Amazfit GTR 3 Pro review: Superstyling smartwatch – Wareable

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The Amazfit GTR3 Pro is a new smartwatch at the top of the Amazfit range – and an attempt to push itself beyond the budget smartwatch category.

Joining the Amazfit GTS 3 and the Amazfit GTR 3, the GTR 3 Pro seeks to offer a fuller smartwatch experience.

It goes big on high grade specs, minus the high price. It also sees the introduction of Zepp OS, which brings among other things, an app store to an Amazfit watch for the first time.

The GTR3 Pro comes in priced at $229.99/£179.99, making it around $30/£30 more expensive than the standard GTR 3. It actually matches the launch price of the GTR 2 in the UK, but comes in more expensive in the US in comparison. The standard GTR 3 (and GTS 3) come in at $179/£159, so there’s not a huge premium.

That puts it in and around smartwatches like the Apple Watch Series 3 ($199/£199), Huawei Watch GT 3 (£229/$300 approx) and the Fitbit Versa 3 ($229/£199).

We were big fans of the Amazfit GTR 2, so have the new features made this a better or worse smartwatch?

We’ve been living with it to find out. Here’s our comprehensive verdict on the Amazfit GTR 3 Pro.

Amazfit GTR3 Pro: Design and screen

If there’s one thing you can’t knock Zepp Health for it’s that it’s really pushing the boundaries of how good affordable smartwatches can look.

The GTR 2 was a svelte, sleek number, and that approach has definitely been retained with the GTR3 Pro.

It’s actually a really beautiful smartwatch, but now in a more classic watch way. You’ve got your pick of two case looks with the option of a 22mm removable fluroelastomer strap or a brown leather strap. That’s matched up with a 46mm aluminium alloy case, so you lose the option of the stainless steel case you do get with the GTR 2.

It’s probably too big for many female wrists – and a 46mm case size pushes out of being a true unisex device for our money.

We had the brown leather matched up with silver aluminium case to test and it’s fair to say that’s a classic colour combo you’ll find on a lot of watches.

It works well here and we had plenty of compliments on how good it looked too. It’s simple. minimal, nicely weighted and definitely a watch we liked wearing.

Completing that case look is a rotating crown, which sits at the top of the case and a physical button, which gives you a shortcut to the exercise tracking screen. So, nothing groundbreaking here in smartwatch terms, but they’re in keeping with the overall sleek look of this watch.

Front and centre is a 1.45-inch, 480 x 480 AMOLED touchscreen display, which means you’re getting a larger screen than the GTR 2. It’s a really high quality display with the kind of deep blacks and vibrant colors you’d expect to find on a good AMOLED screen. There’s a good top brightness and you do have the option to use it in always-on mode too.

The screen isn’t entirely devoid of a black bezel, but Zepp does a very clever job of hiding it with the way the screen meets the case and with the most of the watch face designs. You’re getting strong viewing angles indoors and it handled bright outdoor light well enough for us too.

If you want to take it in the water, then you do have some protection for that here …….

Source: https://www.wareable.com/smartwatches/amazfit-gtr-3-pro-review-8607

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