Xiaomi’s Mi Smart Band 5 is missing one of its best features for its global release – TechRadar
The Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 5 is the latest in the company’s series of overwhelmingly popular fitness trackers that gives you a wrist based companion to monitor your health for a remarkably low price. This latest generation fitness tracker from Xiaomi is a remarkable piece of tech for the price, but yet again I’m let down by the company’s choice to not include some of its best features for its global release. Xiaomi unveiled the Mi Band 5 earlier this year in China, where the fitness tracker sported some technology that’s capable of competing with the very best from Samsung, Fitbit and more. The same product has now been brought to the worldwide market – you can now buy the tracker in the UK, for example – but it’s missing some core components that Xiaomi obviously thinks you don’t need. What are we missing? The exact same body and design of the Chinese model are still included here. That includes a 1.1-inch AMOLED display, which is far bigger than the display on the Mi Band 4 ,...