Few years ago when Xiaomi was a copier of the iPhone and iPad that Apple had in the market, from the Asian company they defended themselves stating that copying is the best form of flattery. While Apple invests millions of dollars in R&D, the Chinese arrive and copy directly without investing a single dollar.
In recent years, Xiaomi has stopped directly copying iPhones, due to its international expansion I would find many legal obstacles in the form of complaints from Apple. However, what you do now is copy the software, not directly, for the same reason, but through other companies that you also own. The last case is that of the Amazfit GTS.
The margin of maneuver that manufacturers have in current smartwatches, as in smartphones, is currently very small and most of them look alike. Hunai, the company that has developed the Amazfit GTS, and which belongs to Xiaomi, has been inspired by both the software and the exterior design, although to a lesser extent, and offers us different colors and straps for this model.
If we look at the image that heads this article, we can see how the spheres, by the way, are interchangeable, They are very similar to those that we can find in the Apple Watch Series 4, where we can establish different complications. The Infograph Modeular sphere and Activity Analog are the two waits that Huani has directly copied on this Amazfit GTS.
The Liquid Metal spheres, also available in the Apple Watch, we can also find inside this new device, although the result leaves much to be desired if we compare it with the one we find in the Apple Watch, as well as the performance. By the way, the letters GTS that we find in the name of this new model mean Get The Series 4. What you have not managed to copy is the ECG, at least for now.
It is more than likely that officially this model I did not reach Europe, unless Huani wants to receive a significant demand from Apple, as he tries to confuse users by posing as his model for an Apple Watch at a much cheaper price, specifically $ 120.