big screen
The Honor brand positions its offspring as a smartwatch, although outwardly they look more like an advanced fitness tracker. All because of the oblong rectangular case, which is more common in smart bracelets. But thanks to this form, it accommodates a large screen with a diagonal of 1.64" with a decent resolution of 456x280 pixels. It duplicates incoming calls and messages from a smartphone, due to the large size the text is clearly visible. It also uses an AMOLED matrix, so the brightness is decent and the colours are saturated. By the way, in the settings you can find the auto-adjust brightness mode depending on the ambient light and a la Always On Display — a simple always-on dial that displays only the current time.
Personal coach
In the pluses of the model, you can still record 95 training modes, some of which are determined automatically, without manual settings. The manufacturer also offers 12 animated training programs and 44 exercises with animation — in case you are too lazy to go to the trainer in the gym, but you need to keep fit. At the same time, the watch measures the pulse around the clock, both during exercise and at rest, can determine the level of oxygen in the blood, track sleep phases, monitor stress levels and help you relax with breathing exercises.
By the way, the gadget interacts with the phone through the Huawei Health app, where you can also track your activity and health status and get good advice. The watch connects to both Android and iOS, but in the latter case, the functionality is somewhat limited: for example, the watch face store, TruRelax for monitoring stress levels and controlling music playback are not available.
battery life
The device is equipped with a small 180 mAh battery, one charge of which, as stated by the manufacturer, should last up to 10 days of battery life. But this is with very economical use — with a minimum of notifications, without training and with disabled round-the-clock auto-measurement of the pulse. If you are a more active user, the battery life will be 5 – 6 days, or even a week, which is also not bad for such a battery. In addition, there is fast charging: just 30 minutes is enough for a week of battery life. Again, this is true for economical energy consumption.
Danil Sankov: use Honor Watch ES less than month
