Me N My Stuffs

Amazfit have been releasing some teasers for a new upcoming smartwatch during the past week. And today being July 4, they unveiled the new watch - Amazfit Watch Lite. It has a rectangular watch face this time, with the following specification (updated): Standby time up to 45 days Weighs only 32g Sony 28nm GPS module for GPS & GLONASS location IP68 Water resistant. (Pace was rated at IP67) Trans reflective color display 190mAH Li-polymer Battery 2.5D Gorilla Glass 3 with 1.28" display 176x176 (Pace has 1.34" 320x300 screen) [Updated] Heart rate sensor, G sensor, barometric sensor, compass Bluetooth 4.0 BLE 4 types of sports mode supported: Run, Indoor Run, Walk and Ride. 45 days battery life (based on 1x 30mins run per week, 100 notifications per day, 10% screen brightness) OR 22hrs of continuous GPS tracking. Only supports Simplified Chinese Syncs to Mi Dong 3.0 app. Requires Android 4.4 or iOS 8 and above. Its not clear if more sports mode ...

First off - this is purely a review piece on the Amazfit Pace fitness tracker/watch after about one month of usage. The watch specifications and many unboxing videos can be found easily on the net, so I will not cover them. Some background: I am a casual runner - I run regularly, 4 to 6 time a week, average of 65km per week currently. I am always seeking ways to run faster, but am in no hurry or in any sort of plan. I have no previous ACTUAL experience of fitness tracker/watch although I have been eyeing on the Garmin Forerunner 235 and Suunto Ambit 3 Run. The day the Amazfit Pace was launched in China, I have made inquiries but realized that it was only available in Chinese. (Although I AM an Asian Chinese - my Chinese sucks big time - story for another day). For launching price of 799 yuan, I had no qualms on purchasing it, provided it is available in English. Part of the reason I was holding out on Garmin and Suunto was that I could not justify the price to pay for a fi...