What better fitness bracelet: new Xiaomi Mi Band Mi Band 4 or 3

Case and Strap

As part of the fulfillment of the new a bracelet Mi Band 4 is not much different from its predecessor. He has a silicone strap and a removable water-resistant capsule, which will need to retrieve each time charging.

Charger now he is different, because the contacts are moved to feed on the bottom surface. In Mi Band 3 they are at the end.

Strap both bracelets and has a loop button to lock. In both cases, the girth adjustment is possible in the range from 155 to 216 mm. Here, everything is identical.

Screen

If Mi Band 3 was a modest black-and-white display with a diagonal of 0.78 inches, then the Mi Band 4 screen now color and size it is much larger - 0.95 inches. Its resolution is 240 × 120 pixels × 128 vs. 80 pixels predecessor.

Needless to say that this display will fit much more text and other useful information.

In addition, to protect the display of the new tracker Xiaomi has used tempered glass, scratch-resistant. In previous models, also used less reliable coatings based plastic.

Sensors and Communications

Heart-rate monitor in the device, plus or minus the same, but the accelerometer 4 Mi Band got a new one. Now it shestiosevoy sensor that allows to collect more accurate data on the physical activity of the user. Also, in theory, it should fix the performance of physical exercise, which recognize the Mi Band 3 simply can not.

No less important was the difference bracelet Bluetooth 5.0 module is used instead of Bluetooth 4.2. This improvement ensures increase the data rate, increasing the signal reception area and, most importantly, the reduction energy consumption.

At Mi Band 4, like the Mi Band 3, there is a separate version with NFC. However, the possibility of using this chip have become much broader. More about this later.

Capabilities

As part of the basic functions of both models are identical. Each of them can be monitored for physical activity, dream and palpitation. There is also support for notifications from your smartphone, but by increasing the screen on the Mi Band 4, they should now be much more informative.

Color AMOLED-matrix with high resolution has opened a lot of opportunities to display useful data. According to the manufacturer, at the Mi Band 4 are available hundreds of combinations of different visual elements, dials, widgets, icons, buttons different services and so on.

In other words, now it appears at least some customization of the interface, as opposed to a pair of "a watch" on the Mi Band 3.

Version of the new items with the NFC and will offer more opportunity to use voice-activated assistant, but while we are talking only about the Chinese assistant. With it, users will be able to control home appliances connected to smart home system. In the normal version of Mi Band 4, like the Mi Band 3, this is not even a microphone.

Among other innovations, the version with NFC - the opportunity to make purchases using a payment system AliPay. Whether the service will support Mi Pay, launch in Russia - until the big question.

autonomy

Capacitance Xiaomi Mi Band 4 built-in battery in the basic version was 135 mA · h against 110 mAh predecessor. Despite this increase, the autonomy they have the same - up to 20 days. Versions with NFC live a little less, to 15 days.

Save excellent autonomy could just due to the transition to a modern Bluetooth 5.0 with low power consumption.

Price

Accessibility has always been one of the main features bracelets Mi Band, and this time Xiaomi did not change anything. Buy a new bracelet will be priced at the old, for 169 yuan (≈1 600 rubles). True, such a price tag at launch is only relevant for China.

On AliExpress prices are initially high, but over time they will sink to the usual 2000 rubles for the version without NFC. The only question is, how much you are willing to wait.

Total

Summarizing this comparison surface, it is possible to distinguish four main advantages Mi Band 4 before Mi Band 3:

• informative color display;
• strained glass;
• customization interface;
• shestiosevoy accelerometer.

Many new features based on NFC and voice aid for Russia until irrelevant. However, even without the new Mi Band 4 looks more than appealing. Now, this gadget has become a real golden mean between fitness tracker and smart watches.

If you are on the Mi Band 3 lacks color and live dials, then the choice is obvious. That color screen is the main argument in favor of the new items. If your display does not attracted, then serious reasons to part with last year tracker does not.

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More visual comparison of characteristics Mi Band 4 and Mi Band 3 - in the table below.