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realme BAND 2 - Lots of new features but…

It is clear that smart wearables have entered the daily life of tech users, who rely on them to monitor health data and those deriving from sports activities that we could carry out during the day. Among the most popular wearables we undoubtedly find those with compact dimensions and economic price, a very populated market segment and which today also welcomes among its members the new realme Band 2, defined by many as the anti Mi Band 6. But will this really be the case or did the company follow the flop of the first generation? Let's find out together in this review.

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realme Band 2 arrives on the market in the only color, defined Space Gray, at least as regards the color of the capsule while the strap, made of TPU, has a basic black color customized with the wording DARE TO LEAP, the motto of the Asian brand. I liked this detail, as it makes the realme Band 2 stand out from the crowd by proposing itself with its own identity. In addition, the strap offers a quick release with an 18 mm pitch, so you can easily find spare parts to better customize the look of the wearable.

Realme band 2

With dimensions equal to 259,86 x 24,67 x 12,15 mm thick and a weight of 27,3 grams, the realme smart bracelet is offered with a rectangular shape and made with plastic but rather resistant materials. The 1,4-inch display with a resolution of 167 × 320 pixels and a peak brightness of 500 nits stands out, which can be customized with the over 50 watchfaces available on the realme market (the smart band only supports 5 in memory).

Realme band 2

It should be noted that we do not have AMOLED technology but rather LCD IPS, we do not have a brightness sensor which therefore will always be adjusted manually, we do not have physical buttons but only a soft touch button positioned under the display that allows you to return to the home or to perform the back operation from the menus, but above all we have no active screen function even during sport monitoring. In short, if on the one hand I cannot complain about the readability of the contents on the screen in direct sunlight, on the other I must emphasize that we do not have any prominent elements compared to the competition.

Realme band 2

On the rear of the realme Band 2 there is the PPG GH3011 sensor that allows you to monitor the H24 heart rate and the SpO2 value, the latter only in spot. Alongside the PPG sensor we have the magnetic pogo pins for charging the battery, a 204 mAh unit, which does not disappoint on the autonomy side, reaching a duration of 10 full days without particular energy saving measures, also because at the software level these precautions are not present. The recharge takes place by means of a magnetic base with USB connection and I liked this because the realme Band 2 remains firmly in place during the recharging operation, without being afraid that the domestic cat may disconnect it from the recharge because it starts to play with. thread (ed. personal experience).

Realme band 2

With a sentence said poco ago, I have already anticipated the common thread of this review, namely that the realme Band 2 does not stand out in any area, thus remaining in the shadow of wearables more known for seniority as their Mi Band 6 in addition to the fact that the latter has brought the NFC function to the wrist of millions of users, with little change.

realme Band 2 therefore monitors heart rate with warning in case of danger levels, SpO2, breathing, sleep, steps, calories consumed, distance traveled, drinking water, sedentary lifestyle, stress levels while the accessory functions are the controls for music, camera and realme home automation devices, stopwatch, find your smartphone, weather forecast, notifications, reminders and menstrual cycle. For the alarm we can not set times from the bracelet, but we must necessarily switch from the app, but we can instead customize the vibration level for notifications, the latter poco smart, in fact we can only read and delete them but without synchronization with the phone, in addition to the fact that we cannot display emojis, while for calls (the caller ID is displayed) we can silence the notification or throw down.

Realme band 2

In short, nothing new, practically the usual menu that we find on rival smart bracelets. Attention, I would not want these words of mine to pass for negative, but they just want to emphasize that realme Band 2 is a good wearable but not better than others and therefore why choose it?

Certainly the presence of certification for diving up to 5 ATM will not make a difference in the choice, nor the possibility of monitoring up to 90 sports, of which, however, there are few that have dedicated metrics, indeed even the walk does not show the steps taken. on the display. realme Band 2 is not accurate in the step count, while the heart rate value was found to be reliable.

To make the difference is not even the presence of Bluetooth 5.1 that allows the association of the wearable to the smartphone through the Realme Link app, available for both iOS and Android. Yes, the very app that could make the difference is another shot in the foot for the realme Band 2 and this is because once the application is started, the common user will think of setting the region on India and then search for the smart bracelet.

Well, all wrong, because only by selecting the India region, the system will recognize the realme Band 2. For charity, selecting one or the other region does not change anything in terms of functionality and Xiaomi users who have set up the servers for years know this well. on China in order to use the many home automation devices of the brand, but now, with the globalization of the brands we are experiencing, this is not admissible, even if it must be said that realme has not officially launched its Band 2 for the European / Italian market.

Having said that, the app acts as an aggregator of data collected by Band 2, being able to perform firmware updates and download the watchfaces made available completely free of charge. We can then customize the ability to receive notifications from certain apps, set reminders and customize the view of the menu and workouts.

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PROJECTED IMPACT

As mentioned in the course of the review, the realme Band 2 is a good smart bracelet to give as a gift, but I have not found any particular reasons to advise you on the many other solutions on the market. Maybe if you are passionate about the brand, then it makes sense, but for everyone else you will only have to be guided by the selling price and aesthetics, because at a functional level it does not stand out, indeed in some areas it is also a step back.

Emanuele Iafulla
Emanuele Iafulla

Nerd, Geek, Netizen, terms that do not belong to me. Simply myself, technology lover and provocative as Xiaomi does with his products. High quality at fair prices, a real provocation for the other most famous brands.

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