Amazfit Ares vs Amazfit T-Rex: What’s the Differences?

On May 19th, Huami released its second outdoor smartwatch, Amazfit Ares, which supports 70 sports modes and FIRSTBEAT professional sports analysis. It will go on sale on June 1st at a price of 499 yuan. So what's the difference between this latest Amazfit Ares outdoor smartwatch and Huami's first outdoor smartwatch Amazfit T-Rex? Amazfit Ares vs Amazfit T-Rex, which one is more worth buying? In this post, you’ll get detailed specifications and functions comparison of Amazfit Ares and Amazfit T-Rex.

Amazfit Ares vs Amazfit T-Rex: Appearance Design

Different from the traditional round or rectangular watch dial design, Amazfit Ares uses octagonal innovative design, the overall line is strong and dynamic, with a soft and comfortable silicone strap, it is very comfortable to wear. In addition, the Amazfit Ares is equipped with a 1.28in square reflective colorful display screen, the stronger the outdoor light, the clearer the screen, which is very suitable for outdoor use.

 

In contrast, Amazfit T-Rex uses a more traditional 1.3-inch circular display screen design. But its overall style is thick enough, strong enough, the dial and strap are angular, and the case is also very large. From the appearance has been positioned its tough military outdoor style. The Amazfit T-Rex case is made of plastic and the dial case has four huge buttons in all four directions. The four buttons control the up and down of the icon as well as the selection and back.

 

What’s more, the Amazfit T-Rex watch strap is the same as the Amazfit Ares, although the silicone strap is soft and comfortable enough, neither the Amazfit T-Rex nor Amazfit Ares watches straps support quick release. So, you can not replace the watch strap by yourself.

 

Amazfit Ares vs Amazfit T-Rex: Sports Function

Amazfit T-Rex and Amazfit Ares as an outdoor smartwatch, their outdoor sports mode is also the most concerned by users.

 

The Amazfit T-Rex watch is equipped with a high-end Sony GPS chip and a built-in double-star precision positioning system. By optimizing the watch body structure, the signal efficiency is greatly improved, the star search speed is faster and the positioning is more accurate, which can meet the positioning needs of urban buildings and mountain canyons. The watch also features 14 professional sports modes that are waterproof up to 5ATM and are useful for swimming pools and open waters.

 

Amazfit Ares's waterproof grade is still up to 5ATM waterproof and supports up to 70 sports modes, including walking, cycling, swimming, dancing, boxing, ball games, and other sports categories. At the same time, Amazfit Ares can monitor and record 40 key exercise indexes, such as heart rate, speed, and altitude.

 

In addition, the FIRSTBEAT algorithm selected by many professional sports teams in, Amazfit Ares can provide a variety of professional data, such as maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max), complete recovery time, training load (TL), training effect (TE), and so on, according to the movement rules of users, thus helping users to better improve their exercise level and avoid injuries caused by excessive exercise.

 

From the perspective of sports mode, Amazfit Ares is really more attractive. But it is worth noting that for a professional outdoor sports smartwatch, it is also very important to be able to resist all kinds of severe outdoor environmental conditions. On the other hand, Amazfit T-Rex has passed the authoritative certification of 12 STD-MIL-810G military standards, making the whole watch more sturdy and well-defined, perfectly balancing the sense of strength and practicality.

 

Amazfit Ares vs Amazfit T-Rex: Health Functions

In terms of health function, both Amazfit Ares and Amazfit T-Rex are equipped with BioTracker PPG biometric tracking optical sensors independently developed by Huami Technology, which can accurately monitor heart rate during exercise, understand exercise status, and avoid exercise risks such as high heart rate.

 

At the same time, Amazfit Ares is also equipped with a Huami-PAI health assessment system, which can digitally present the state of physical health. Huami-PAI health assessment system can be based on heart rate data, combined with daily exercise intensity and personal physiological data multi-dimensional dynamic comprehensive evaluation, and through the algorithm into a more intuitive PAI value.

 

Amazfit Ares vs Amazfit T-Rex: Battery Life

The Xiaomi Huami Amazfit series of smartwatches have always performed well in terms of battery life, and the Amazfit Ares and Amazfit T-Rex are no exception.

 

Amazfit Ares can provide 14-day battery life support in daily use mode. If you keep the basic watch mode, you can do it without charging for 90 days. Even in scenarios where GPS is required to work continuously, Amazfit Ares can still guarantee a battery life of 23 hours.

 

Amazfit T-Rex supports always-on display, and all-day heart rate monitoring function, normal use time up to 20 days, in the GPS continuous work scene can also provide 20 hours of battery performance. What's even more amazing is that in basic watch mode, the Amazfit T-Rex can even extend the battery life to 66 days.

 

Although under normal use conditions, the battery life of the Amazfit T-Rex is shorter than that of the Amazfit Ares, about 20 days is already excellent in the current smart watch market.

 

Summary

According to the above comparison, I believe that the difference between Amazfit T-Rex and Amazfit Ares has been very clear. In short, Amazfit T-Rex is not as rich in sports mode as Amazfit Ares, but its resistance to the outdoor environment is more professional and belongs to the military standard. On the other hand, Amazfit Ares has richer functions and a higher performance-to-price ratio.


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