Xiaomi-backed Huami recently launched the Amazfit Bip (Rs. 5,499) and Amazfit Stratos (Rs. 15,999) in India, and I've been using the Amazfit Stratos for the past week, wearing it 24×7, and I've come to notice a whole lot of things about the watch. So if you are wondering if the Amazfit Stratos is worth its Rs. 15,999 price tag, here is my review of the 'affordable' smartwatch.
Amazfit Stratos – the review
Before we get into the review, let's get the specs out of the way. Here's what the Amazfit Stratos packs into its carbon-patterned plastic shell.
Pre-launch, while I was busy looking at pictures of the smartwatch, I thought it looked pretty damn cool. So when the Stratos arrived at our office, I was pretty damn excited to use it. To my surprise, while the watch looks as cool from the front as it did in the picture, it doesn't exude the kind of class I imagined it would.
To begin with, the Amazfit Stratos is a really bulky watch to wear on the wrist. I mentioned this in my first impressions of the Stratos, and I stand by that assessment. Saying the smartwatch is bulky is a big deal, because I've been using the Moto 360 for a long time now, and it's a bulky watch but this… this smartwatch is even thicker than the Moto 360.
