Over the years we had conducted a handful of reviews on Infinix smartphones, right now just as expected by many users, the company had decided to start producing and dishing out its own Wearable tech gadgets, two of which we will be showing you, the Infinix X-band and Infinix DNC headphones.
Both of these tiny but powerful gadgets are quite sleek and you'll likely agree as you scroll down.
The X-Band by Infinix is its first wearable tech from the company and has an array of cool functions as you can wear the Infinix X-band on your wrist to use as smartwatch or detach and convert it to a portable bluetooth earpiece.
X-band for Wrist (smartwatch)
X-band used as bluetooth headphone
We also confirmed the new Xband is IP55 verified, which means it's dust and water resistant. As much as you wear the X-band into any hot or rainy day, you can can receive phone calls, notifications or even use it as a fitness tracker.
Another Great news is Infinix made the gadget open for all devices, as long as you own an Android device, simply head to Playstore and Download the X-band App here.
HERE IS A QUICK SPECS OF THE INFINIX X-BAND XB01
MODEL
Infinix Xband (XBO1)
Talk time
7 Hrs
Standby time
150 Hrs
Weight
26.7g
Display/Touch
Ultra thin screen with smart touch – 0.96” POLED
Technology
Wireless syncing
Body/Features
Vibrations, reminders, timer,water resistance,
Water resistant
Reminders
Battery life
100mAh
OS
FreeRTOS
Water resistance
IP 55
Processor
STM32F401CEY6TR 84MHZ
Sensor
G-sensor/Hall Sensor
ROM
512KB + 8MB External Flash
RAM
96KB
Steps
Yes
Distance
Yes
Calories
Yes
Vibrating
Yes
Reminders
Yes
Anti-Lost alert
Yes
Find my phone
Yes
Goals
Yes
Timer
Yes
If you're looking for where to buy The Infinix X-Band you can look out for it at JUMIA AND ORDER for it.
The new DNC headphone from Infinix is yet another awesome wearable that was newly launched with the Infinix X-band. The point here that makes this special is the Dual noise cancellation
(DNC) when making or answering calls. The DNC headphones can power for
more than 10-hrs on a full charge and guarantees an automatic noise
cancellation quality (IC) of 95% with Hi-Fi sound.
What came about the Infinix DNC headphones
Some
time in November 2015 when Zero 3 was launched, at the event we were
told the company had ceased adding headphones (Handsfree) in their
flagships at that time. This was noticed since the release of Infinix
Note 2, they felt the headphones were rushed hence had poor quality,
according to their CEO the plan now is to separately take their time in
making quality Infinix headphones which results to the production of the Infinix DNC
headphones.
INFINIX DNC HEADPHONES SPECS
Model
Infinix DNC Headphones (XEO2)
Call Microphone
6*2.2±0.2mm
Speaker
Ø13.6＊2pcs
Plug
Standard 3.5mm jack
Anc Microphone
S/N Ratio >60dB
Battery
105mAh battery
Playback time with DNC
2.5 Hours Noise Cancellation Playback
Certifications
RoHS certification
Features
Dual Noise cancellation,
Standby time
10 Hours
If you're looking for where to buy The Infinix DNC headphones you can look out for it at JUMIA AND ORDER for it.
The Aplus GV18 is a cool smartwatch I recently purchased last month. After unboxing it, I spent a few weeks with the gadget trying to see how well it performs so I'd probably review with you a few things about it, just incase you may like to own one too.
Before we dive into more photos and details I'd like us to know that this smart watch is loved by many people across the country as it's not the over priced Samsung Galaxy Gear, although they seem similar, it has it's own beauty and the gadget is produced by a different Chinese company.
Let's quickly see a quick specification of the Aplus GV18 smartwatch:
KEY SPECIFICATIONS - APLUS GV18 SMART WATCH
BRAND MODEL - Aplus GV18
BATTERY – 550mAh
CAMERA – 1.3MP
STORAGE – RAM - 128M+ ROM - 64M
CPU & PROCESSOR – MTK6260A / 533MHz
FUNCTION – Music player, passometer, sleep tracker, message reminder, call reminder, dial and receive calls, remote control, push messaging/notification and 3D acceleration
OTHERS - Micro SIM, sedentary reminder, sleep monitor, anti-lost and remote camera
From the Specs up there, I can assure us of some nice and basic things this smartwatch can do for you:
Tell Time and Date (Foreign Calender included)
Answer and Make Calls
Send and Receive SMS
It synchs with your smartwatch, messages and call logs etc.
Play Music and Low resolution videos
Radio FM (when connected to headphone via Bluetooth)
Record Videos and Voice
Anti-Lost (which will Alert you incase your phone is out of range when connected via Bluetooth)
Pedometer which count how many calories you burn
Heart rate monitor, Sleep and Walk monitor but, not much people do really use that right?
UNBOXING THE APLUS GV18 PACK, I found
The GV18 Smart Watch
A USB Cable for charging
A User Manual
After wearing on the wrist, it feels comfortable, it may look quite bulky at first, but I got to adapt to the size after wearing it couple of times.
Unless you are used to wearing big watches already, you may not notice the big size of the smartwatch is quite obvious when you wear it.
AT THE TOP:
You will find the 1.3MP Camera, which works quite well at taking photos and recording videos.
Right underneath the display is the speaker, I was a bit impressed with the speaker as it was loud and clear enough when playing Music or answering calls with the smartwatch.
AT THE BACK:
When you open the back, The smartwatch has its removable 550mAh battery.
Still at the Back, you find SIM port (Micro-SIM sized), and memory card slot.
THE SIDES:
There's nothing at the right side of the smartwatch.
At The Left side, you see Power/Wake-up button and the USB Port, for charging and file transfer, the data transfer works if you have Memory card inserted in it.
DISPLAY & USER INTERFACE:
Aplus GV18 smart watch is a good looking smartwatch, it's popularly known to be Galaxy Gear's clone although they are different (as said in our second paragraph above this post), the GV18 has it's own difference in terms of user interface.
The smart watch has 3 different time display modes or screensavers pictured below.
There isn't much to discuss about the interface, the font design reminds you of the good china phones of way back before Tecno Android arrived.
The Menu it's not too stylish, it comes with 3 themes one of which I think is well polished and makes the gadget very presentable.
The Camera
The Camera is quite clear, we took a few photos using the camera of the gadget as seen below, the picture is visible but definitely not quality.
Also, we put its camera ability to test, we recorded a Video using the smartwatch, you can watch below
THE CONS
1. I.M.O, the 3 themes were okay, but the smartwatch's interface isn't too elegant, not even near the Apple iWatches. The interface isn't having so much options for you to choose to customise and enhance the experience, for example, as I already mentioned it comes with only 3 Themes.
Again, the font of the interface just too plain and straight-forward, no much swag.
2. Secondly, typing on the smartwatch is not so good since the keys are quite very small, you'll find yourself typing "D" when you intend to press "H". You'll need to be calm and concentrate before you can type accurate with it.
3. Lastly, not everybody finds it sensible or comfortable enough to talk to a smartwatch when answering or making calls "in public", the watch is always on loudspeaker during calls, the only way to bypass this issue is to pair the smartwatch with a bluetooth headset.
PROS & FINAL VERDICT
The good things about this smartwatch apart from the ones we listed above, is the fact that it looks mature and premium (maybe it's because I bought the gold colored one, it's not washing off so far).
Secondly, the SIM slot feature is pretty cool since it can make calls individually without needed to be connected to a phone, the watch can serve as back up incase your phone battery dies. The battery is quite reliable too, it can serve 2 and half days straight without charging.
Where to Buy:
If you're looking for where to buy the Aplus GV18 Smartwatch
Buying the Aplus GV18 Smartwatch will take upto 30 days for Free delivery to Nigeria with Aliexpress (Alibaba) and about 7 days if you pay extra to the Courier service (mine was shipped from Netherlands).
However, you can still Order from Online Malls Here as it's Available and easier too, although may be little more expensive.
