Zepp E Circle review - All the beauty but missing some brains - Android
There is a high probability that this is the first time you’re hearing of Zepp. That’s because our Zepp E Circle review is centered on the very first Zepp smartwatch.
You might be more familiar with Amazfit/Huami, which bought the Zepp brand earlier this year. Recently, Amazfit converted its smartphone app to the Zepp branding, which means we are likely to see a lot more Zepp smartwatches in the future. For now, it’s probably easiest to think of this watch as an Amazfit/Huami/Xiaomi-adjacent product.
With the Zepp E Circle, Amazfit is gunning for a premium smartwatch experience, and it definitely achieves that when it comes to the hardware. However, health tracking and app support is a different story.
Let me just get this out of the way: the Zepp E Circle is not only one of the nicest smartwatches I’ve worn, but one of the nicest watches I’ve worn in general. It’s thin, light, and elegant, and its rounded infinity edges make it look way more expensive than it really is.
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The 42mm case is only 9.1mm thick, making it much thinner than most competitors out there. For the sake of comparison, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 is 13mm thick, the Fossil Gen 5 is 12mm thick, and even the Apple Watch Series 6 is 10.4mm thick.
The model I received for this Zepp E Circle review is the Polar Night Black version with a real leather band. The band is a bit flimsy for my taste so I wasn’t too big a fan of it, but it still felt great on my wrist. Thankfully, the bands are interchangeable with any 20mm bands you can find online.
The bottom line is that if all you care about is the look of your smartwatch, you can’t go wrong here. If you don’t like the rounded look of the Zepp E Circle, you could get the Zepp E Square instead, which has nearly all the same specs and features but in a more Apple Watch-like design.
You can find the specs table for the Zepp E Circle below. However, I wanted to highlight a few things.
First off, don’t be swayed by the relatively small battery. Even though a 188mAh cell is much smaller than many competitor watches, the Zepp E sips on that power. I took the watch off its charger on Monday at 8:30 AM, and I didn’t need to charge it again until Sunday morning. That’s six full days of battery life during which I continuously tracked my heart rate, steps, and stress level. I also tracked a few brief bike rides and a six-mile hike that lasted around two hours.
The watch also charges quickly. It takes about 90 minutes to charge from zero to full. However, the charger is a proprietary two-pin magnet. That means you should be careful about tossing the charger in your bag with any sensitive electronics and that it won’t charge on any of your wireless docks or mats.
Finally, there is no NFC chip in this watch and no built-in GPS.
| Zepp E Circle | |
|---|---|
| Display | 1.28-inch AMOLED 416 x 416 resolution 326ppi |
| Case | 42.2 x 42.2 x 9.1mm ~32g Stainless steel construction |
| Band | 20mm Universal connector |
| Power | 188mAh battery Proprietary magnetic charger No wireless charging |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth 5.0 LE No NFC No built-in GPS |
| Sensors | Acceleration Geomagnetic Ambient light |
| Tracking | Heart rate Blood-oxygen (SpO2) Stress Steps Sleep Workouts |
| Durability | 5ATM water resistance |
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