Fossil group’s Misfit has added another watch to its portfolio under the name Misfit Vapor X. It is claimed to be the lightest smartwatch offered by the company. The smartwatch is available in five colors accompanied by virtually unlimited interchangeable straps and customizable watch face.
Even though the watch is not as powerful as Fossil’s new Gen 5 watch, it has many features in common with the flagship.
Design and Construction
The Vapor X features a 1.19-inch AMOLED display with 328 PPI pixel density. The 42 mm case weighs only 43 grams and is constructed using lightweight aluminum. It also has hardware buttons on the side. The straps are optimized for sports use, hence are constructed to be breathable and lightweight. It is termed as the Sport Strap+ by the company.
Internal and Storage
Internally, the smartwatch is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 3100 processor with the usual 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB built-in storage. The Vapor X runs on Google’s Wear OS and is compatible with smartphones with Android 4.4 or above and iOS 10 or above.
Other features the Vapor X comes with include on-device GPS, a heart rate sensor, waterproofing up to 30 meters deep, and NFC for Google Pay. Apart from this, it will come with a pre-installed Spotify application and Cardiogram (to monitor vital signs).
Battery and Pricing
The smartwatch packs a 300 mAh battery and comes with multiple battery modes for different scenarios. As claimed by the company, the battery offers 24 hours of battery life on a single usage. This can be extended by two days if the battery saving mode is turned on.
Currently, the Misfit Vapor X is available at an introductory price of $199.99 which is $80 less than the eventual price i.e. $279.99.
Xiaomi new smart watches the Vapor X runs on Google Wear OS compatible with Android4.4 or IOS 10 or above. This makes a vast difference, differentiation for Pakistan market the popular Android 9.00 should support, as IOS 10 or above are rare commodity in Pakistan due to very high prices.
Should Vapor X may run compatible with Android 9.0 this line of product would have supported, worn, optimised to WHO reccomendations on App. for health care. The watch can change the world of health care as per reccomendations of WHO on healthcare Apps. Xiaomi has to look forward to progressive graph of Android and Pakistan health care sector where Xiaomi could be a smart Watch if assembled locally and sold wold wide as per WHO reccomendations, and the Apps., I’m waiting for the day to buy one.