Amazfit Ares with 1.28-inch display, Optical Heart Rate sensor announced
Amazfit has officially unveiled its latest smartwatch called Amazfit Ares. It has a polycarbonate build and comes with 5ATM water resistant rating.
The Amazfit Ares comes with 70 sports mode and houses FIRSTBEAT Professional sports analysis algorithm (checks VO2 Max, Recovery time, Training Load, Training effects) and huami-PAI health assessment system to enhance fitness activities and challenging self limits.
The fitness watch also comes with Huami’s self developed sports algorithm which monitors and records 40 key sports indicators like heart rate, speed, altitude. The heartbeats are tracked using BioTracker PPG bio-tracking optical heart rate sensor.
The Amazfit Ares specs include 1.28-inch always-on touch display and houses Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection on top. There is an anti-fingerprint coating as well. The smartwatch is compatible with most Android smartphones and iOS devices.
It has 200mAh battery which offers about 90 days of usage on basic watch mode. In daily use mode, you get about 14 days of battery life while with GPS on, one gets about 23 hours of usage. On that note, there is GPS + GLONAA for route tracking.
Amazfit Ares specifications
- Dimensions: 46.5 x 55.6 x 14 mm
- Weight: 49 grams
- Water resistant: 5ATM (up to 50 meters)
- Body material: Polycarbonate
- Compatible devices: Android 5.0 or above and iOS 10.0 or above
- Display: 1.28-inch Square reflective color display (touch screen) with 176 x 176 pixels resolution, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, Anti fingerprint coating
- Sensors: BioTracker PPG bio-tracking optical heart rate sensor, 3-axis acceleration, Barometer, buzzer
- Battery: 200mAh Li-Po (magnetic type charging), fully charges up in about 2 hours
- Battery life: Up to 14 days on daily use mode or 90 days on basic watch mode or 23 hours with continuous GPS tracking
- Connectivity: Bluetooth V4.2 BLE, GPS + GLONASS
- Other features: Notifications (calls, messages, emails, social apps etc.), 70 sports mode with 40 sports data comprehensive tracking, FIRSTBEAT Professional sports analysis algorithm, Huami-PAI health assessment system
The Amazfit Ares price is 499 Yuan (US$ 70 / Rs. 5300 approx.) and come Black and Army Green colors. It is already up for order in China.
