Honor Band 4 Review | Fitness On Your Wrist

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The Honor Band 4 is the latest iteration of the fitness band lineup from Huawei. It comes with some impressive features like big OLED color display, Bluetooth, water resistance, and various other fitness features. However, there is no GPS to track the position of the wearer. The Band 4 from Honor is compatible with Android 4.4 / iOS 8.0 or above and come in a variety of colors. Let’s take a look at the complete review of the Honor band 4.

Honor Band 4 Design

While the Honor Band 4 feels good while wearing, the design isn’t much special at all. It even resembles the design of the Mi Band 3 but the front of the Honor Band 4 is flat rather than curved. There is a button below the display which sits flushed with the front of the band. The module sits inside a rubber band which is detachable. There are 3 color options to choose from including Black, Blue or Pink.

Using the band feels pretty comfortable on the wrist. The dimensions of the band are 43 x 17.2 x 11.5 mm which is pretty sizeable even for small hands. It is pretty lightweight too at just 23 grams making the weight hardly noticeable while wearing it. Also, the straps is soft and sweat free, making it feel natural on the wrist.

Upfront, the Honor Band 4 houses a big display for a fitness band and a button just below it. Also, the band is water resistant up to 50m which means you can wear it in the rain without worrying about the water messing with the band. Overall, the build quality is good but not too premium and that’s all you can expect from a budget fitness band.

AMOLED Screen

One thing that we really liked about the Honor Band 4 is the display. Upgraded from the previous gen Band 3, the display is now AMOLED and supports color. It is a 0.95 inch OLED color screen which is touch sensitive. For protection, the display is covered by a layer of 2.5D curved Glass which makes is attractive.

Talking about the display quality, the screen is sharp and the viewing angles are OKAY. However, under direct sunlight, the display is hardly visible since the max brightness level isn’t high enough. Although, you can cover the screen by hands or move under a tree for the shadow to make the screen visible.

The screen is capable of showing Messages, Call and other notifications from the smartphone to which it is connected. Since the Honor Band 4 has a colored screen, the interface looks attractive and better when compared to MI Band 3. The curved glass is capable of resisting some scratched by it’s not completely scratch resistant.

Honor Band 4 Features

To use all the features on the Honor Band 4, you’ll need to download the Huawei’s health app. The app itself isn’t the most smooth and pleasing that we’ve ever used but it gets the job done. Some of the major features on the Band 4 are-

Hydration and Sedentary Reminder

It is important for a Human body to stay hydrated and drinking half a gallon of water per day is recommended by experts. However, we often forget about it because of our busy schedule. But not anymore, as the Honor band 4 notifies you at times to Hydrate your body.

Also, sitting in the same position for long can lead to some serious health problems. However, the Honor Band 4 keep reminding you to get up and move if it detects that you are sitting stationary for long.

Heart Rate Monitor

One of the most common features on the fitness bands is the Heart rate monitor and the Band 4 does have it. The Heart rate monitor helps to keep track of your heart beats while doing various exercises. Since the data is real time- it will help you to set the intensity of the fitness activities so to make sure you never overdo something which can adversely affect your health.

Sleep Tracking

The new Honor Band 4 comes with TruSleep 2.0 technology which utilizes Cardiopulmonary Coupled Dynamics spectrum to keep track of your sleeping pattern. Having a good sleep is really important and the Band 4 allows you to do that but to not analyzing your deep sleep but sending you suggestions about how you can improve your sleep which are specific to you.

Notifications

When connected with a smartphone, the Honor Band 4 is capable of fetching notifications from the phone. It can show notifications about Whatsapp messages, text messages, etc, but you cannot reply to them. It also shows incoming call notification and you can use the touch control on the Band to reject the call. This becomes convenient when your phone is not close to you. Also, the Band 4 acts as a camera shutter button but this feature is only available on Huawei phones.

Battery Life

Since the Fitness Bands have to constantly monitor our activities, heart rate, sleeping pattern and also fetching notifications from the smartphone, having a great battery life is one of the topmost priority. With that being said, we can say that the battery on Honor Band 4 is above average at best.

The Band 4 houses a 100 mAh battery which handles the total battery consumption on the band. In our test with the battery completely charged to 100%, the fitness band manages to last around 11–12 days with sleep tracking turned off. But turning it on decreases the battery life to nearly half (5–6) days.

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