Amazfit T-Rex was our Editor’s recommendation for one of the best rugged smartwatch at a price range. The model is now one-upping its providing with the launch of the Amazfit T-Rex Pro. It is extra rugged than ever, provides a biometric sensor to detect atmospheric strain, will get a 3-axis gyroscope sensor and presents extra positioning choices and over a 100 sports activities modes. But do these additions deserve the $30 value hike? Let’s check out the brand new Amazfit T-Rex Pro’s capabilities in our quick evaluation.
The new rugged wearable is constructed out of polycarbonate, which is powerful sufficient to resist hammer blows (sure, I examined that – simply don’t put the hammer to the display). It is rugged throughout however that doesn’t translate to bulk. The smartwatch weighs slightly below 60 grams (straps included). It is basically light-weight for the sort of design it presents.
The Amazfit T-Rex Pro is without doubt one of the most reasonably priced Military Certified rugged smartwatches. It can face up to excessive temperature and situations from 70-degree Celsius to -40-degree Celsius. I examined these numbers so far as I might by placing it within the freezer, and it nonetheless labored after 20 minutes. Obviously, I couldn’t check out the extremes. Further, the 5ATM score has been bumped as much as 10 ATM, which implies it could possibly face up to splashes, rain or snow to a depth of 100 meters.
The outer of the smartwatch is much like its predecessor. You get Up and Down buttons on the left edge, and Select and Back buttons on the best. These are meant that can assist you with UI navigation, however I discovered myself utilizing the touchscreen extra usually.
The buttons are more likely to come into play in case you are showering or swimming as a result of water droplets on the display trigger hindrance in navigation. On the again of the machine, you’ll discover the Bio-Tracking Optical sensor. Coming to the straps, these are silicone bands, and are nonetheless the identical – snug to put on 24 hours a day.
The Amazfit T-Rex Pro comes outfitted with a 1.3-inch AMOLED show with a decision of 360 x 360 pixels. It lies underneath the safety of 3D Corning Gorilla glass, which additionally has an anti-fingerprint coating over it. Essentially, it’s the similar display because the predecessor. It is well seen underneath direct daylight.
The responsiveness might be improved
However, it does take 1-2 seconds to activate the display on wrist-to-wake, which is greater than what I skilled on the unique T-Rex. You additionally get an always-on show (AOD), which can also be vibrant sufficient to see the time at a look with out the entire show lighting up. Plus, like earlier than, there are two choices for AOD – digital or analog. These presets can’t be modified to your liking. That stated, you get vital stuff like time, day and date on AOD.
Amazfit has bumped up the sports activities modes from 13 to 100+. You get a slew of modes underneath the next main modes: Running & Walking, Cycling, Swimming, Outdoor Sports, Indoor Sports, Dance, Combat Sports, Ball Sports, Water Sports, Winter Sports, Leisure Sports, and Others. I used to be in a position to check strolling, outside working, and badminton however I’ll check extra in our Amazfit T-Rex Pro full evaluation.
You can swipe proper and go to Workouts to begin monitoring. While testing, it took some time to accumulate a GPS sign. In working, it reveals present and common tempo, distance, period, and coronary heart charge. And with strolling, I can conclude that the wearable doesn’t register pretend steps. Plus, throughout train, it reveals the same old period, calorie consumption, and coronary heart charge.
Aside from that, you may set a 1-minute interval whereas measuring coronary heart charge 24×7. However, it consumes a variety of battery. While I didn’t obtain the quoted 9 days on heavy utilization, the T-Rex Pro lasted me 7 days with AOD off and coronary heart charge interval set to 1 minute. You can get further juice in case you set the center charge interval to as much as 30 minutes.
Sleep monitoring is best than earlier than
Further, sleep monitoring has been improved. It is fairly correct. However, I can’t say how correct are the REM, Deep Sleep, and Light Sleep numbers – there isn’t any approach to inform that. Plus, it could possibly measure naps which might be 20 minutes or longer.
While the UI is straightforward to make use of and fairly straight-forward, the response time or latency might be decreased. As I stated earlier than, it takes a second or two for the watch to gentle up after I elevate my wrist. That being stated, I didn’t encounter any stutters whereas navigating by means of the watch. The watch additionally means that you can management your music. You can skip a observe, go to the earlier observe, and modify the quantity.
The notifications nonetheless stay non-actionable, that means that you simply get knowledgeable of what’s taking place however you may’t take motion on it. For occasion, in case you get a message out of your pal, the watch will show the message however you’ll not be capable of do something with it. You’ll have to select your cellphone to answer to the message. This is extra of a limitation of RTOS, which is what the watch is predicated on. The companion app and its functionalities stay the identical. You can examine it in our T-Rex evaluation here.
To conclude, the Amazfit T-Rex Pro is an superior rugged health wearable. However, it might get smarter with actionable notifications to make it a full-fledged smartwatch. We’ll take a deeper dive in additional sports activities modes in our Amazfit T-Rex Pro full / long run evaluation. As for what’s on supply for USD 180 / INR 12,999, it’s a compelling package deal. You can go for it in case you are into outside sports activities, and like to remain related if you are on the mountains climbing or swimming by a seashore.
