Fitbit also says the watches will now support voice-to-text commands for responding to text messages on Android.

Finally, the watches’ SpO2 blood oxygen tracking is receiving some improvements, with Fitbit saying you’ll no longer need to use a special clock face to see blood oxygen data. However, if you’re someone that does want to get this information from a watch face, the company says it has new SpO2 clock faces coming to the watches by the end of the year.

Wyze smartwatch leaks via FCC listing

Budget smart home company Wyze is preparing to release a smartwatch, according to a newly published Federal Communications Commission certification listing spotted by Twitter user @iJRPN. Other than its Apple Watch-esque rounded rectangular design, the “Wyze Watch 44” listing doesn’t reveal too much about the unannounced smartwatch. We’re assuming the “44” in its name refers to it having a 44mm case size, and it appears to feature a set of sensors for heart rate tracking.

Although Wyze is best known for its lineup of affordable smart home security cameras, which start at just $19.99 for the Wyze Cam V2, the company has recently been expanding its lineup to include the Wyze Band fitness wearable and even a $199 robot vacuum cleaner with LIDAR. Other new devices include headphones, a smart thermostat, and a video doorbell.

As Dave Zatz notes over on Twitter, Wyze’s expanding product lineup is starting to make it look like the Amazon Basics of gadgets. It has an increasingly broad range of stripped-down devices, which could fit the bill if you’re working with a tighter budget.

1Password updated for Big Sur with Apple Watch unlock support

1Password, one of the most popular password management services, has been updated for macOS Big Sur today, adding several new features that take advantage of the new capabilities of the operating system.

Chief among those is the option to use your Apple Watch to unlock 1Password: if enabled, you’ll get a pop-up on your watch when you open the app, which you can then unlock by double clicking the side button on the smartwatch. The Apple Watch feature doesn’t interfere with the usual Touch ID option for Macs that offer it — customers will be able to use either method to unlock their passwords. (That said, Touch ID will still be considered the “default” method.)

The new update for 1Password also increases its integration into Safari on Big Sur, allowing the service to automatically fill in your passwords directly from text fields on websites.

Lastly, the newly updated app features some light design changes that make it a bit easier to use (as well as a new, Big Sur-style icon).

While 1Password has been updated for Big Sur, it’s important to clarify that it hasn’t been updated with a new, Arm-based version of the app for Apple’s latest M1 chip Macs. The app will run on those Macs through Apple’s Rosetta 2 translation software, and AgileBits tells MacRumors that it hopes to have more information regarding M1 support in the future.

Google adds a new health hub and sleep tracking metrics to its Fit mobile apps

Google has announced an update to its Fit mobile apps that will introduce a new centralized home screen of health-related information and more sleep tracking data. The updates, for both the Android and iOS versions of Google Fit, will start rolling out this week. Google is also adding new tiles to its Wear OS smartwatch app for workouts, weather, and breathing exercises.

The new features are very much in line with the most recent Google Fit redesign launched last year. But the new home screen brings some key data points like weekly goals, recent workouts, and health info like heart rate and weight trends more front and center. As for sleep tracking, Google says Wear OS devices and compatible smart home accessories like the Fossil Gen 5E, Oura Ring, and Withings sleep tracking mat can now sync data with the Fit app for tracking nightly activity and sleep stages, while the sleep tracking feature now lets you set goals for bedtime schedules.

Google says you’ll also be able to send stats, routes, and photos from your Google Fit workout journal entries via social media or messaging apps. And the redesigned Wear OS tiles will also make it easier to check the weather, start and stop guided breathing sessions, and launch recent workouts via shortcuts.

Oppo shows off concept rolling phone and AR glasses

Oppo has held its second annual “Inno Day,” an event where it shows off products in concept form and sets out its vision for the future. Headlining this year is a smartphone with an expandable “rolling” screen and a new set of AR glasses.

The Oppo X 2021 is a concept phone that the company says is the result of its research and development flexible displays. In regular smartphone use the OLED display has a 6.7-inch surface area, but that can be expanded to a squarer, tablet-like 7.4-inch panel depending on the content or use case.

Oppo says it developed its own power train, structural plate, and screen laminate to ensure the device’s durability. You can see how it works from the front here:

And here’s what it looks like around the back:

Oppo isn’t the first company to hit on this idea for a form factor. TCL showed off a similar prototype earlier this year, although the model we saw in person was nonfunctional and only had a paper screen. Oppo, however, is a much more experienced smartphone manufacturer with access to a hugely advanced supply chain, and it does have form releasing weird phones with motorized designs, so maybe this will actually make it to market at some point. LG has also teased a similar device.

The other new concept product announced today is Oppo AR Glass 2021, the company’s latest take on augmented reality wearables. Oppo says it’s nearly 75 percent lighter than its predecessor — which was also a concept device at last year’s Inno Day — and uses birdbath-type optics with 0.71-inch OLED panels.

The glasses include stereo fisheye cameras for gesture recognition, a time-of-flight sensor, and a conventional RGB camera. They can also be hooked up directly to a Find X2 Pro phone with a USB-C cable to make use of its greater processing power.

Here’s what they look like:

When will any of these products make it out of Oppo’s labs — or will they ever? Who knows. The idea of demonstrating concept devices in a world where no-one can see them in person does land a little flat. But last year’s Inno Day included the first news on Oppo’s first smartwatch, which did come out this year, as well as a 30W fast wireless charging system that Oppo itself overtook in a matter of months.

Best golf gadgets 2020: The watches, trolleys and apps that will make you a better golfer

(Pocket-lint) – Golf may look like one of the more leisurely sporting activities you could pick up, but that doesn’t mean it won’t take hours and hours of practice to reach the top of your game. Thankfully, there are an ever-increasing range of golfing gadgets out there to help you get better.

Best fitness trackers: Top activity bands to buy today

We’ve found the best kit to enhance any golfer’s game, from beginners wanting to improve to seasoned players trying to hone and perfect their game. We’ve even thrown in a few fun gadgets too.

Our pick of the best Golf gadgets

Garmin

Garmin Approach S40

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Garmin may be a smartwatch maker, but it’s also got a surprisingly wide range of golf wearables in its Approach line. The pick of the bunch is the S40, a smartwatch that’s stylish most of the time but comes into its own on the course. The Garmin Approach S40 offers more than 41,000 course guides with shot distances, digital scorecard, green layup details and more for each.

The 43g watch is water resistant to 50 metres and manages 10 days on a charge. It can pair with your smartphone via Bluetooth to display calls, texts and emails as you’re going around the course, so the phone can stay in your bag.

A dedicated Green-View button takes you to the Green View screen where a true shape and layout of the green can be seen. The pin can be touched and dragged to the day’s location for an exact measure of distance so swing power can be calculated perfectly. A AutoShot feature even tracks your shot distances automatically as you play.

The Garmin Approach S40 is arguably the pinnacle of a sports wearable, in that it’s perfect for golf but also a great smartwatch in its own right.

Leupold

Leupold GX-2i3 laser rangefinder

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The Leupold GX-2i3 is a digital rangefinder that uses lasers and lenses to offer an accurate measurement of distance. It works in both yards and metres, includes a scan mode, and stretches up to a range of 600 yards – beyond even Tiger Woods’ drive.

The lens offers 6x magnification allowing you to spot the pin and read the range of anything in the crosshairs. Leupold also claims the scope can take a real beating and keep going thanks to the rugged waterproof build. The battery should last a whopping 7,000 sightings before needing to be changed. For the money you’ll be hard pressed to find a better-kitted rangefinder.

Hole19

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You might, quite fairly, not want to spend too much on your golf game, at least at first – and if you’ve got an Apple Watch, or even just a smartphone, you’re in luck. Hole19 is a great app that will track you around courses, and can give you information about the hole you’re on, including yardage and advised shots.

If you pair it with a compatible smartwatch it gets even better, tracking you without needing inputs.

Zepp

Zepp 2 Swing Analyser

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Make any golf glove a smart glove with this nifty little swing analyser that attached to your wrist. It uses a range of sensors to track your swings and reports back on them in the companion app.

You’ll get loads of data on your game, plus training videos to help you improve on your weakest elements. It can also take data from your smartphone and smartwatch to augment its tracking, a clever integration.

Garmin

Garmin Approach S10

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As we mentioned, Garmin’s Approach series has a bunch of different wearable trackers to choose from. If you’re not sure you have the money for the S40, the S10 represents a great alternative.

This tracker has access to all the same courses, and can give you your distances to the green or hole using GPS. It’s basically a slightly less stylish version of the S40 for those who aren’t as concerned about the looks of the device, and is consequently a good chunk cheaper.

Game Golf

Game Golf Live

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Another great tracking system can be found in the form of Game Golf Live, with its distinctive red colours and an impressive range of professional users. The two main sensors here are one that can be popped onto the top of your club before you play, and another that clips onto your belt as you go around the course.

These combine to great effect, tracking and reporting on your play and strokes. It’s easy to then use the associated app to work out where you need to improve, and strategise accordingly. You do have to tap the two sensors together before each shot, though, which is surprisingly easy to forget to do.

Writing by Max Freeman-Mills.

Best Apple Watch bands 2020: Pick up a stylish strap or band

(Pocket-lint) – Regardless of whether you’ve got a Series 5 or are still rocking a much earlier model, Apple made the very smart choice to make sure that all of its watch straps fit on all of its watch models (putting the size of your model to one side).

Best Apple Watch accessories: Protect and personalise your smartwatch

That means that there are absolutely loads of straps to choose from, including options that range massively in price and quality. Thankfully for you, we’ve been wearing various Apple Watch models, with a variety of straps, for years now, so we’re well-positioned to tell you about some of the very best options available right now.

Our pick of the best Apple Watch straps to buy today

Apple

Apple Sport Loop

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Apple’s nylon straps are our favourite to actually wear day-to-day with your Apple Watch. They’re really stylish and available in a wide range of colours, but all of them fit extremely comfortably.

Plus, they’re suitable for exercise so you don’t have to worry about swapping your band out if you decide to go for a run at lunch. There are also Nike editions for even more options.

Apple

Apple Sport Band

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If you prefer the feel of a silicone strap (or as Apple calls its material, fluoroelastomer), the official sport band is a great option.

It’s obviously waterproof and really easy to keep clean, and again is available in plenty of colours to suit your style and outfit.

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Apple Milanese Loop

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If you’re looking for a more business-appropriate look or want to dress up for an occasion, the Milanese Loop that Apple offers is superb.

It’s pricey for a band, but you get that soft metallic look and it’s really comfortable, too.

Apple

Nike Sport Band

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Our last sports band from Apple, the Nike tie-in for this band is marked out by those holes, which make it even more breathable and perfect for long workouts.

We particularly like this Pride edition of the band, and there are other nice colours available too.

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Apple Modern Buckle

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This smooth leather band from Apple is a really nice one to look at, and its softness makes it great to wear, too.

You also get that buckle which looks more like a typical watch strap, which can be really useful for an outfit. Still, it’s a pretty pricey package.

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Apple Leather Loop

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A cheaper way to get a leather strap that’s still got Apple’s official design and build-quality is the Leather Loop.

Its ribbed finish is really soft and lovely to wear, and weathers really nicely over time.

Solomon Straps

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Many makers of traditional watch straps have pivoted to include the Apple Watch in their plans, including Solomon Straps, which has a range of high-quality leather bands on show.

For a small extra price you can get them with Apple Watch clasps, to get a great leather strap for your smartwatch. We particularly like this Everglades Green colour.

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Herms Noir Swift Leather Single Tour

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At the extreme end of the price scale you’ll find a few Hermès bands for the Apple Watch, an official collaboration. Some of them are pretty loud, but this simple leather strap oozes class.

It’s a connoisseur’s strap, and you’ll pay an arm and a leg, but it makes your Apple Watch posh enough to blend in anywhere in the world.

Writing by Max Freeman-Mills.

Why wait for Apple or Facebook when you can build your own DIY smart glasses today?

Smart glasses — depending on who you ask — are the future. But if you’d rather not wait for a company like Apple or Facebook to actually sell you a pair, you can do what product designer Sam March did and simply build your own smart glasses from scratch.

(March is no stranger to building his own wearable tech, as his DIY smartwatch from last year shows.)

Much like the smartwatch build, March has fully documented every step of the process he took in creating the glasses, which feature a connected app and use integrated LEDs to indicate walking directions to a specified location.

If you do want to build your own pair, it will take a fair amount of technical skill. March’s process involves machining a custom pair of glasses with a CNC router (or 3D printing them), carving and polishing out a pair of lenses, writing the app, and designing — and then assembling — a custom miniaturized circuit board.

Now, the glasses are pretty limited in functionality — right now, all they do is basic navigation with the aforementioned lights to indicate turns or the final destination — but March has also made the entire project open source, offering everything from circuit board schematics and code to CAD files for the designs to the app itself. That means there’s nothing stopping you from taking his foundation and adding whatever features you want on top.

Want to try to build your own? All of the technical details can be found on March’s Github repository here.

Multimeter oscilloscope in the test probe: Pokit

Digital multimeter, data logger and oscilloscope – the Australian startup Pokit Innovations Pty Ltd has put these capabilities into the Pokit test probe. The device itself has no display elements, smartphone and smartwatch apps are used to display the measured values and oscillograms. The oscilloscope function records at least 1 MSamples / s, which is theoretically sufficient for a bandwidth of 500 kHz – enough for AF and audio Measurements of all kinds, but less for measurements on digital circuits.

PR pitfalls: 580 V should not have survived this board.

The multimeter offers the usual AC / DC voltage measuring ranges up to 600 V in autoranging mode, DC current measurements up to 10 A, capacitance measurements and additionally a diode and continuity test. Long-term recording of the measured values is also possible; adapters for permanent connection of the test probes are available as accessories.

The device, which is available in different color combinations, should be available in the second quarter 2021 and costs around 10 Euro.

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Best smart scales 2020: Keep track of your body the connected way

(Pocket-lint) – One of the great things about the connected world is that it’s no longer difficult to take charge of your body and monitor your weight, body-fat composition and more. What used to involve laborious calculations and possibly visits to dieticians and doctors can now be done at home.

Best fitness trackers 2020: Top activity bands to buy today

Scales have been getting smarter and smarter in recent years, to the point where you can now use them to easily track your progress if you’re on a diet plan, working out or heading towards a goal of any sort, and they’ll often link up with fitness trackers to offer wider impressions on your success.

There are plenty of smart digital scales on the market, so we’ve narrowed the selection down to a few real winners for you to take a gander at.

Our pick of the best smart scales to buy today

Fitbit

Fitbit Aria 2

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Fitbit feels a little bit like the king of personal health in the digital age. Its fitness trackers are extremely popular, and the tracking they do is also phenomenal. However, if you’re wearing a Fitbit every day but want a more complete impression of your data, and want everything to feed into the same ecosystem of information and reporting, the second generation of Fitbit’s Aria smart scale is a superb addition.

The scale can measure your weight, body fat percentage, lean mass and BMI, and its real strength is demonstrated by the way it uses Wi-Fi to sync automatically to your Fitbit app, leaving you with nothing to do but step on and off it. You can have up to 8 different users, and the ease of use is superb. It really is the definition of everything you’d want from a smart scale, and we can’t praise it highly enough.

Tanita

Tanita RD 953

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If you’re not embedded in the Fitbit universe, though, and have a hankering to try a different brand, Tanita offers a similarly-specced scale at an equivalent price. It has its own well-designed companion app to track and analyse your results over time, and measures 10 different body composition measurements including muscle quality on top of weight and BMI.

Withings

Withings Body Cardio

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Another big name in the health tracking world is Withings, maker of smart trackers including smartwatches and sleep monitors. Its Body Cardio scale is a powerhouse, with smart features like a heart rate tracker to let it take stock of more than just your weight.

If you have a Withings smartwatch, this scale is a no-brainer, but it still makes sense if you’re not in the system. Withings’ app is nicely laid-out and the striped design of its scale is a little less robotic than some others on this list.

Garmin

Garmin Index S2

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Rounding out our representation of big fitness tracking brands is Garmin, which makes some of the most impressive premium wearables on the market, like the Fenix 6 Pro smartwatch. Its newest smart scale smart scale is just as impressive as its watches are, measuring weight, BMI, body fat and water percentage, bone and muscle mass.

Like Fitbit and Withings’ devices, it automatically uploads your data to take the burden off your shoulders, and the Garmin Connect app lets you take a hugely detailed look at breakdowns of your results.

Withings

Withings Body+ body composition Wi-Fi scale

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You might find it under Nokia’s name, or under Withings, since the latter built it, but the Body+ scale is basically a less expensive, slightly less powerful version of the Body Cardio we featured above. It’s nonetheless still a great choice for those with slightly lower budgets who still want to get the benefits of a connected smart scale.

It can sync to a range of health trackers including Apple Health and Google Fit, and is sleek and classy in its design. Given that it still tracks an impressive range of stats, the Body+ is a great option.

Salter

Salter Curve

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If you’re looking for a scale that can hook up with a platform like Apple Health, but which doesn’t cost nearly so much as the others on this list, Salter’s Curve is a decent option.

It’s well-made and pretty standard on the design front, and is very easy to use to quickly get measurements. It falls down a bit on the software side, tough – Salter’s MiBody app frankly needs an update, which can make porting your data across a bit of a hassle.

Writing by Max Freeman-Mills.

IDC: Realme Watch most shipped wearable in last two quarters in India, company tops segment in September 2020

Oppo offshoot Realme has emerged as the No. 1 brand in the wearables category in IDC India’s Monthly Wearable Device Report of September 2020, gaining a share of 22.1% in India’s wearables market.

Additionally, IDC also revealed that Realme Watch was the most shipped device in India in the last two quarters, with a market share of 21.3% and 24.1% in Q2′ 20 and Q3′ 20, respectively.

The Realme Watch was unveiled back in May and is the company’s first smartwatch. It sports a 1.4″ color display and comes with heart rate monitoring as well as an SpO2 sensor for blood oxygen level measurement.

The Realme Watch has an IP68 rating and ships with a 160 mAh battery, which Realme says can offer seven days of endurance on a single charge. You can read our Realme Watch review to learn all about it.

In a press note sent to the media, Madhav Sheth – VP of Realme and CEO of Realme India and Europe – confirmed that Realme will introduce the Watch S and Watch S Pro soon. The Watch S was announced in Pakistan earlier this month, so we believe Sheth’s referring to launching the new watches in India or Europe.

The Watch S features a 1.3″ circular touchscreen and comes with heart rate and blood oxygen level monitoring. Its case is made of aluminum alloy, whereas the straps are made of liquid silicone and have four color options – Blue, Orange, Green, and Black.

The Watch S supports 16 Sports Modes and comes with Sleep Tracking, App and Call Notifications, as well as Music and Camera Control.

The smartwatch is water-resistant up to 1.5 meters and packs a 390 mAh battery, which is claimed to offer 15 days of autonomy.

Apple Watch 6 Limited Edition from Caviar

Caviar introduces an Apple Watch 6 Limited Edition Collection consisting of 4 exclusive models. Top model has a gold case and 109 diamonds.

Two months ago the Apple Watch 6 was released, an advanced smartwatch with an oxygen saturation meter, an improved always-on altimeter and updated hardware. Is this smart watch not luxurious enough for you yet? The Russian Caviar comes with a golden alternative!

Caviar is known for decorating existing smart devices – such as smartphones and smartwatches – with the most durable and rare materials, including gemstones and gold. Apple and Samsung products are often used as a basis.

Caviar’s exclusive Apple Watch 6 comes in a limited edition. Four models are available, with prices ranging from $ 3,980 to $ 45,080 USD.

Apple Watch 6 Gold Diamonds

To start with the top model, the Apple Watch 6 Gold Diamonds features an 18-karat gold watch case, on which no less than 109 sparkling diamonds are placed. This is the most expensive Apple Watch 6 in the world!

The watch strap is also significantly more luxurious than the original, Caviar used rare crocodile leather for this. A unique number is engraved on the back of the watch case. Only 5 copies of this model are being produced, so the chance that you will meet someone with the same Watch is very small.

The Caviar Watches are made for those who appreciate elite VIP class gadgets. It is a symbol of ultimate strength, luxury and high status, said a Caviar spokesperson.

Apple Watch 6 with titanium case

The Apple Watch 6 Golden Black has a titanium case with golden titanium bolts, which gives the watch an extra chic look. Titanium is one of the most durable and strongest materials, making this smartwatch resistant to drops and bumps.

This model is also equipped with a watch strap made of black genuine crocodile leather. Caviar will produce 99 copies of the Golden Black model. Retail price is $ 4,420 USD.

For those who prefer a smartwatch that is completely black, Caviar has designed the Apple Watch 6 Total Black. This watch also features a durable titanium case with a crocodile leather strap. 99 pieces of this model are being manufactured for a suggested retail price of $ 3,980 USD.

For the same price, you can also opt the Apple Watch 6 Titanium. This titanium watch features a gold titanium insert and a dark brown crocodile leather strap.

Amazfit GTR 2 review

Introduction

Over the past few years, Amazfit products have successfully ascended from being an intriguing curiosity on our radar to somewhat of an important mainstay in our regular smart wearable coverage. Rightfully so, since the company continues to deliver a selection of great-looking and feature-rich wearables, with a clear focus on great battery life and tantalizingly competitive pricing.

The new Amazfit GTR 2 fits right into that description. It is a smart wearable that builds upon the original GTR and its already impressive hardware and feature set. It adds things like a microphone and speaker for voice commands and Bluetooth calls, 3GB of independent music storage, and a lot of polish inside the UI and the watch face selection. All of this while still maintaining a solid battery endurance promise of 14 days on a single charge. Plus, as affordable price point of $180.

Amazfit GTR 2 specs

Body: 46.4 x 46.4 x 10.7 mm; Sports edition – aluminum alloy – 36g., Classic edition – stainless steel – 39g.; 22mm strap; 5 ATM water resistance (up to 50 m); 3D Corning Gorilla Glass, with an anti-fingerprint coating and optical “Diamond-like Carbon (oDLC) coating front
Display: 1.39” AMOLED, Resolution 454×454, 326 ppi
OS: Proprietary; Support for Android 5.0 and above, iOS 10.0 and above (Zepp companion app)
Memory: around 3GB – user accessible for storing MP3 files and watch faces
Battery: 471mAh (14 days typical use); Magnetic charging base (2.5h for a full charge)
Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.0 + BLE; Wi-Fi 6; GPS+GLONASS; NFC (for AliPay)
Misc: BioTracker 2 PPG biological tracking optical sensor, 6-axis acceleration sensor, 3-axis geomagnetic sensor, Air-pressure sensor, Gyroscopic sensors, Ambient light sensor; Speaker and microphone for calls, music playback and voice assistant (Offline commands available at launch, Amazon Alexa integration coming in OTA update)

Amazfit is a brand of the Chinese company Huami Technology. Huami is probably best known as an exclusive provider of smart wearables for Xiaomi. As such, it is the company behind the popular Mi Band line of products. That should be enough of a pedigree in itself, yet Huami has a lot more to “flex,” like the fact that it is listed on the New Your Stock Exchange (NYSE) and is the first Chinese smart hardware company to have its stock traded on the US capital market. Last year the cumulative global shipments of Huami’s smart devices exceeded 100 million units. And after Apple, Huami is probably the world’s second-largest smart wearable manufacturer.

The watch we are reviewing today does not have a full-blown OS with third-party apps like Apple’s Watch OS, Google’s Wear OS, or Samsung’s Tizen OS. It doesn’t have an app store with third-party apps. Still, it occupies a niche that is experiencing a renaissance of sorts. If you can live without features like notification replying or the ability to order a pizza or call a cab right from your wrist, going for one of these dumber smartwatches saves you money, and you can enjoy a battery life that’s miles better than a real smartwatch.

The Amazfit GTR 2 offer pretty much every modern hardware feature out there sans a powerful enough chipset to make third-party app development viable. It’s got a heart rate sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer, air pressure sensor, ambient light sensor, speaker and microphone, GPS receiver, Wi-Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5.0, all sitting behind a 1.39-inch AMOLED display is vibrant, power-efficient, and comes with always-on features. Building on years of activity tracking experience and general UX improvements, the GTR 2 also has all of the typical smart features well covered.

Unboxing

The Amazfit GTR 2 ships in a very similar box to the one we got the Amazfit T-Rex a few months ago. It is a solid two-piece box, complete with a silky-smooth finish.

The charging cradle you get in the box is like the one for the Amazfit T-Rex, which is a departure from the one shipped with the original Amazfit GTR. It’s a slimmed-down magnetic “snap-on” charging attachment rather than a full circle. It uses a pair of pogo pins to connect instead of something fancier like Qi wireless charging.

The downside of this cheaper approach is that you can’t just use any other wireless charger, and placing the charger onto the watch is a bit fiddly despite the magnetic connection. Still, you charge these wearables so rarely that it never becomes a burden.

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With the Galaxy Tab S7 +, Samsung has been breaking through the 11 – Customs limit and only packs high-end technology including OLED display and pen in the delivery box. In the test we show what the top tablet can do.

Apart from a few exceptions with some well over 10 inches most manufacturers of Android tablets are on 10, 1 inch agreed as the standard display size. Samsung breaks with this “normality” and gives its top tablet Galaxy Tab S7 + a whopping 12, 4 inches at high resolution and in OLED quality, the manufacturer also puts everything in the tablet that can be found on the high-end shelf in terms of technology. Owners of an iPad Pro will rub their eyes: The stylus called the S-Pen is included in the Galaxy Tab S7 + despite the tablet’s already lower price, so the best prerequisites for top marks in the test – right?

Design What a board! That’s the first thing that came to mind when unpacking the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 + and that’s why this thought made it into the headline. Because Samsung combines the huge display, which takes up almost the entire front thanks to its evenly narrow bezels, with just under 6 millimeters thin aluminum housing. Overall, the Galaxy Tab looks fragile and extremely high quality at the same time. Although the tablet can be twisted easily (no wonder given the slim design), the device still makes a fairly robust impression, provided that you handle it properly. The monolithic construction increases the fascinating impression even more. The manufacturer chooses a very angular design language, but the device is not sharp-edged. Only the size of 266 × 185 Millimeters and the resulting high weight of 575 grams makes long-term use in the hand difficult. In the long term, it is therefore advisable to use it lying on the table or in the optionally available keyboard cover.

When lying on flat surfaces, the camera unit protruding around a millimeter on the back hardly disturbs, due to the sheer surface of the tablet, the model is largely wobbly when operated. The entire back is made of aluminum. On the sides, antenna strips perfectly integrated into the metal can be seen as a design feature. A long black strip of glass extends from the camera, which serves as a docking and charging option for the stylus included in the scope of delivery. It is slightly flattened on one side and is held in place magnetically when it is correctly attached. A briefly shown on the display shows the charging status of the pen called S-Pen.

The holding force is strong enough that the stylus does not fall off by accidentally jostling or shaking the tablet. Nevertheless, this type of storage gives the impression of being intended for in between. An integration of the S-Pen as in the current Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra (test report) is because of the thin design of the tablet and the stylus in normal pen size and thickness but not otherwise possible. Despite the unibody of the Galaxy Tab S7 +, the tablet is not waterproof and dustproof.

All pictures from the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 + in the test (28 Photos) Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 +

Display In addition to the ultra-thin design, the huge display is the most impressive. That is next to the sheer size of 11, 4 inches especially on the Brilliance that the panel exudes. Colors are shown brightly, but without the candy look of earlier OLEDs and the contrasts with the abyssal black are inspiring. This is basically the same with good smartphone displays, on over 12 Zoll, it is even more impressive. In addition, Samsung gives the screen a refresh rate of 120 Hertz donated. In combination with the strong hardware, moving content is displayed absolutely fluently – great. In contrast to the manufacturer’s smartphones, it works there s not only with reduced Full HD resolution, but also the full 2800 × 1752 Pixels of the Tab-S7 + display. By the way, this brings up the screen 257 Pixels per inch – less than a smartphone, of course, but enough to be considered sharp because of the usually greater distance to the eye.

The viewing angle stability is particularly successful. Even from very flat viewing angles there are no noticeable color changes and the brightness remains almost the same. In the end, there are only two limitations: the reflective Gorilla Glass 3 surface of the panel and the brightness. Both prevent effective outdoor use. The brightness, which – at least in automatic mode – is otherwise more of a parade discipline of Samsung’s OLED screens, even represents a weak point: Even in bright ambient light, we were only able to 450 measure cd / m2. That is little for a top-quality product, especially since Samsung is already at the 1000 – Candela mark scratches. The manufacturer is thus banning the Galaxy Tab S7 + to the home office – terrace or park are largely denied. Too bad. One reason for this could be the power consumption, which in such a thin tablet (and correspondingly limited space for a powerful battery) with such a large screen quickly becomes a problem.

Camera Traditionally, the cameras on the back of a tablet are of little use and the front camera becomes the main camera. It’s not that bad with the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 +, but users shouldn’t expect too much. Compared to a good smartphone camera that Samsung uses in its top models such as Samsung Galaxy S 20 Ultra (test report) or Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra (test report) is missing the 13 – Megapixel main lens and the only 5 megapixel wide-angle lens for image sharpness and richness of detail. At first glance, this is hardly noticeable in the full screen view, especially since the image dynamics are decent and image noise is kept within limits. On closer inspection, however, fine structures always appear a bit washed out.

The camera is fine for a tablet The wide angle is almost surprisingly good – Despite its low resolution, it also ensures acceptable image quality, even if distortion and chromatic aberration are visible towards the edges. As the light decreases, the image quality of all lenses quickly drops to the point of being unusable – a typical tablet problem. The front camera takes pictures with 8 megapixels and is well suited for video chats with up to 4K / 30 possible are. Neither the less than optimal image sharpness nor the somewhat weaker contrasts compared to the main camera on the back are noticeable. The selfie camera does a satisfactory job and offers many software features.

All original recordings with the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 + (10 Photos) Wide angle

Furnishing At In terms of hardware, Samsung builds all kinds of cutting-edge technology into the Galaxy Tab S7 +. This is how the tablet is operated by a Snapdragon 700 + powered, Qualcomm’s fastest chipset currently. It is combined with 8 GB LPDDR5 RAM – it is fast, but 8 GB are no longer state of the art. Some gaming smartphones such as the Lenovo Legion Phone Duel even come with 16 GByte therefore. A real difference to the 8 GB of the Galaxy Tab S7 + should only be noticed in exceptional cases, so the choice of RAM size is not a real point of criticism. Especially since content in interaction with the 90 – Hz display can be displayed absolutely smoothly and the tablet never gave the impression of reaching its performance limits at any point during the test.

The Tab S7 + is also really fun in games That confirms that Result of around 12. 500 Points in PCmark Work 2.0 – that is significantly less than with some smartphones with the same chipset, but still a very solid value. The good performance is also evident in games such as PUBG-Mobile, in which the tablet offers a smooth display even with the highest graphic settings. This is very impressive on the large display and offers strong immersion, but the tablet becomes a bit heavy in the long run. Various solutions, as we have summarized in our guide for perfect mobile gaming, provide a remedy. However, users are welcome to do without the Bluetooth speakers mentioned there. The four loudspeakers on both sides of the display deliver loud and clear sound that is even seasoned with sufficient depth – it just doesn’t get much better with such a thin housing. This also makes it easy to watch series that are really fun with the brilliant display. The stylus included in the scope of delivery is great, because its natural size makes it easy to hold. The latency when writing or drawing is kept within tight limits. Thanks to the large range of apps such as Autodesk Sketchbook, great works of art can be created – provided that the user has mastered it.

The stylus only works really safe on the go with the expensive keyboard cover While the stylus shouldn’t be lost so quickly when charging thanks to the strong magnetic hold, it still looks a bit out of place when attached to the back of the tablet. It is different with the optional keyboard cover. This not only has a good full keyboard including a complete row of numbers, F-keys, arrow keys and even a touchpad, but its cover for the back also encloses the stylus. Users can easily free it from its transport position by folding down a small part of the back. In addition, the steplessly angled lower half of the cover allows the display to be set up at any angle even above 90 degrees beyond. The cover is round 150 Euro not exactly cheap, but in combination with another monitor with features such as Dex (wireless or for less latency via USB 3.2) it is a real PC replacement for simple office applications.

We didn’t like the fingerprint sensor that much. It is hidden in the display and is well positioned due to its placement near the edge, but did not work as accurately in the test as its counterparts in Samsung smartphones and the unlocking speed should also be a bit higher. With the internal storage, however, there is nothing to complain about. The 256 GB of UFS 3.1 memory in the S7 + tab is quite fast and can be reached with 19. 900 Points in PCmark Storage a decent result. There is nothing to complain about with the rest of the hardware either. A look at the table shows what goes with it.

Samsung still relies on Android for the software 10 – especially with tablets, a comparatively slow update supply is unfortunately normal. Currently Android is included 11 not yet found. Tablets with Android 07 we have listed here (advice). The security patch for the Tab S7 + is from October and is sufficiently up-to-date at the time of the test in early November.

Battery pack 10. 0 90 mAh is provided by the battery in the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 +, which sounds like a really good value in such a thin tablet. 14 Samsung specifies hours of runtime for its top tablet – but without exactly to define how they are composed. However, this information cannot have come from a realistic scenario. This contradicts both our impression that we were able to make of the tablet during the test period and the PCmark battery test. With a fixed brightness of 185 cd / m2 the tablet came here only around 7.5 hours – compared to many other devices that is not much. The predecessor Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 (test report) at least managed over 11 Hours.

However, the new model offers 120 Hz, experience shows that in this scenario it eats up around 1 to 2 hours of running time – even then the Tab S7 + wouldn’t be a runtime wonder, however. This is where the extremely thin design of the top tablet has a negative impact. Samsung could have provided compensation elsewhere, but does not even try: when charging. This takes over 3 hours with the Galaxy Tab S7 +, which is also possible with a battery beyond the 10. 00 0 mAh more quickly. That doesn’t work wirelessly with the Tab S7 +.

Price The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 + is available in black, silver and bronze. Different memory configurations are missing, users can only choose between the wifi-only variant for 954 Euro (RRP) and the 5G version for 1149 Select Euro (RRP). The recommended keyboard cover costs just under 150 euros in the RRP.

Main difference to the cheaper Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 (without the plus name suffix): 5G is not available for this, and an IPS LCD is used instead of the OLED .

Conclusion The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 + is a top-of-the-line tablet that we see designed for use in our own four walls. Then neither the somewhat dark display nor the not quite as long-lasting battery matter. Instead, the chic device scores with a brilliant display, terrific performance and elegant design and looks good on any desk or sofa. The included stylus completes the overall package. Thanks to the corresponding app offer and the expensive but excellent keyboard covers, the tablet should even do a good job in home office use – if that’s not enough, you should take a look at our guide to homeschooling solutions (guide).

Overall, the Tab S7 + is a great piece of technology, but it also has its price – even if it is lower than the direct competitor iPad Pro. If you don’t want to spend that much, you should take a look at the predecessor Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 (test report), which is now much cheaper.

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