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At the Glory Magic V2 and the launch of the new product in full scene on the evening of July 12, Glory Watch 4 was officially released with a price of 999 yuan.

As a new product of the Honor Watch family, Glory Watch 4 is different from previous Glory watches-the design uses the popular "small square watch" styling, while supporting eSIM communication capabilities, this product, with the blessing of Honor MagicRing trust ring technology, unexpectedly launched the "one watch, two standby" solution. More importantly, Glory Watch 4 also claims to be able to achieve a 10-day life, which is undoubtedly "revolutionary" for an eSIM watch.

So what is the experience of Glory Watch 4? And can it bring a different experience to today's seemingly curly but somewhat "boring" smartwatch market? Let's enter the evaluation experience together.

1. Design Glory Watch 4 offers three color options, including morning gold, cloud water blue and accolade black.

CTOnews.com got the Yunshui blue color match. Frankly speaking, the overall design and color matching of Glory Watch 4 are very "young", which is more commercial than the previously released Glory Watch GS3.

Glory Watch 4 does not have much "business stability", but is more young, especially the "cloud water blue" color obtained by CTOnews.com, and the light blue silicone watch strap with graffiti printed with glory and "GO BEYOND" may be more suitable for the student party.

Therefore, students who are used to "wearing suits and combing their hair like adults" recommend a stable and versatile "accolade black" color.

In addition, the watch strap clasp of Glory Watch 4 is made of plastic, which is a little cheaper. I also hope that Glory 4 will bring more styles and material strap choices in the later period.

From the perspective of product positioning, Glory Watch 4 itself is a younger product, so it must suit the design preferences of young people, such as the popular small square watch design.

Glory Watch 4 uses a 6-series aluminum alloy frame, the metal texture is very delicate, the upper right corner is a metal button, and the edge of the key uses a highlight chamfer. The lower bar is a loudspeaker hole.

On the left side of the middle frame is a microphone radio opening. The shape of the whole metal frame is round and simple, and the fillet design makes the look and feel very "soft".

Glory Watch 4 uses a 1.75inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 390mm 450pm and supports automatic luminance. The luminance data is not clear yet, but in my experience, there is no pressure for outdoor use.

The display quality of this screen is also quite good, the color is bright, and the screen glass adopts a 2.5D design, which is perfectly connected to the same round middle frame.

The screen is like a cup filled with water, and the edges of the fluid are full without overflowing, forming a surface full of tension. The content on the screen is also "ready to come out", and the impression is very transparent.

In addition to giving a high score to this screen design, it is also necessary to give Glory Watch 4 a high score for its overall weight and wearing comfort. Official figures show that the Glory Watch 4 has a size of 45.3 mm × 39.1 mm × 11.2mm and weighs only about 32g (excluding the weight of the watch band), somewhere between most smartwatches and bracelets.

Wear on the hand is not too strong "foreign body feeling", slightly relax the watch strap, sleep at night to wear is also no pressure.

The bottom of Glory Watch 4 is black, and it is equipped with a self-developed optical microlens array, but unfortunately, without wireless charging, it is still a magnetic thimble charging port.

However, from the author's recent experience, magnetic charging is not a problem, because the battery life of Glory Watch 4 is so strong that it is far from being recharged frequently, even if it is a short trip, there is no need to carry a magnetic charger.

Of course, the author still hopes to have wireless charging function. after all, the wireless charging board bought only charges the mobile phone, which is a bit "wasteful".

Second, the experience of "one watch and two waits" as the first smartwatch released in 2023, Glory Watch 4 introduced MagicOS into smartwatch ecology for the first time.

According to the official introduction, Glory Watch 4 can support phone calls, text messages and message notifications of two cards on the phone at the same time.

When you encounter the scene of an incoming call from a mobile phone secondary card, Glory Watch 4 can pop up a notification message of missed calls, and you can call back the incoming calls from secondary cards in real time through the eSIM call function of Glory Watch 4. The Glory Watch 4 is also the first product from Android phone manufacturers to receive incoming call notification messages with dual cards at the same time, officials said.

Watches support "one watch and two waits", which is definitely not a "gimmick" selling point and is very practical.

To take the simplest scenario, many Android users have dual cards all the year round, but eSIM watches currently support only one number, that is, in some scenarios away from the phone (such as running, football, sports, the phone is not around), eSIM watches can only accept calls from one number, and the other can only be "lost".

As far as the author is concerned, I have a work number and a family number, but I only have an eSIM for the work number. Sometimes I go fishing and play a ball, put my cell phone in the car, and the watch I wear can only answer the calls from the work number.

The problem is unsolvable unless you are willing to buy two eSIM watches and turn on eSIM for both card numbers, but it obviously doesn't make sense.

Therefore, "one table, two waits" is by no means a pseudo demand, or a minority demand, its demand has always been there.

So how does Glory Watch 4 address this need?

First of all, you only need to activate eSIM to a number segment (main card) (10 yuan per month, App can be activated). After activation, turn on the "far-field message" function in the watch settings. In the case of the disconnection between the mobile phone and the watch, because the main card opens eSIM, so we can carry out independent phone and text message functions through Glory Watch 4.

And the secondary card on the mobile phone, call or text message, at this time Glory Watch 4 can also receive a notification reminder.

It should be noted that this "reminder" exists in the form of notification.

Secondary card SMS notification, for example, the phone secondary card call, at this time Glory Watch 4 can not answer, when the call hung up, Glory Watch 4 will appear "missed call" reminder, with a "mobile phone" logo.

At this point, we can call back the incoming call through the eSIM function of Glory Watch 4 (main card).

The same is true of sub-card text messages and phone notification text messages. But the text message is a little different-the mobile phone secondary card receives the text message, Glory Watch 4 receives the text message synchronously, and the watch side replies to the text message (quick reply phrase). At this time, the sender is still a "secondary card".

It should be emphasized that the above contents and measurements are based on independent use of the mobile phone, that is, disconnecting the Bluetooth connection between the watch and the mobile phone.

After testing, Glory Watch 4 can also receive phone calls and information notifications from the secondary card of the mobile phone, with the same "double-card double-standby" experience as the mobile phone. Glory Watch 4 can really be separated from the mobile phone and use it independently, even if you are a dual-card user. Will also ensure that your dual card is online.

As an eSIM watch, the battery life performance of Glory Watch 4 is also very satisfactory. Official figures show that Glory Watch 4 is connected to Glory mobile phone in a typical eSIM scenario, with a maximum battery life of up to 10 days. Under the 24-hour all-weather eSIM independent use scene, the battery life of Glory Watch 4 can reach 3 days +.

According to the actual experience of CTOnews.com, this data is not very damp. For example, when the health test is on, the screen is always on, and the eSIM is turned on independently, the power consumption is only about 14% in one night (about 10 hours), which is much better than some eSIM watches with one charge a day.

It is understood that Glory Watch 4 is equipped with a self-developed power management system and a three-core architecture design. when Glory Watch 4 Bluetooth is connected to a mobile phone, one of the coprocessors will stop working and only one coprocessor will work in the off-screen state. the main processor will also go to sleep; in the bright screen state, the main coprocessor will work at the same time. When Glory Watch 4 is used independently, only one coprocessor works in the off screen state, and the other two processors go into hibernation; in the bright screen state, one master coprocessor works at the same time, and the other coprocessor goes into hibernation, thus ensuring excellent battery life.

In terms of sports, Glory Watch 4 provides nearly 100 sports modes, including fitness, dance, ball games, water sports, ice and snow sports, and extreme sports. 12 professional sports modes include: outdoor running, indoor running, indoor cycling, outdoor cycling, outdoor walking, indoor walking, swimming pool swimming, open water, elliptical machine, rowing machine, rope skipping, free training.

For example, in outdoor running, indoor running, outdoor walking, indoor walking, rowing machine, elliptical machine sports, Glory Watch 4 can actively monitor the movement status of users.

In other aspects, Glory Watch 4 supports 5ATM waterproof grade, five major satellite system positioning, and multi-GNSS system hybrid positioning with built-in Beidou, GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO and QZSS.

In terms of health monitoring, Glory Watch 4 is equipped with a self-developed optical microlens array to support heart rate, breathing training, stress monitoring, sleep, physiological cycle (gender in APP profile is set to female) and blood oxygen saturation.

Take Heart Health Monitoring as an example, Glory Watch 4 supports the Honor Heart Health study (download independent App), the Heart Health study and the Sleep Apnea study.

Through the "Honor Heart Health Research", Glory Watch 4 brings screening reminders of suspected atrial fibrillation, suspected premature beats and sleep apnea, together with App of Palm Fuwai Hospital to make an appointment.

4. Intelligent interaction Glory Watch 4 introduces the ecology of the MagicOS system. First of all, the interaction flow of the system is very smooth, whether it is swiping the screen or switching functions.

Functionally, Glory Watch 4 is equipped with NFC function, supports Alipay and Wechat payment code, supports online music, supports Wechat quick message reply, and supports YOYO voice assistant.

In App ecology, Glory Watch 4 supports more than a dozen third-party App, such as cruise vertical and horizontal, KuGou music, Baidu map, perpetual calendar, countdown days, lemon drinking water, UU errands, Alipay, drinking time, Todo list and so on.

However, it is a pity that the app store option has not been found. Does it not support third-party app downloads? It's a little unreasonable, after all, Glory GS3 supports it.

Of course, the application on the watch lies more in the extension of the large screen content of the smartphone and increases the functional experience of the full scene of the smartphone. After all, the screen size of the smartwatch determines the positioning and application scene of the product.

Take Baidu Maps as an example, on the watch side, Baidu Maps does not run independently, but needs to be used with smartphones, similar to "app cross-screen". For example, through Baidu in the mobile phone, when you start the navigation of cycling and walking, the watch will display navigation information synchronously.

Another example is the cruise vertical and horizontal. After installing the cruise vertical and horizontal App on the mobile phone, the watch end can synchronously display the latest itinerary information.

For example, Wechat, the current Wechat version is not an "independent" version, but also needs to be used with mobile phones, but supports daily reply messages and so on.

In addition, the music of Glory Watch 4 is completely independent, and the device itself supports wireless Bluetooth headsets, so there is no pressure to listen to music online when running.

Summary: briefly summarize this new product. It can be said that the surprise brought to the author by Glory Watch 4 is in three aspects:

First, the "one watch and two standby" function solves the problem of losing contact with a secondary card without a mobile phone. For Android users with strong demand, Glory Watch 4 is the only choice (with a glorious mobile phone), and you can't go back to it. I hope the competitors will follow up quickly!

Second, it is excellent battery life, even if the eSIM is turned on, it can also be "recharged in a few days".

Third, the price is only 999 yuan, as a long-lasting support for a watch dual eSIM watch, this price, just two words-really fragrant.

So which crowd is Glory Watch 4 suitable for? First of all, young groups, such as young white-collar workers and college students, can receive comprehensive messages without a mobile phone during sports.

Secondly, is the dual-card glory mobile phone users, then glory watch 4 is also highly recommended. This watch allows you to keep in touch with the outside world in situations where you are out of touch with your phone.

Third, users who have a strong demand for long-lasting eSIM watches can also choose Glory Watch 4.

Of course, Glory Watch 4 is not without any shortcomings, such as slightly "cheap" watch straps and app stores that are not yet supported. But in front of the price of 999 yuan and the core advantage of "one table, two waits", I think this is not a problem.

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