In the recent Honor product launch event, the Chinese company unveiled a new special edition for its existing smartwatch, the MagicWatch 2. The new special edition arrives with four new straps, which are designed by various artists, over the existing ones.

The Honor MagicWatch 2’s new Gift Box Special Edition straps were designed by four artists from both China and overseas. These include a unique strap made by Wang Dongling, an abstract version from Zhou Li, and one strap which is a fusion between Chinese and Western art from Italian artist Giovanni Özula and lastly one from cross border artist Jacky Tsai.

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Notably, the Jacky Tsai special edition strap was made using 3D printing technology, which had silk threads woven into the strap to resemble embroidery. These unique new straps will be available along with the 8 existing strap colors, that are supported for both the 46mm and 42mm. The color options include a wide variety of colors like sky blue, purple, yellow, olive green, and more.

The Honor MagicWatch 2 Special Edition will be a limited series and can be bought for a price of 1,199 Yuan (roughly 168 US Dollars). It is currently available right now, and started sale earlier today (19th May 2020) and can be purchased from the Huawei Mall and the official flagship store in limited quantities.

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Huawei’s sub-brand Honor had launched its new smartwatch named Honor Magic Watch 2 in China last year. Today, the company has launched a new variant of the same device, dubbed Honor Magic Watch 2 Sakura Gold.

The newly launched color scheme has simple and elegant look and gives the smartwatch a luxurious, young and energetic feel. The device, which seems to be targeted at women, is now up for reservation in China.

It carries a price tag of 1,399 yuan which roughly converts to $199 but the company is currently offering 100 yuan (~$14) discount and thus, it is currently available for 1,299 yuan, which is about $185.

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The Honor Magic Watch 2 Sakura Gold Edition comes with a 1.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen display offering a screen resolution of 390 x 390 pixels and 326 PPI pixel density along with support for personalised watch faces. Under the hood, the device with 42mm dial is powered by the company’s own Kirin A1 chipset.

Fitness-related features on the smartwatch include GPS and GLONASS tracking system, 15 goal-based fitness modes, 13 different running courses, and real-time VoiceOver guidance. Further, it comes with a few health related features like heart-rate monitor, sleep monitoring, and stress monitoring.

The device, which is rated 5ATM for water resistance, also supports storage and playback of over 500 songs. As for the battery life, the company claims that the smartwatch can last for about seven days on a single charge.

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According to a new report, Honor’s latest entry in the smart wearables category with MagicWatch 2 has surpassed 10,000 units being sold in just 1 minute. The device launched today and has been met with an explosive demand immediately on availability.

Smart wearables are becoming increasingly more popular with consumers across the globe. 2019 was an important year of this category in the consumer grade electronic market and 2020 will be even more eventful for the same. Honor’s MagicWatch 2 breaking 10,000 units sold in 1 minute after New Year’s Day is one such great example.

Previously, the Honor MagicWatch 2 sold out in a similar fashion two times before as well. Both sales were well received with the device being sold out in just a couple of minutes. This is indicative of the healthy growth of the wearables industry and its positive reception from the consumers. The next sale for the smartwatch is on the 7th of January 2020 with a limited pre sale around midday (10:08 am) every day.

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Smart wearables are a growing trend with the health centric users of this day and age. Since, the device arrives with health monitoring features like heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen level and more it is highly sought after at this point in time.

The Honor MagicWatch 2 also supports 15 different sports modes for different physical activities and is equipped with a 1.39 inch AMOLED display on a round dial with a Kirin A1 chipset. It is capable of Bluetooth supported calls and is waterproof for up to 50 meters as well.

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The Honor Magic Watch 2 launched today alongside other Honor products. The successor to last year’s Magic Watch comes with a bigger screen, a new processor, and a much bigger battery.

With respect to design, the major change is a bigger display. It is a 1.39-inch AMOLED display with a 454 x 454 resolution, an upgrade from its predecessor’s 1.2-inch 390 x 390 screen. There are still two buttons on the right side of the bezel and the dial has a tachymeter. Also, the bezel around the display appears to be slimmer. The Magic Watch 2 is available in two color variants – Carbon Black and Flax Brown. There are several watch faces to chose from.

The Magic Watch 2 gets a boost in performance too with the new Kirin A1 processor inside. This is the same chip inside the Huawei Watch GT 2 and the Freebuds 3. The chip also brings Bluetooth 5.1 connectivity.

The watch comes with a bunch of fitness features. There is 24-hour heart-rate monitoring with TruSeen 3.5, SP02 measurement, sleep monitoring with TruSleep 2.0 and up to 200 suggestions to help the user sleep better. There is also 24-hour stress monitoring paired with TruRelax which offers suggestions to help you keep calm.

The Honor Watch GT 2 can track up to 15 different sport modes including hiking, indoor and outdoor running, swimming, walking, and triathlons.

Another major upgrade is the battery capacity which is now 455mAh, more than double the first-gen Magic Watch’s 178mAh. Honor says users will get up o 2 weeks of battery life in normal mode, 30 hours with GPS turned on, 24 hours of music playback, and 10 hours of Bluetooth call. The Magic Watch 2 has NFC and supports bus card payments.

The Magic Watch 2 is priced at ¥1399 (~$199) and is available for pre-order on Vmall. It will go on sale on December 12 and the first 100 orders will get a free Honor Smart Scale.

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Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is all set to launch a new smartwatch named Honor Magic Watch 2 in its home country on 26th November along with the Honor V30 and V30 Pro smartphones.

Recently, an image of the device was leaked online and now more images of the device in question have surfaced online (courtesy of TechRadar), which reveals what we can expect from it in terms of design. The images showcases the device from various angles, making sure that we get a proper look at the upcoming product.

The design of the upcoming smartwatch seems very similar to that of its predecessor. The letters on the upper-right corner of the dial have been changed from Red to White and the boot logo on the device seems to have been replaced by the Honor brand logo.

So, in terms of design, nothing major seems to be in store. As per the reports, along with the support for touchscreen display, the company is expected to come with a new control system for the smartwatch but details about that remain unknown.

We expect the Honor Magic Watch 2 to come powered by Kirin A1 processor which should help the company offer better performance and a more stable Bluetooth connection. Currently, nothing is known about the specifications of this smartwatch.

The original Honor Watch Magic comes with a 1.2-inch HD AMOLED display with 390 x 390 pixels screen resolution which offers 326ppi pixel density. Under the hood, the device is powered by ARM M4 chipset, coupled with 16MB RAM and 128GB internal storage.

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It supports GPS, GLONASS, and GALILEO for precise positioning and also comes with Bluetooth 4.2, 5ATM Water-resistant up to 50 meters, NFC for Huawei Pay and a 178mAh battery which is claimed to offer up to 7 days worth of battery life.

As for the features, it comes with Huawei’s TruSeen 3.0 technology for continuous heart rate monitoring. Also, with Huawei’s TruRelax technology and support from the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the watch provides 24-hour blood pressure monitoring and will suggest breathing exercises with real-time feedback.

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Recently, a design sketch for the upcoming Honor Magic 2 smartwatch was leaked online having a 46mm diameter for the circular dial. Now, the real life image of the smartwatch in question has been leaked online.

On seeing the leaked image of the Honor Magic Watch 2, the design of the smartwatch seems very similar to its predecessor. The letters on the upper-right corner of the dial have been changed from Red to White and the boot logo on the device seems to have been replaced by the Honor brand logo.

So, in terms of design, nothing major seems to be in store. As per the reports, along with the support for touchscreen display, the company is expected to come with a new control system for the smartwatch but details about that remains unknown.

We expect the Honor Magic Watch 2 to come powered by Kirin A1 processor which should help the company offer better performance and more stable Bluetooth connection. Currently, nothing is known about the specifications of this smartwatch.

While the launch date of this device is not yet known, we expect the Honor Magic 2 smartwatch to get launched in China along with the Honor V30 and V30 Pro flagship smartphone later this month.

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The original Honor Watch Magic comes with a 1.2-inch HD AMOLED display with 390 x 390 pixels screen resolution which offers 326ppi pixel density. Under the hood, the device is powered by ARM M4 chipset, coupled with 16MB RAM and 128GB internal storage.

It supports GPS, GLONASS, and GALILEO for precise positioning and also comes with Bluetooth 4.2, 5ATM Water-resistant up to 50 meters, NFC for Huawei Pay and a 178mAh battery which is claimed to offer up to 7 days worth of battery life.

As for the features, it comes with Huawei’s TruSeen 3.0 technology for continuous heart rate monitoring. Also, with Huawei’s TruRelax technology and support from the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the watch provides 24-hour blood pressure monitoring and will suggest breathing exercises with real-time feedback.

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