Honor Magic Watch 2 launched in India starting at Rs 12,999, touts 2-week battery life 

Huawei sub brand launched Hor Magic Watch 2 wearable in India on Tuesday. Hor Magic Watch 2 was launched alongside Hor 9X phone and Hor Band 5i fitness band. In many ways, Hor Magic Watch 2 is like Huawei Watch GT 2 which was recently launched in India. Hor Magic Watch 2 is of course more affordable.   

Hor has launched Hor Magic Watch 2 in India at a starting price of Rs 12,999 for variant with Charcoal Black band while variant with Flax Brown band will sell for Rs 14,999. Both variants will initially be sold in 46mm sizing. Hor says 42mm version of Hor Magic Watch 2 will come later. Hor Magic Watch 2 will be available for buying in India from January 19 from Amazon. Amazon Prime members can get it from January 18. 

Like Huawei Watch GT 2, Hor Magic Watch 2 also ditches Google’s Wear OS in favour of Huawei’s own home-grown software that lays special emphasis on long-lasting battery life. Hor touts up to 2-week battery life on this one, and when paired with its expansive fitness tracking features, Hor Magic Watch 2 instantly becomes a viable alternative to likes of Samsung Galaxy Watch and even Apple Watch.    

Hor Magic Watch 2 is t so much a smartwatch, as it is a fitness band masquering as one. Hor may have ensured that Hor Magic Watch 2 looks part, at least, and bundles in many features you’d rmally see in high-end smartwatches, deep inside it is still a very fitness-oriented band-like wearable device. Its biggest USP is its seemingly long-lasting battery life. Hor touts a whopping 2-week battery life on this one, which is thing short of phemenal. Of course, you’d be able to achieve this only if you’re sticking to just basics.    

hardware as well as software inside Hor Magic Watch 2 is totally in-house. Hor’s smartwatch is powered by Huawei’s custom Kirin A1 chip, which it has specifically designed for wearables, and under hood it runs company’s own Light OS software – that has thing to do with Google’s Android (Wear OS). Both hardware and software have been designed with special emphasis on battery life – and usual smarts. Which means that Hor Magic Watch 2 has all necessary fitness tracking sensors that you’ll ever need including a heart rate monitor, as well as sensor for sleep and stress tracking.  

Hor says Hor Magic Watch 2 supports as many as 15 sports – tracking - including eight outdoor sports (running, walking, climbing, hiking trail running, cycling, open water, triathlon) and seven indoor sports (walking, running, cycling, swimming pool, free training, elliptical machine, rowing machine). 

46mm version of Hor Magic Watch 2 comes with a 1.39-inch display with 454x454 pixel resolution. Hor is using an OLED display on this one, and re are also custom watch faces that you can use to tweak design to your heart’s content. An interesting thing to te about Hor Magic Watch 2 is that it also bundles in a microphone and speaker so you can oretically make phone calls with it but because re’s bundled LTE option, your phone needs to be close to it at all times.    

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