Meizu partner product bong X review: a very elegant smartwatch

Yesterday afternoon, the Meizu MX5 mobile phone held a new product launch conference at the Beijing International Exhibition Center. During the conference, Meizu presented its ecological partner product, the bong X smartwatch, which also marked the official cooperation between Meizu and bong.

In fact, Bong launched these two smartwatch products, Bong X and Bong XX, a few months ago. However, they did not cause much response in the smartwatch/bracelet industry where there are all kinds of smartwatches.

With the release of MX5, this product has once again entered the public eye. So, is there anything noteworthy about it?

Unboxing

The outer packaging is black, following the conventional packaging of smart watches/bracelets.

Once opened, you can see the watch and two small black boxes.

The picture above is the bong X smartwatch I got, and the specific model is as follows.

Almost everyone who sees this bracelet will exclaim, “What a delicate watch!” This is the first surprise that bong X brings us.

The watch face is close to a rounded square, surrounded by a golden metal frame, with a rectangular dot matrix display in the middle. The strap is made of plastic. From the outside, this is more like a watch for women. Even the black model is probably not particularly suitable for men.

Continuing to disassemble, we can see all the accessories of this product: charging tray, charging cable and product manual. Similar to the accessories of many smart bong bracelets, bong X does not have a separate charging head, which saves costs and avoids waste of resources.

Simply plug the charging cable into a USB port to charge the device. It is reported that it takes nine hours to fully charge the device, and the official standby time is 25 days.

The two metal points on the back of the bracelet are the interfaces for connecting to the charging tray . As for the specific parameters of the bracelet, they are not reflected in the manual. I don’t know whether the parameters are not good enough or even the manufacturer itself thinks that the parameters are really meaningless.

application

Touching the surface will display the time in dot matrix format. This function can be achieved without using a mobile phone.

A long time ago, I always thought that the biggest difference between smart bracelets and smart watches is whether they have built-in systems and whether they can install third-party applications. However, merchants seem to prefer to call smart wrist-worn devices with a watch face and the ability to tell time "smart watches", without caring about the system at all. Let's just call this kind of smart watch that can only come with its own applications "functional smart watches".

bong X is one of these.

Like common smart devices, specific applications need to be realized through mobile phones. First, download the App on the official website. The App supports common mainstream smartphones.

The applicable system and hardware instructions are posted on the bottom of the box

From this point of view, although it is a product within the Meizu ecosystem, bong X is not only suitable for Meizu phones. Some netizens have previously responded that for Meizu's smart hardware, Meizu phones do not provide a better experience than other phones, such as RyFit. I don't know if this open state has any special significance for the construction of the Meizu ecosystem.

After installation, you need to register before you can use it. Similarly, the account here is not bound to the Meizu mobile phone account. You can complete the registration with any mobile phone through SMS verification.

After logging in, you can also enter your personal height and weight information to customize your exercise plan.

From the specific functions of the application, there is not much difference between the bong X smartwatch and the smart bracelet previously launched by bong. It still focuses on sports, health and social interaction.

In addition to regular running and sleeping, bong X can also recognize cycling, walking, and brisk walking.

As a sports app, it has social functions. You can add friends who use this bracelet in your phone's address book in the "Interaction" view.

Of course, you can also see your friends’ exercise status. Would PK with your friends give you more motivation to exercise?

In addition, in terms of connection method, bong X still communicates with mobile phones via common Bluetooth.

Overall, this product doesn't seem to have much newness. So until the end of the review, we didn't find the second surprise. The price of 139 yuan is not high in the smart watch market, but compared with smart bracelets with more concentrated functions, there is still a difference of several dozen yuan. It may be difficult to get consumers to pay for a watch face that looks good but has some useless functions.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.