Main points
- The Honor Band 9 offers upgrades over previous models, with the standard version priced as low as $35.
- The fitness tracker comes with a larger AMOLED screen and improved Bluetooth 5.3 low-power connectivity.
- Honor Band 9 has 96 exercise modes, continuous health tracking, and a battery life of up to 14 days, making it a cost-effective choice for fitness enthusiasts.
As a certified personal trainer, I always encourage people to purchase a fitness tracker if they want to increase their physical activity. Being able to monitor your daily steps, calories burned, and other health and fitness metrics keeps you motivated and provides quantifiable data as you work toward your goals. However, many quality fitness trackers are quite expensive.
Honor offers affordable fitness trackers. The company has just announced the launch of the Honor Band 9. This new fitness tracker offers many updates over its predecessor (Honor Band 7) and comes at a surprisingly low price.
When it debuted in China last week, the Honor Band 9 standard version cost around $35, while the NFC Honor Band 9 cost around $42.
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These wrist fitness wearables can track your steps, sleep, workouts, and more.
Honor Band 9 uses a 1.57-inch AMOLED screen, which is 0.1 inch larger than the previous version. The screen resolution has also been significantly increased, now 256 x 402 pixels instead of 194 x 368 pixels.
The benefit of these upgrades is that not only can you see information more clearly when you quickly glance at your wrist, but you can also see more data fields at once.
These two upgrades mean you’ll get more information at a glance and sharper display visuals.
Exquisite design
While the overall design of the Honor Band 9 isn’t significantly different from the older version, you can now choose from a number of different colorways (purple, blue, and black), and the band has a quick-release feature so you can change out the band with ease.
The newly upgraded Honor fitness band has reduced weight, 1.7 grams lighter than Honor Band 7.
Inside, there are some useful upgrades, especially in terms of connectivity. Users can now enjoy Bluetooth 5.3 Low Energy instead of just Bluetooth 5.0, which should provide a more reliable connection.
As a health and fitness tracker, the Honor Band 9 has an impressive 96 different exercise modes so you can match the tracking algorithm to the specific type of workout you’re doing. Continuous heart rate and SpO2 recording, sleep tracking, menstrual cycle tracking, stress levels and other similar health metrics are available on more expensive fitness trackers.
A major improvement of Honor Band 9 is the new “Personal Training Experience” added to the running mode function, which can provide personalized guidance for your running exercises based on your fitness level and exercise history, and better help you meet your running needs. needs. Your training goals.
There is a free companion app that provides additional options for tracking health and fitness metrics. There are also convenient smartwatch features such as weather, call reminders, phone notifications, and alarm clocks.
Perhaps best of all, this affordable and versatile fitness tracker features a 180mAh battery that offers up to 14 days of battery life. As someone who’s worn a Fitbit Charge 5, Oura Ring, and a Garmin Lily 2, I can attest that it lasts significantly longer than all of these more expensive fitness trackers and sports watches.
Honor Band 9 is compatible with Android and iOS. It doesn’t have a water resistance rating, but it is said to be water resistant to 5 ATM, or 50 m.
Although the Honor Band 9 isn’t available in the US yet, it’s now available in the UK for £50 (about $50).