HONOR Launches Band 5 in China with AMOLED display, innovative features

HONOR, the global smartphone and smart bands e-brand, announced the launch of HONOR Band 5 at a launch event in Xi’an, China.

HONOR Band 5 has cutting-edge technologies such as AMOLED touch screen, real-time heart rate monitoring, scientific sleep monitoring, blood oxygen saturation detection, 10 sports modes, and NFC multi-scenario applications. According to IDC report data, Honor Band ranked No. 1 in the first quarter of 2019.

HONOR is the first brand in China to bring AMOLED color screen to a band product. In 2018, HONOR realized the potential in coloured screen smart bands and with the launch of colour screens in HONOR Band 4, it revolutionized the smartwatch category from the black and white screen earlier.

HONOR Band 5 has AMOLED display and hence, has rich colors, higher brightness at lower power consumption. The 0.95-inch touch screen can display up to 45 Chinese characters. HONOR Band 5 has collaborated with the PP pig, Otter, Bunny Rabbit, and other IP partners in China to build trendy and eye catching theme for dials including a couple's dial. The stylish design will enhance the fashion aesthetics and the advanced technology will enrich the consumers’ experience.

The accuracy of heart rate monitoring in HONOR Band 5 will be comparable to that of professional heart rate monitoring, with atrial fibrillation screening is as high as 97.8%. Developed by Huawei, the TruSeen3.5 intelligent heart rate monitoring technology in HONOR Band 5 has passed the professional test of the National General Administration of Sports. The precision is guaranteed by professional tests, which is comparable to that of the professional heart rate band.

Scientific sleep monitoring in HONOR Band 5 identifies the complete sleep structure and provides 200+ personalized improvement suggestions. The Honor Band 5 uses the HUAWEI TruSleep2.0 sleep detection technology, which provides personalized sleep quality assessment and give suggestions for sound and healthy sleep to users.

The motion detection function of the HONOR Band 5 is more detailed according to different motion states in different motion scenarios, provides up to 10 sports modes (outdoor running, indoor running, outdoor walking, outdoor cycling, indoor cycling, free training, swimming pool swimming, indoor walking, elliptical machine, and rowing machine), covering indoor and outdoor routine sports. The Honor Band 5 is equipped with a six-axis sensor, which provides professional data to help users exercise their own science and fitness.

In addition, HONOR Band 5 has multiple intelligent functions. The phone can be connected to the Huawei Health app through Bluetooth. The mobile phone information can be displayed in real time, incoming calls are rejected or muted, your band can find your phone, and you can take photos by using the HONOR Band 5. For a lot of routine operations, you do not need to take out your phone but just lift your wrist and use the band.

With intelligent algorithms and high-performance batteries, Honor Band 5 has a strong battery life of two weeks to ensure better user experience. In terms of color matching, the Honor Band 5 provides four colors: Midnight blue, meteorite black, coral powder, and olive green.

The standard edition of Honor Band 5 is priced at CNY189, and the NFC version is CNY219. There are four colors: Midnight blue, meteorite black, coral powder, and olive green. The first sale of the Honor Band 5 standard edition will be launched on July 23 at 18:00. The NFC version will be launched at 10:08 on July 29, consumers can go to the online sales platforms such as Honor, Vmall, Jingdong, Tmall, Suning Yi, Weiyi, Gome, and other online sales platforms.