Xiaomi Mi Band 5 Review: $45 Fitness Tracker Packs More Features Than Rivals For Half The Price – Forbes
Xiaomi Mi Band 5. Ben Sin The Apple Watch is by some significant distance the best smartwatch/fitness band on the market, and with Apple’s vast resources, largest developer community, and mature ecosystem, I don’t expect an alternative smartwatch/fitness band to be able to top it anytime soon. And so when it comes to reviewing alternative fitness bands, I only have these expectations: it should be cheaper than the relatively expensive Apple Watch; it can receive and display incoming chat messages; it tracks steps and heart rate with accuracy; and be comfortable to wear. Xiaomi’s Mi Band 5 more than delivers on all fronts and then some. Priced around $45, it is clearly in the budget fitness band range, but packs more features than competing bands that cost twice as much. It has a 1.1-inch OLED display that’s large enough to show entire WhatsApp chat messages in full; it tracks steps, heart rate, sleep with surprisingly strong accuracy; it has jaw-dropping 14-day battery life...