Honor Band 5 VS Mi Band 4 VS Galaxy Fit // Which one should you buy?

Xiaomi just launched its new fitness band in India. Xiaomi Mi Band 4 is an upgrade over the existing Mi Band 3 with a new color display, music control, and revamped UI.

Xiaomi also joins the budget fitness band lineup with color display. It competes with existing fitness bands like Honor Band 5 and Samsung Galaxy Fit. All three fitness bands are priced below Rs 5,000 and come with similar specifications and features. Here’s a comparison between Xiaomi Mi Band 4, Honor Band 5 and Galaxy Fit e.

• Design & display

All three fitness bands offer a similar design but with some slight differences. Honor Band 5 is the most distinct of the three with a more rectangular-shaped display. Galaxy Fit also has a rectangular display but with curved edges. On the other hand, Mi Band 4 comes with a pill-shaped display. The fitness bands also come in different strap colors.

Mi Band 4 is available in black, blue, maroon and orange. Honor Band 5 comes in blue, pink and black. As for the Galaxy Fit, it is offered in two colors of black and silver. Upfront, Mi Band 4, Honor Band 5 and Galaxy Fit have a 0.95-inch AMOLED color display.

• Features

Xiaomi Mi Band 4 comes with features like 24/7 heart rate monitoring, daily activity tracker, swim tracking with stroke recognition and unlimited watch faces. Mi Band 4 also lets users set photos as the watch face. It also comes with music and volume controls.

Honor Band 5 uses Huawei’s ‘TruSleep2.0’ to monitor heart rate and breathing while sleeping. It can also identify six common sleeping problems and offers over 200 personalized sleep suggestions. Honor Band 5 also alerts users when there’s an increase or decrease in their heart rate records.

Samsung Galaxy Fit also alerts users if their heart rate increases when they are resting. Galaxy Fit also syncs with the user’s smartphone for DND mode. It a
lso comes with a stress level indicator and breathing exercises. This feature is also available on the Galaxy Watch.

• Battery

Xiaomi Mi Band 4 packs a 135mAh battery which is claimed to offer juice for up to 20 days. Xiaomi also says it takes less than 2 hours to charge. Honor Band 5 is said to last for 14 days straight on a single charge which takes around 1.6 hours. Galaxy Fit has a 120mAh battery which will last for 7-8 days on regular usage and up to 11 days on low usage.

• Price

In terms of pricing, Mi Band 4 and Honor Band 5 are pretty close. Mi Band 4 is currently the cheapest with a price tag of Rs 2,299. Honor Band 5 costs slightly more as it sells for Rs 2,599. Galaxy Fit is the most expensive of the three with a price tag of Rs 2,500

• Summing Up

Based on the comparison I think Honor Band 5 is the one to go with... Good display and battery life is also
not bad but it is the most expensive out of three.