With newer activity/fitness trackers released, you will find more features and improved battery life. With no displays on the Xiaomi’s Mi Band 1S, battery life is just simply amazing, to the point I would actually forget about charging it unless I opened the smartphone app and saw it running low on juice.
I’m still trying to get my hands on the new Mi Band 2, its not officially sold in Hong Kong, and resellers are not keen on stocking them due to low profits.
Luckily, Xiaomi Today has done a direct comparison between the 2 generations of Mi Bands:
Starting with the main body (sensor) of both of the terminals, we see a drastic difference between 1S and Mi Band 2. The skeleton of 1S is based on its descendant Mi Band. It is made up of the military grade aluminium front while the whole body is of polycarbonate with a matte finish. The device has a clean oval shaped design that can fit into rubber bands. The dimensions are 36 x 14 x 9mm and weigh only 5.5 g. It is only 13.5g heavier than the previous model and a little bit thick. This is due to the addition of heart rate sensor.
Whereas, the new Xiaomi Mi Band 2 seems to be slightly larger than 1S both in length (40.3mm), width (15.7mm) and thickness (10.5mm). Obviously, the reason of introducing OLED display is pretty much valid. Even it is much heavier (1.5 g more) with a total weight of 7 g due to the extension of glass and plastic rather than aluminium and polycarbonate. 1S has a matte shine while Mi 2 has a light reflect from the glass. The silver generation has changed to the black one from 1S to 2 respectively.
Yet both the terminals have gold plated charging terminals at the same place, but in Mi Band 2 they are a little bit small and vivid. Sadly, you won’t be able to use bands and charging cables for each other because of the physical similarities.
Read the full comparison at Xiaomi Today
