The continuously rising temperature due to climate change is a fact and it hides dangers that most of us wouldn’t imagine. One of the risks people don’t take into consideration is the exposure to high heat during the day, especially those who work or exercise outdoors. Thankfully, technology is here to aid this effort and Blackview BV9700 Pro is offering a heart rate monitor to help users protect themselves from unpleasant situations.

Prevention is better than cure and the heart rate monitor embedded to the BV9700 Pro does just that. The rugged flagship from Blackview adopts a heart rate monitor at the back of the device and all you have to do is press your finger against it and let it do its job. It’s that simple and you carry it with you all the time. Its accuracy is better than ever and it also comes with a pedometer to track the distance you run or walk.

But apart from that, the BV9700 Pro offers even more. It can be used to measure the indoor air quality and the ambient temperature and humidity level in your environment. The air quality can be detected every 4 seconds and lets you know if it is healthy enough by detecting unhealthy Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) level. Pretty handy for workers that handle solvents, work in paint shops or plastics factories.

What’s more, there is an external night vision camera available to shoot great photos and videos at night and it sports the Sony STARVIS IMX291 ultra-light sensitive CMOS sensor. This special design is for low light and night scenes. You can get much clearer pictures at night compared with other rugged phone counterparts.

Of course, the BV9700 Pro is still an excellent rugged phone with all current protection certifications and a great performer as well. It is powered by the Helio P70 octa-core SoC that delivers 13% better performance than the P60 as well as 30% lower power consumption and 20% better heat dissipation. Also, the AI processing efficiency is 10% to 30% improved. All this, combined with Andriod 9 Pie, result in an unprecedented performance for Blackview. The phone is currently on a limited offer on Aliexpress. You can get it for just $298.99 here.

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The latest rugged flagship from Blackview, the BV9700 Pro, is a multifunctional rugged smartphone with features distinguishing it from a standard phone like the iPhone, Huawei phones, and Samsung phones. That’s because it offers three new features that solidify it as a must-have tool for anyone working outside, people paranoid about air quality, heart rate detection, and night shooting. Some of these features are already found in smart wearables that help people manage medical conditions like diabetes and heart disease. And it costs as much as a good smartwatch costs without a smartphone!

As an air monitoring device, it can measure three categories of pollutants and particulate matter, specifically Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and carbon dioxide, include a large range of chemicals and substances. The sensor can work without you opening an app as it runs in the background and can alert you when there’s something wrong. This is more serious than it sounds as something can happen to you when painting something and there’s bad ventilation. Or if you’re painting a room in your house and you see the air quality level has spiked to unhealthy, it might be time to open some windows.

As for the built-in heart rate monitor, it obtains the user’s heart rate data by detecting the number of pulses per minute of the blood vessels on the user’s finger regardless if you are walking, training, playing basketball, or at a yoga class. Detecting and analyzing your heart rate blood oxygen before, during and after exercise can understand the exercise intensity and effort, and facilitate the user to adjust to their own exercise conditions, makes tracking your health and fitness goals a lot easier. The built-in pedometer also helps track your steps and calories burned.

BV9700 Pro is -via the external camera module, a perfect Night Vision camera that is equipped with Sony IMX291 ultra-light sensitive CMOS sensor, that not only captures images under low light conditions but gives you true night vision capability in greyscale monochrome or in color. The individual pixel size is up to 2.9μm, 2.6 times the phone’s main camera sensor. With the increase of pixels size, more light enters individual pixels. Add to that the ultra wide-angle 6P lens with a big aperture and your phone instantly turns into a night-vision camera, easily capturing wonderful moments in the dark.

Of course, the Blackview BV9700 Pro is still a rugged phone with extra durability and waterproofing and is suitable for blue-collar workers, travelers, and anyone who’s a tad clumsy. It comes with a reinforced aluminum frame, IP68/IP69K and MIL-STD-810G certifications, Gorilla Glass, and rubber flaps covering everything and making it as armored as a tank.

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Blackview BV9700 Pro is the latest and greatest rugged phone from the specialized Chinese manufacturer and besides its durable characteristics and “Transformers” design, it also comes with a ton of features. It pretty much sports every phone feature available right now, including an AI camera, Night Vision Camera, Air Quality Detection, and Heart Rate Monitor. If you pride yourself as a photo enthusiast, the BV9700 Pro is worth considering as it boasts a dual Samsung AI camera setup with a 16MP front sensor with f/2.0 aperture and a rear 16MP/8MP dual camera with f/1.75 and f/2.0 apertures.

Of course, what shines the most is its AI camera. The BV9700 Pro is capable of great video shooting and awesome photos that are better than pretty much any other rugged phone on the market right now. Photos shot on BV9700 Pro are vivid and have a good dynamic range in different scenarios, including pretty accurate exposure, white balance, and fast autofocus. Besides the Night Vision Camera, it has a low-light video recording setting that automatically reduces the frame rate of the video in darker conditions to gather more light. The results are more than pleasing. Below, you can see a video demonstrating the fast autofocus, the wide dynamic range, focus tracking, and low noise.

Apart from the camera capabilities, the BV9700 Pro is mainly a top rugged phone so it sports IP68/IP69K & MIL-STD-810F certification meaning it is waterproof down to 1.5m depth for up to 30 minutes. It’s also drop-proof from 1.5m height, dustproof, shockproof, freezeproof down to -20°C, crushproof to 150kg weight, and it can shoot video and photos underwater. All that without using any special case or housing that normal smartphones need.

Blackview BV9700 Pro photo samples

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Despite all these features, the Blackview BV9700 Pro costs much less than someone would expect. Starting this month, the phone costs just $299.99 and you get a free tempered glass. You can find all the details here.

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