Amazfit smartwatches are always known for affordability and feature-rich user experience. These watches are popular among every age group as it brings refined and precise measurements. The Xiaomi backed Huami has come up with a new Amazfit GTR smartwatch. There are a lot of advancements and enhancements present in the new smartwatch.
Interestingly, the Huami has finally moved towards the round dial with Amazfit GTR. The company appears to be paving a way towards the premium segment with the new watch. Huami launched two different size variants of 42mm and 47mm with a slight difference in the build and color options. We will discuss all the changes in our comparison of Amazfit GTR vs Amazfit Verge. Let’s have a quick look at the specifications of both the smartwatches:
Amazfit GTR vs Amazfit Verge: Specs
| Huami Amazfit GTR | Huami Amazfit Verge | |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 47MM - aluminum alloy: about 36g stainless steel: about 48g titanium metal: about 40g 42MM - 25.5g | 46 grams |
| Display | 47 MM Version - 1.39" AMOLED, resolution 454 X 454,326 ppi 43 MM Version - 1.2" AMOLED, resolution 390 X 390,326 ppi | 1.3 inches, 360 x 360p, AMOLED |
| Charging time | 2 hours for 410mAh | 1 Hour for 390 mAh |
| Size | 47MM - 47.2 X 47.2 X 10.75 mm 42MM - 42.6 X 42.6 X 9.2 mm | 22.60 x 4.30 x 1.26 cm |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, GPS, GLONASS | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, GPS, GLONASS |
| Additional Sensors | PPG Bio-Tracking, 6-Axis Accelerometer, Pressure Sensor, Capacitive Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor | Heart rate sensor, air pressure sensor, geomagnetic sensor |
| Water Resistance | 5ATM | IP68 |
| Battery | 47 MM - 410 mAh LiPo 42 MM - 195 mAh LiPo | 5 days of battery life with regular use |
| Other Features | Gorilla Glass 3 + AF coating, BioTracker PPG, 6-Axis Accelerometer, 3 Axial Geomagnetic Sensor Air, Ambient Light Brightness Sensor | Gorilla Glass 3, sports tracking, intelligent voice assistant, mobile payments |
Design and assembly
Most of the Amazfit smartwatches are known for their cost-cutting square dials, but the Amazfit GTR is breaking the regime with a round dial. It beautifully fits in hand and is more attractive than the Amazfit Verge. The newly launched GTR is 5ATM water and dust resistant and can resist water up to the depth of 50 meters, whereas the Amazfit Verge carries IP68 certification only. The Amazfit GTR is available in two different sizes – 42 mm and 47 mm. The slimmer variant is about 9.2mm thick and weighs 25.5 grams. However, the 47mm variant is a bit heavy and bulkier weighing over 48 grams. The Amazfit 47 mm version comes in aluminum, stainless steel, and titanium metals. The Amazfit Verge has a plastic body, circular dial, and just one plastic button on the upper right. It becomes quite difficult to charge the Amazfit Verge.
Huami has introduced the new titanium build for the first time on any Amazfit watch. On average, the titanium build goes through 15 processes and takes 55 days to produce a single unit of the titanium watch. It is widely used in the aerospace industry due to its incomparable properties like hardness, corrosion resistance, lightweight and biocompatibility. The titanium smartwatch version comes paired with a rubber-coated hybrid strap. It is coated with a high wear-resistant oxide layer to enhance strap durability.
The stainless steel comes coated with high-gloss IP chrome film and AF anti-fingerprint film coating to enhance the metallic color.
Display:
The bigger Amazfit GTR wins with 1.39 -inches AMOLED display and the resolution of 454 x 454 pixels with 326 PPI pixel density. It has the most vibrant and large display. Meanwhile, the 43mm version is a bit small with 1.2-inches AMOLED display and 290 x 290 pixels resolution. Both the smartwatches fare well against the Amazfit Verge which carries a 1.3-inch display and 360 x 360 pixels resolution. Other features like Anti-Fingerprint coating makes the new watch our favorite pick among both. The AMOLED displays on both the smartwatches make the text more crisp and clear.
Hardware
The Amazfit Verge uses a dual-core 1.2GHz processor with 512 MB RAM and 4GB onboard memory. However, the Amazfit GTR uses low-power chip along with a new circuit design aimed at optimizing the power usage. It facilitates the brightness control and motion modes to save power. The power efficiency is improved with the reduction in the power consumption of about 48.7%. The GPS is optimized and has jolted down the use by 51.2 percent.
Amazfit GTR hosts 15 different sensors including BioTracker PPG Bio-Tracking Optical Sensor, 6-Axis Accelerometer, 3 Axial Geomagnetic Sensor, Air Pressure Sensor, Capacitive Sensor, Ambient Light Brightness Sensor, and others.
Software
The customers can easily choose between 100 dials having different styles and effects to customize the watch’s UI. Every dial is efficient and displays massive information like time and date, heart rate, steps count, remaining power, etc. all on a single screen.
To make the Operating system more intuitive and streamlined, Huami has divided functions into three different parts of daily, sports and health use. The Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity facilitates users to get text messages, email, calendars, social applications, and other information reminders.
On the other hand, Users can also initiate cardless transactions with the help of in-built NFC chip. Amazfit has integrated the NFC functionality with subway cards across 253 cities in China. It also supports bus transfer card. Alipay support is also present on the new Amazfit GTR watch for offline code-scan payments.
Amazfit Verge introduced ten different sports activities. Meanwhile, Amazfit GTR has 12 professional sports modes with 100 sports courses. It can easily differentiate and measure walking, running, outdoor riding, swimming, and different exercises. In real-time, it can report high heart rate, pressure rate, and other metrics.
Unlike the Amazfit verge, the Amazfit GTR supports Huami’s own BioTracker PPG technology which can precisely monitor 24-hour uninterrupted heart rate and can also report heart vibrations. It also helps to measure fat burning during exercise.
Amazfit Verge is compatible with any device running Android 4.4+ and iOS 9.0. The newly launched smartwatch supports Android 5.0+ and iOS 10.0 and above running devices.
Battery
The Amazfit Verge can withstand five days of regular usage upon the full charge, whereas, the new GTR smartwatch can work up to 24 days with regular usage. Notably, the Amazfit GTR 47 mm version comes with a 410 mAh LiPo battery and supports up to 24-days of battery life with normal usage and extends up to 74 days in basic watch mode (turning off Bluetooth, heart-rate and other functions). The GTR 42mm variant comes with 195 mAh battery and can last up to 12-days battery life with regular use and extends to 34 days with basic watch mode.
However, the Amazfit Verge’s 390 mAh battery gets fully charged within an hour, but the Amazfit GTR charges take 2 hours to charge 410 mAh battery.
Other features
Amazfit GTR 47mm Iron Man Edition will come with stainless steel case, iron man red-colored wristband and a Marvel’s commemorative coins. In connectivity, Huami added new Bluetooth 5.0 instead of the Bluetooth 4.0 present in the Amazfit Verge.
Pricing
Amazfit Verge was launched at the price of $116. This time, the Amazfit GTR 42mm is priced at 799 yuan ($116), and the limited edition Swarovski model will be available for 999 yuan ($145). The bigger, Amazfit GTR 47 mm aluminum and stainless steel versions will be available for 999yuan ($145). The titanium-based Iron Man special edition will go for 1399 yuan which roughly translates to $203.
Both the smartwatches fared well in our comparison of Amazfit GTR vs Amazfit Verge. The Verge is a bit old and is devoid of some new features, but the price is also considerably lower than the GTR.
