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<blockquote data-quote="OneMoreThing..." data-source="post: 1834726" data-attributes="member: 196927"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <img src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/29-980x735.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><br /> The Xiaomi Mi Watch. [credit: <a href="https://www.mi.com/miwatch" target="_blank">Xiaomi</a> ] <br /> <br /> </li> </ul><p>Xiaomi has gone back to its roots as a purveyor of shameless Apple ripoffs, and hot off the photocopier is the <a href="https://www.mi.com/miwatch" target="_blank">Xiaomi Mi Watch</a>, a new wearable that is decidedly Cupertino-inspired. The Mi Watch is an Apple Watch clone, but the design is pretty much the only thing that's cloned here. You won't get a good SoC, a good operating system, good battery life, good haptics, or a good app ecosystem. From a distance, though, some people might mistake the Mi Watch for an Apple Watch, and maybe that's enough.</p><p>The Mi Watch is a Wear OS device powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 3100, a combination that makes any wearable device pretty much dead on arrival. Qualcomm has been neglecting the smartwatch market since basically its inception and has never produced a serious competitor to the chips Samsung and Apple regularly put out. The Snapdragon Wear 3100 features a quad-core, 1.2GHz Cortex A7 CPU, a CPU design that is <em>just barely</em> from this decade, having been <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/10/arms-new-cortex-a7-is-tailor-made-for-android-superphones/" target="_blank">originally introduced</a> in 2011. This 28nm chip doesn't stand a chance against its faster, smaller, more battery-efficient rivals, but Qualcomm's monopoly ensures it is basically the only game in town for smartwatch chips.</p><p>Surrounding the museum piece of a CPU is a 1.78-inch, 448×368 OLED display, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, and a 570mAh battery. All the usual acronyms are here: NFC, GPS, and LTE, along with a built-in eSIM chip. There is Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, and a rear-mounted heart rate sensor. The base model sku has an aluminum watch body for CNY 1,300 ($185), while a more premium model comes in stainless steel and packs a slightly bigger 590 mAh battery for CNY 2,000 ($285). If you haven't guessed from the currency yet, the Mi Watch is only available in China, at least for now.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1597201#p3" target="_blank">Read 2 remaining paragraphs</a> | <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1597201&comments=1" target="_blank">Comments</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1597201" target="_blank">Click here to view the article...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OneMoreThing..., post: 1834726, member: 196927"] [LIST] [*] [IMG]https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/29-980x735.jpg[/IMG] The Xiaomi Mi Watch. [credit: [URL="https://www.mi.com/miwatch"]Xiaomi[/URL] ] [/LIST] Xiaomi has gone back to its roots as a purveyor of shameless Apple ripoffs, and hot off the photocopier is the [URL="https://www.mi.com/miwatch"]Xiaomi Mi Watch[/URL], a new wearable that is decidedly Cupertino-inspired. The Mi Watch is an Apple Watch clone, but the design is pretty much the only thing that's cloned here. You won't get a good SoC, a good operating system, good battery life, good haptics, or a good app ecosystem. From a distance, though, some people might mistake the Mi Watch for an Apple Watch, and maybe that's enough. The Mi Watch is a Wear OS device powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 3100, a combination that makes any wearable device pretty much dead on arrival. Qualcomm has been neglecting the smartwatch market since basically its inception and has never produced a serious competitor to the chips Samsung and Apple regularly put out. The Snapdragon Wear 3100 features a quad-core, 1.2GHz Cortex A7 CPU, a CPU design that is [I]just barely[/I] from this decade, having been [URL="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/10/arms-new-cortex-a7-is-tailor-made-for-android-superphones/"]originally introduced[/URL] in 2011. This 28nm chip doesn't stand a chance against its faster, smaller, more battery-efficient rivals, but Qualcomm's monopoly ensures it is basically the only game in town for smartwatch chips. Surrounding the museum piece of a CPU is a 1.78-inch, 448×368 OLED display, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, and a 570mAh battery. All the usual acronyms are here: NFC, GPS, and LTE, along with a built-in eSIM chip. There is Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, and a rear-mounted heart rate sensor. The base model sku has an aluminum watch body for CNY 1,300 ($185), while a more premium model comes in stainless steel and packs a slightly bigger 590 mAh battery for CNY 2,000 ($285). If you haven't guessed from the currency yet, the Mi Watch is only available in China, at least for now. [URL="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1597201#p3"]Read 2 remaining paragraphs[/URL] | [URL="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1597201&comments=1"]Comments[/URL] [url=https://arstechnica.com/?p=1597201]Click here to view the article...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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