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75 Reviews
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Comfier design; lots of smartwatch-like notifications; solid heart-rate monitoring, step counting and automatic sleep tracking; built-in GPS; can track golfing, biking and running; works with Android, iOS and Windows phones
Still offers merely adequate 48-hour battery life; expensive; workout and coaching guidance isn't helpful or clear; doesn't provide social connectivity and only makes a few health-based insights
Microsoft's slowly improving fitness band remains seriously ambitious, but it still lacks the better battery life and helpful daily coaching needed to justify its price...
Abstract: If you don't look close enough, you may mistake the Microsoft Band 2 for its predecessor, the original Microsoft Band — the company's first attempt into the ever-crowded wearables market. Now the tech company is back with version two of its fitness tracke...
At $249.99 the Microsoft Band 2 definitely isn't an impulse buy. It firmly competes with the Fitbit Surge on every specification and sensor. They're also priced identical. The Fitbit Surge offers many of the same features as the Microsoft Band 2, while ma...
The Band's improved design makes it much easier and more comfortable to wear, Guided workouts are awesome—and having over 100 of them at your disposal means you might even say goodbye to your trainer, Build your own workout is even more awesome; it lets y
The clasp remains difficult to secure and is bulky compared to the rest of the Band, The Band only supports one guided workout at a time, so you must download each as you want to complete it, GPS can be slow, especially if you choose to start your workout
Microsoft has played to its audience with the Band 2. Existing owners appreciate the breadth of data the wearable collects, and that has been increased in the second-generation version. It fits better, is more comfortable than before (if only a little), a...
Comfier design; lots of smartwatch-like notifications; solid heart-rate monitoring, step counting and automatic sleep tracking; built-in GPS; can track golfing, biking and running; works with Android, iOS and Windows phones
Still offers merely adequate 48-hour battery life, expensive, workout and coaching guidance isn't helpful or clear, doesn't provide social connectivity and only makes a few health-based insights
Microsoft's slowly improving fitness band remains seriously ambitious, but it still lacks the better battery life and helpful daily coaching needed to justify its price...
Nice AMOLED display. Tracks calories burned, heart rate, runs, sleep, steps, workouts, and more. Delivers smartphone notifications.
Uncomfortable, bulky design. Not waterproof. Pricey
Like the original, the Microsoft Band 2 fitness tracker is full of useful features and valuable stat-tracking, but it's simply uncomfortable to wear...
Built-in GPS, Works with Windows, Android, iOS, Customizable workouts, Granular breakdown of activity data
Uncomfortable to wear, Two-day battery life, Data sync issues, Doesn't work with Bluetooth accessories
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Published: 2015-10-29, Author: Adam , review by: Pocketnow.com
Huge imrovement in hardware design/quality over the original Microsoft Band, Platform agnostic sync apps available for Windows Phone, Android, iOS, Mac, and Windows, Constant heart rate monitoring, Customizable guided workouts, Built in GPS receiver all
New charging mechanism is more difficult to attach, Curved screen is practically unreadable outdoors, Microsoft Health app lacks integration with Cortana, Windows Phone theme colors, live tile, secondary live tiles, transparent tiles, and lock-screen int
The Microsoft Band 2 finally puts some real strength behind Microsoft's latest attempt at the wearables market. Rather than a “me too” product that copies Android Wear or Apple Watch smartwatches, the Band 2 is a fully-fledged health tracker with some...
Published: 2015-10-29, Author: Mark , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Abstract: After reviewing the Microsoft Band 2, I'd dub it the Microsoft Zune of wearables: a proudly specialized device that hasn't yet realized that it's on the wrong side of history.Microsoft clearly took care in designing the sleek, curved interface of its new...
