Everyone knows about HUAWEI. They recently made a new flagship phone with their own chip. This also means that HUAWEI is officially back in the race. But that’s the race of smartphones, the race of watches they never quit. And in this competition, HUAWEI has remained in the Top 3 all year round. And today we’re going to introduce their most advanced technology: the HUAWEI Ultimate, a state-of-the-art smartwatch, but with the look of a classic luxury watch.
Design
The Ultimate, their highest-end watch model, resembles a classic round watch face in design. If it wasn’t for the “HUAWEI” show on the dial, I would have thought it was some luxury watch. The entire watch is mostly made of sapphire crystal and ceramic. The case is made of zirconium-based Liquid Metal, and from the looks of it, you can tell that it’s not a cheap one by any means.
The default dial is also very much in the luxury watch flavor, and HUAWEI is so confident in its branding that its name is engraved in many places, including the crown. I don’t know much about luxury watches and I don’t know how to describe it in words. For an expensive watch like this, I would recommend you to find a store to get your hands on it first. That way you can understand how exquisite I am talking about.
Of course, HUAWEI gives you a silicone strap and a titanium strap. You can choose the right one to wear by yourself according to the occasion.
Features
After a few days of wearing it, what impressed me the most was not only the exquisite design but also some of its unique features. If you look closely at this knob, is the color different from the bezel color. This crown, apart from being the sports mode button, also functions as an ECG electrode to detect your heart health. Although this function is only available in the Chinese version, I would love to introduce it to you guys. Honestly, I think this feature will make you more aware of your body, in addition to making you more conscious of your health in life.
For example, a few days ago, I saw that I might be suffering from atrial premature beats, and HUAWEI Ultimate would suggest I take a good rest. I followed its advice and measured again a few days later and was back to normal. Whether it misdiagnosed me before or I did get some rest in the last few days to recover, as long as my body is healthier as a result, it’s a good feature.
Of course, basic features like blood oxygen detection, and temperature detection are also available on the Ultimate and are just as accurate and useful as the previous HUAWEI Watch, so I won’t go into that again. If I had to rate it, the data it records here has been the most reliable of all the models I’ve reviewed.
Born for outdoor
While the HUAWEI WATCH Ultimate doesn’t look too good for outdoor use. Quite the contrary, it’s also great as a watch for outdoor activities. While looking at this 60° compass-inspired bezel, I would say it’s born for outdoor. The zirconium-based Liquid Metal case has both hardness and weight advantages over stainless steel. So it’s not that easy to scratch or break it. There is another important feature that makes it stand out from the other smartwatches, which is the 100m-diving Water Resistance. Thanks to its 16-structure water-resistant design and lots of diving modes, it’s probably the best smart wearable for underwater.
It also has a dedicated outdoor adventure knob, which is the crown in the upper left corner. Pressing the crown and the Ultimate goes into all-new Expedition Mode. It is backed by Dual-Band Five-System GNSS to ensure more accurate positioning. Its specially designed dim mode makes it easy to read in dimly-lit environments, whether it’s a night by the campfire or a hike under the stars. Continuous location markings and Route Back navigation will get you back on track if you ever stray far off the beaten path.
HUAWEI Health & Battery Life
HUAWEI Health is the app you must download if you want your watch to reach its full potential. A couple of years ago, to install HUAWEI Health, you needed to install Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) first, but now, you can skip the HMS and install HUAWEI Health directly, one of the best companion apps both for Android and iOS. As always, all the features and data are available. And if you are using a Huawei phone, everything will be simple and you will get the best connection and complete performance.
As for battery life, I wore it for about a whole week. All tracking features and AOD were staying on with 42% battery remaining. That estimated that the battery life could last around 10-12 days under heavy use – That’s pretty impressive as a full-functional smartwatch.
I am satisfied with the HUAWEI Ultimate, since it delivered almost everything it promised it could, so I was struggling to pick out any drawback on this smartwatch. I might end up suggesting you reconsider a bit just because it’s truly not cheap. But there are also more affordable variants such as HUAWEI Watch GT 4 for options, which are almost as powerful as the Ultimate.
But I also found that some users who bought smartwatches wouldn’t care too much about the features because they buy a “smartwatch” mainly for “Watch” with smartness, not “Smart” in a watch. HUAWEI has always been like that, making the watch very much like a luxury item. It makes users realize that they are unique.
There are more interesting variants of HUAWEI’s new Watch series released, such as the HUAWEI Watch GT 4 and the HUAWEI Watch Ultimate Design Version with 18 Gold Bezel and gold crown. You can also click here to learn more.
