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Nikon Coolpix B700 Review | Photography Blog

Introduction

The Nikon Coolpix B700 is a bridge camera with a 20.3 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor which is paired with a 60x optical zoom. You can also activate a digital zoom up to 120x. It offers a range of shooting modes, including manual control, and it can also shoot in Raw format. Like many of Nikon’s most recent cameras, it features SnapBridge technology, which allows you to maintain a constant Bluetooth link with your smartphone to send images across as you take them, ready to share on social networking sites and the like. Other interesting features include a 3.0-inch tilting screen, inbuilt Wi-Fi and 4K video recording. The Nikon Coolpix B700 retails for £359.99 / €469.95 / $499.95.

Ease of Use

Want to get closer to your photographic subjects from afar? As in really close? Announced last year, we’ve finally wrestled a 20.3 effective megapixel 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor (21.14 million pixels total) incorporating Nikon Coolpix B700, an impressive 60x optical zoom bridge camera (extendable to 120x digitally), on to our PhotographyBlog test slab.

Available in sober black (the version we had) or shiny, shiny red, unsurprisingly this is a versatile beast. The lens provides the 35mm equivalent reach of 24mm to 1440mm with available aperture stretching from f/3.3 to f/6.5, and, despite that whopping focal range, the camera is not as hefty as you might expect as a result – even though, undoubtedly, it’s more one for the shoulder bag than the back pocket. Measuring an official 125x85x106.5mm, it weighs 570g.

Lens reach aside, key features include a 20.3 megapixel resolution, the latest must-have of 4K video capture at 30fps (with stereo sound), the ability to shoot Raw files alongside JPEGs, a 3-inch, 920k dot resolution vari-angle LCD monitor (Which proves pretty useful), as well as, satisfyingly, an eye-level 0.2-inch electronic viewfinder. Both of these last features sport a 921K-dot resolution. UK manufacturer’s asking price is £359.99, which, whilst not inconsiderable, at least feels fair.

Over the couple of weeks we’ve had the Nikon Coolpix B700 to play with, we found ourselves using it on those occasions when taking a DSLR along might have proved a tad bulky and indiscrete. Certainly it would be hard if not prohibitively expensive to achieve a comparable focal length with a DSLR – and of course this is the central appeal of a bridge camera or superzoom – namely as a more manageable, achievable alternative.

Naturally the optical zoom here, with a lens construction comprising 16 elements in 11 groups, is image stabilized – with Nikon claiming its lens-shift based Vibration Reduction system provides the equivalent of five stops. There are also two methods of adjusting the zoom – either via the lever that encircles the shutter release button found atop the handgrip, or via a switch on the lens itself that can be operated by the thumb of the left hand when holding the camera in both to keep it as steady as possible/minimise camera shake. In this way we were able to try and avoid the picture seeming to ‘jump’ about, an inevitable occurrence when zoomed in at maximum telephoto setting. At the other end of the scale we can get as close as 1cm to our subjects in macro mode (otherwise it’s 50cm to infinity). So, the SB700 is shaping up as a truly versatile jack-of-all trades camera, if you’re looking for the convenience of an all-in-one.

Naturally, while specification might make the Nikon Coolpix B700 look good on paper, it’s the performance that counts. And here the SB700 is no slouch, thanks to a swift start up time that Nikon officially places at 1.3 seconds, with a 0.09 second auto focus response upon a half squeeze of its shutter release button, the Nikon deploying contrast detection AF.

Images and video is written to removable SD, SDHC or SDXC card, with available ISO range modestly ranging from ISO100 and 1600 in full auto mode, or up to ISO3200 if in any of the P, A, S, M options selectable with a twist of the top plate shooting mode dial.

From the front then, the Nikon Coolpix B700 appears pretty conventional in its design and control layout; Nikon hasn’t thrown the baby out with the bath water here. Like every superzoom camera, ever, this model resembles a more miniature version of a DSLR, complete with pop-up flash sitting above the lens which dominates proceedings, and an AF assist/self timer lamp sitting in the gap between said lens and its handgrip to the left, if viewing the camera lens-on. As we mentioned we also get a zoom slider on the side of the lens barrel itself for adjusting its focal length on the fly, plus a button for temporarily pulling back from your subject – useful if you’re tracking action or wildlife and you momentarily lose them from your tight framing, when zoomed in fully.

Just above these controls, sitting beneath the spring-loaded pop up flash, is the button for raising said bulb. Give this a press and the flash immediately reveals itself. Interestingly, Nikon has embedded the B700’s built in stereo microphone in the hood of this flash.

In operation, the rugged feel, rubberized handgrip is sufficiently large to wrap three fingers around, whilst a forefinger hivers over the shutter release and the thumb comes to rest at a slightly curved rubber pad at the back. Falling under forefinger or thumb on the top plate is the partially recessed on/off button that is momentarily illuminated by a cool green light encircling it when activated (this light also blinks when the camera is being charged). Press the power button and with a low familiar buzz the lens extends slightly from within its protective housing to arrive at maximum wide-angle setting. Half squeeze the shutter release button and AF points illuminate in green on the back screen or eye level viewfinder, which usefully and impressively at this price comes with an eye sensor, meaning that a separate button press isn’t required to switch between them, even if there is a brief pause while the camera registers the fact.

The shooting mode wheel, with stiffened feel and ridged edge, features 11 options including standard P,A,S,M selections alongside pre-optimised auto settings. Whilst this, and a command dial that falls under the thumb of your right hand as you grip the camera, both suggest a DSLR ‘lite’ in terms of handling, the rear plate buttons more noticeably match that of a consumer compact camera.

Whilst we get self explanatory ‘display’ and red video record buttons towards the top of the Nikon Coolpix B700 back where they fall readily under the thumb, just below these are even smaller buttons for playback, as well as menu and a dedicated delete control. A four way control dial with rotating edge/scroll wheel also has a familiar ‘OK’ button in its midst for implementing any user selections.

Unsurprisingly, most of the real estate on the backplate of the camera is taken up with its convenient flip out and twist LCD monitor. Above this is positioned the eye level electronic viewfinder with dioptric adjustment wheel located at its top left for the shortsighted. We do get a dedicated button over on the opposite side of said viewfinder for activating it and switching off the LCD below – but as we say there is also a built in eye sensor that does this for us.

The LCD moved outwards from the back of the Nikon Coolpix B700 in a 180° arc and can, alternatively, be turned so that its screen is facing inwards to the body for an added degree of protection when transporting this Nikon. When fully extended the screen can also be flipped to face the subject for timed group shots or the ubiquitous selfie. The screen here isn’t a touch screen – nor was it expected to be, although this would have been a nice ‘touch’ when reviewing shots previously captured, or if wanting to ‘direct’ focus to a particular portion of your compositional frame with a mere tap of the finger.

What is impressive, however, is the amount of battery life we get from a full charge of its lithium ion cell. Here this betters the performance of an average compact system camera and almost matches a consumer grade DSLR, with up to 420 shots available (or provides enough capacity for an hour and a half of video). The battery slots into the base of the camera, next to a vacant slot for an SD card; adjacent to this, centrally placed, is a screw thread for a tripod. In short then, the B700 would seem an able candidate for anyone needing that bigger/longer lens reach without spending an absolute fortune – or having to engage in an upward learning curve if trading up from a snapshot camera or smartphone.

Whilst the Nikon Coolpix B700 bridge camera handles quite capably, how does the camera fare in terms of image quality, which is, after all, why we’re buying the thing. Read on to find out!

Image Quality

Though the Nikon Coolpix B700 here marries its big lens to a relatively small, bog standard 1/2.3-inch sensor, the shots it delivers are overall better than expected. OK, so under particularly close inspection they may not match the definition of a pricier camera with dedicated lens, but, if you want a jack-of-all-trades camera that is going to let you take shots in a hurry that you may otherwise have had to miss, then naturally you’re going to have to be prepared to make modest compromises. Here these include occasional blown highlight detail, plus slight softness toward the corners of frame. As it is, though, colours are surprisingly vibrant and it feels like we’re getting a lot of camera for the price.

In terms of low light sensitivity, this Nikon Coolpix B700’s performance is more modest, generating rather soft, noise heavy results in the eyes of those schooled in more heavy duty devices, even when the camera is switched to dedicated night time shooting mode. Maximum selectable ISO sensitivity is ISO3200 so the camera isn’t exactly stretching itself when it comes to low light usage. Unsurprisingly image noise/grain starts to creep in above ISO800, but even at ISO3200, while results are softer, we would class them as acceptably so.

Noise

The Nikon Coolpix B700 has six sensitivity settings ranging from ISO 100 to ISO 3200 at full resolution.

Focal Range

The Nikon Coolpix B700’s 40x zoom lens achieves a maximum wide-angle focal length equivalent to 24mm, and is capable of a telephoto reach of 1440mm (in 35mm camera terms).

Sharpening

Here are two 100% crops – the right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. The out-of-the camera images from the Nikon Coolpix B700 are slightly soft at the default sharpening setting and benefit from some further sharpening in a program like Adobe Photoshop. You can alternatively change the in-camera sharpening level to suit your tastes.

Chromatic Aberrations

Given the range of the zoom lens, the Nikon Coolpix B700 shows some purple fringing in areas of high contrast, as shown in the examples below.

Macro

The Nikon Coolpix B700’s lens will focus as close as 1cm from a subject, however depth of field becomes very shallow at this extremely close distance.

Flash

The pop-up flash on the Nikon Coolpix B700 has four settings: Auto, Auto with red-eye reduction, Fill flash & Slow sync. Whether the flash is set to standard Auto mode – or Auto with red-eye reduction – the camera successfully avoids any trace of red-eye.

Night

The Nikon Coolpix B700’s maximum shutter speed is 15 seconds, which is good news if you’re seriously interested in night photography. The shot below was taken using a shutter speed of 1 second at ISO 100.

Sample Images

This is a selection of sample images from the Nikon Coolpix B700 camera, which were all taken using the 20 megapixel High JPEG setting. The thumbnails below link to the full-sized versions, which have not been altered in any way.

Sample RAW Images

The Nikon Coolpix B700 enables users to capture RAW and JPEG format files. We’ve provided some Nikon RAW (NRW) samples for you to download (thumbnail images shown below are not 100% representative).

Sample Movies & Video

This is a sample movie at the highest quality setting of 3840×2160 pixels at 25 frames per second. Please note that this 35 second movie is 235Mb in size.

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This is a sample movie at the quality setting of 1920×1080 pixels at 25 frames per second. Please note that this 25 second movie is 63. 6Mb in size.

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Product Images

Conclusion

You’re only going to be considering this Nikon superzoom/bridge camera if you need its key feature – that massive focal length equivalent to a broad 24mm to 1440mm in 35mm film terms – and if you consider that key feature is worth paying in the region of £350 for. You’ll doubtless discover a ‘street price’ cheaper in any event; we found online prices at the time of writing offering to shave as much as 30% off that manufacturer’s asking price. 

The fact that the Nikon Coolpix B700 resembles a DSLR that’s been miniaturised, yet with controls that fall between that more sophisticated class of camera and a point-and-shoot compact, ensures that it immediately feels familiar to anyone picking it up from scratch. There was no need to consult an online manual here. On top of being intuitive to use, the Coolpix B700 feels well built and responsive with it. It quickly became our ‘go to’ camera throughout the weeks we had to play with it.

Working just as well for shooting video as well as stills shots when your subject’s in the distance, quality may not be up there with a CSC or DSLR but in truth it’s pretty respectable, especially given the standard 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor at its heart. This may just mean that you take the Nikon Coolpix B700 to your own heart also. ..

Main Rivals

Listed below are some of the rivals of the Nikon Coolpix B700.

Canon PowerShot SX530 HS

The Canon PowerShot SX530 HS is a bridge super-zoom camera with a massive 50x zoom lens. The Canon SX530 also offers 16 megapixels, a 3-inch LCD screen, full manual controls and 1080p HD movies. Read our in-depth Canon PowerShot SX530 HS review now…

Fujifilm Finepix S9900W

The Fujifilm FinePix S9900W is a bridge camera with a massive 50x, 24-1200mm zoom lens. The Fujifilm S9900W also offers built-in wi-fi, full 1080p movies at 60fps with stereo sound, a 3 inch LCD screen, electronic viewfinder, 10ps burst shooting and a 16 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor. Read our Fujifilm FinePix S9900W review now…

Kodak PixPro AZ521

The new Kodak PixPro AZ521 super-zoom camera features a massive 52x zoom lens with a focal range of 24-1248mm. Other highlights of the affordable Kodak AZ521 include a 3 inch LCD screen, full 1080p HD movies, and a 16 megapixel CMOS sensor. Read our in-depth Kodak PixPro AZ521 review now…

Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ82

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ82 super-zoom camera (also known as the DMC-FZ80) features a massive 60x zoom lens with a focal range of 20-1200mm. Other highlights of the FZ82 / FZ80 include a 3 inch LCD touchscreen, 4K movies, 10fps burst shooting, P/A/S/M modes, RAW support, a flash hotshoe and an 18.1 megapixel MOS sensor. Read our in-depth Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ82 review now…

Review Roundup

Reviews of the Nikon Coolpix B700 from around the web.

cameralabs.com »

The Nikon COOLPIX B700 is an SLR-styled super-zoom with a 60x range, 20 Megapixel resolution and 4k video capability. It also has a detailed electronic viewfinder as well as a 3 inch monitor that’s hinged and can be adjusted to face in any direction.

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ephotozine.com »

The Nikon Coolpix B700 updates the P610 and features the same 60x optical zoom lens, but upgrades the insides to offer a new 20 megapixel sensor, and 4K video recording. Wi-Fi and NFC is built-in and has been joined by low-power Bluetooth to enable low-power transfer of images to a smartphone or tablet.

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Specifications

• • F-number

  • f/3.3 to 6.5

• • Autofocus

  • Contrast-detect AF

• • Focus range

  • [W]: Approx. 50 cm (1 ft 8 in.) to infinity, [T]: Approx. 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in.) to infinity, Macro close-up mode: Approx. 1 cm (0.4 in.) to infinity (wide-angle position) (All distances measured from center of front surface of lens)

• • AF-area mode

  • Target finding AF, face priority, manual (spot), manual (normal), manual (wide), subject tracking

• • Monitor

  • 7.5 cm (3-in.) diagonal, Approx. 921k-dot (RGBW), wide viewing angle TFT LCD with anti-reflection coating and 6-level brightness adjustment, vari-angle TFT LCD

• • Storage media

  • SD, SDHC, SDXC

• • Storage file formats

  • Still images: JPEG, RAW (NRW) (Nikon’s own format), Movies: MP4 (Video: H. 264/MPEG-4 AVC, Audio: AAC stereo)

• • Image size (pixels)

  • 20M [5184 x 3888], 8M [3264 x 2448], 4M [2272 x 1704], 2M [1600 x 1200], 16:9 15M [5184 x 2920], 3:2 18M [5184 x 3456], 1:1 15M [3888 x 3888]

• • ISO sensitivity

  • ISO 100 to 1600, ISO 3200 (available when using P, S, A, or M mode)

• • Exposure control

  • Programmed auto exposure with flexible program, shutter-priority auto, aperture-priority auto, manual, exposure bracketing, exposure compensation (–2.0 to +2.0 EV in steps of 1/3 EV)

• • Built-in flash

  • Yes

• • Supported languages

  • Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

• • Tripod socket

  • 1/4 (ISO 1222)

• • Supplied accessories

  • Camera Strap, LC-CP29 Lens Cap (with cord), EN-EL23 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery, EH-73P Charging AC Adapter (A plug adapter is included if the camera was purchased in a country or region that requires a plug adapter. The shape of the plug adapter varies with the country or region of purchase.), UC-E21 USB Cable

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1. Introduction

2. Ease of Use

3. Image Quality

4. Sample Images

5. Product Images

6. Conclusion

7. Main Rivals

8. Review Roundup

9. Specifications

Nikon COOLPIX B700 review | Cameralabs

Summary

The COOLPX B700 offers a pretty compelling all-round package. With the combination of the 60x zoom, Raw shooting and 4K movies together with the seamless connectivity provided by Snapbridge, there’s very little that compares with the B700 at this price point. Ultimately though, it mostly comes down to the 60x zoom range and SnapBridge, which will allow you to share you photos with minimal effort. 4K UHD movies and RAW shooting sound impressive, but some might question just how much extra quality they’ll provide in practice given the limitations of the compact sensor. All the same, they’re great features to have and are backed up with manual exposure control and loads of feature modes. There’s a also the excellent viewfinder and articulated screen to factor in, though these remain unchanged from the earlier COOLPIX P610, which may be available at a lower price.

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In depth

The Nikon COOLPIX B700 is an SLR-styled super-zoom with a 60x optical zoom lens. The lens covers a range from 24mm to 1440mm in 35mm equivalent terms and has a maximum aperture of f3.3 closing to f6.5 at the telephoto end of the zoom.

The B700’s 20 Megapixel sensor supports 4k UHD video and as well as PASM exposure modes for stills shooting it has a raft of scene and feature modes. There’s a 3 inch 921k dot vari-angle screen which can face any direction and a 0.2in 921k electronic viewfinder which is particularly useful when using the zoom at or near its maximum range.

The B700 is the latest Nikon compact to benefit from the company’s new Snapbridge technology. The camera has built-in Wifi, NFC and Bluetooth chips. The low-power Bluetooth connection can be used to automatically transfer photos to your smartphone as well as tag photos in the camera with geolocation data and watermarks. Wifi is used for more conventional manual selection and wireless transfer of photos to your phone and the NFC chip provides tap-to-connect for suitably equipped Android phones. All of this is handled by the SnapBridge iOS or Android smartphone app.

If you own a COOLPIX P610 all this is probably sounding quite familiar. The B700 is the natural successor to the P610 with which it shares the same 60x zoom, the screen and electronic viewfinder. The COOLPIX B700 was introduced in late 2016 alongside a budget sibling, the COOLPIX B500. The B500 has a shorter 40x optical zoom range, lacks a viewfinder, has no PASM exposure modes, no 4K video and is generally a simpler less sophisticated model than the B700. It costs a little over half what you’ll pay for the B700. So here’s the question: is all that control and sophistication worth the extra money, or will the less expensive COOLPIX B500 give you everything you need or want from a super-zoom. In my review I’ve tested and compared both models, so read on to find out which is the best superzoom for you.
 

Nikon COOLPIX B700 design and controls

Externally, the COOLPIX B700 looks little different to the Earlier P610 and indeed the P600 before that, and yes, the even earlier P500. Clearly Nikon thinks it’s got a winning form factor here and I’m not going to argue. The COOLPIX B700 fits very comfortably in my hands. The grip, which is covered in soft textured rubber-like material is slightly shallower than that on the B500 (which needs to be bigger to accommodate four AA batteries) but is still generous. I’ve got quite long fingers and my middle finger just makes contact with the body when wrapped around the grip.

The dimensions are 125 x 85 x 106mm and the B700 weighs 570g with the battery and a card – that’s a little bigger all round and just under 30g, or about an ounce heavier than the B500. I could comfortably fit the B500 in my parka pocket; the B700 went in, but it was a tight squeeze and a bit of a faff to get back out.

On the top panel, the mode dial has positions for auto mode, the PASM modes, three dedicated scene mode positions (Night landscape, Night portrait and Landscape) a Scene position for the remaining scene modes (selected via the screen menu) Creative effects and finally a user defined mode. To the right of the mode dial you’ll find the on/off button and a programmable function button which used to be labelled Fn, but is now Fn1. That’s because the dedicated Wifi button on the rear panel is now a second programmable function button labelled Fn2.

On the back the control dial is flanked by playback, menu and delete buttons with a movie record button conveniently positioned just above the thumb rest. Here, just above the screen you’ll also find a button for toggling display overlays as well as another button for toggling between the screen and the viewfinder.

The screen is a 3 inch LCD panel with resolution of 921k dots. It’s the same panel as on the B500 and they both provide a bright detailed image that’s viewable from a wide angle. The difference is the mounting. While the B500 has an articulated hinge at the bottom allowing you to flip it up and down, the COOLPIX B700’s screen has a hinge at the side with the screen mounted on a rotating pin. This allows you to turn it in any direction – facing forward for selfies, orientated for portrait format shooting, and folded in on itself for protection.

As well as the screen the COOLPIX B700 has a 0.2 inch 921k dot electronic viewfinder. In good light the viewfinder provides a stable detailed view, though in very low light there’s an ever so slight, but noticeable lag. This is a minor complaint, however, and for wildlife and sports shooting, or for that matter any situation where you need to keep track of a moving subject when zoomed in it’s indispensable.

Next to the viewfinder is a small sensor which automatically turns the viewfinder on and the screen off when you raise the camera to your eye. There’s also a button to turn off the sensor and switch views manually if you prefer. Why would you want to do that? Well sometimes, for example if the camera is mounted on a tripod and you’re shielding the screen from sunlight with your hand, or when you’re shooting from the waist with the screen flipped up, the sensor can detect your hand or body and toggle to the viewfinder when you don’t want it to.

On the right side of the COOLPIX B700’s body mini HDMI and a combined USB / AV out port are located behind a soft plastic flap. Nikon provides a USB cable in the box which can be used to charge the camera from a computer as well as for transferring photos and video.

The COOLPIX B700’s combined battery and card compartment is located in the grip and accessed via a door in the base of the camera. It takes the same EN-EL23 battery as the earlier P610 and you can expect to get around 440 shots from a full charge – nearly a hundred more than previously.

The COOLPIX B500 is a very different proposition when it comes to batteries as it takes 4 AAs. If you fit it with non-rechargeable alkaline batteries you’ll get around 600 shots, a lot more if you use NiMH or Lithium rechargeables. Personally I think the ability to charge the battery in the camera from a laptop or other source via a USB cable is a big plus for the B700, but there’s no denying the flexibility and convenience that AA’s provide with the B500.

The COOLPIX B700 has a built-in flash which is raised mechanically by pressing a button on the left side of the body just below the flash head. Once in the raised position you can select the flash mode by pressing the top position on the multi selector four-way control wheel. The options are Auto, Auto with red-eye reduction, Fill flash, Slow sync and Rear-curtain sync. When you’ve finished using the flash you just push it back down into the closed position. The flash has a maximum distance at the wide angle lens setting, with the aperture set to f3. 3, of seven metres, not at all bad though as it’s quoted with the ISO set to auto it’s not easy to make comparisons.

The B500’s flash has a quoted range of 6.9 metres, which might suggest they’re the same, but the B700’s flash is physically bigger and I wouldn’t mind betting that the B500’s flash specification is quoted at a higher ISO rating. Either way, the flash is useful for close subjects and fill-in illumination, but won’t be of much use to you with the lens zoomed in much beyond a portrait focal length of around 80-100mm equivalent.

Nikon COOLPIX B700 lens and stabilisation

The COOLPIX B700’s lens has a 60x optical range starting at 24mm and extending to 1440mm in 35 equivalent numbers. If you want to see what that looks like practice take a look at the two images below which show the coverage at either end of the range.

To put this in perspective, I took these test shots from the roof of a multi storey car park which according to Google maps is 190 metres (620ft) from the cathedral window which you can see close up in the shot on the right.

Nikon B700 coverage, wide and tele

Above left: at 4.3mm (24mm equivalent), above right: at 258mm (1440mm equivalent)

At the other end of the range the COOLPIX B700’s 24mm wide angle is wide enough to take in landscapes and will also be good for large group photos and interiors. It’s not quite as wide as the 22.5mm super-wide angle on the COOLPIX B500, but it goes a lot further at the other end. Here’s a comparison showing the 900mm equivalent on the COOLPIX B500 alongside the 1440mm equivalent of the B700 taken from the same spot.

Above left: Nikon B500 at 160mm (900mm equivalent). Above right: Nikon B700 at 258mm (1440mm equivalent)

Stabilisation is a key factor with long zooms and the COOLPIX B700 is equipped with optical image stabilisation or Vibration Reduction as Nikon calls it. There are two options, Normal and Off as well as an Active mode that irons out excessive wobbling, examples of the kinds of conditions it might be useful in, according to the manual, are ‘when shooting from a car or under poor foothold conditions’. Active mode was introduced on the earlier COOLPIX P520 and when I tested it, in normal handheld operation I found little difference between the Active and Normal settings.

Nikon B700 Photo VR off/on

Above left: 100% crop, 4.3-258mm at 258mm 200 ISO 1/50th VR off. Above right: 100% crop, 4.3-258mm at 258mm 200 ISO 1/50th VR on.

To test the COOLPIX B700’s stabilisation I set it to shutter priority exposure mode, zoomed the lens to its maximum telephoto setting and took a series of shots at progressively slower shutter speeds, first with Vibration reduction set to off and then with it on. As you can see from the crops above, the COOLPIX B700 can produce blur-free shots down to 1/50th at the maximum zoom range; that’s around five stops slower than would generally be considered safe and even more impressive than the four stops I managed with the B500. In all likelihood it’s the B700’s viewfinder that’s making the difference, providing extra stability with the camera pressed to your face.

Nikon COOLPIX B700 movie modes

The B700 offers a 4K UHD video mode at 25fps encoded at 60mb/s. There’s also 1080/50p, 1080/25p, 720/50p, and 720/25p. You can also have any of these modes at 30/60 frame rates, or 4k at 30p.

Additionally there’s a choice of HS options for playback at speeds other than real time. HS480/4x shoots 640×480 video at 4x normal speed (100 or 120fps depending on whether you have the 25/50 or 30/60 frame rate option selected) which plays back at quarter speed. HS720/2x records 1280×720 at double the normal frame rate for half speed playback, and finally 1080/0.5x records full HD video at half the normal frame rate for double-speed playback.

Movies are encoded as MPEG-4 files and saved in the same folder as photos. The limit on continuous movie recording is 29 minutes or when the file size reaches 4GB. If you’re using the 4K mode you’ll bump up against the 4GB file size limit in around ten minutes.

The COOLPIX B700 uses the full width of the sensor to record 4K and downsamples it from 5185 to 3840 pixels wide. The advantage of this approach is that there’s no cropping (at the sides at least, the top and bottom of the frame is cropped because of the different proportions of UHD video – 16:9 – compared with the native 4:3 proportions of the B700’s sensor). 1080p HD video uses a crop from the central portion of the sensor, so the angle of view narrows quite a bit. One advantage of this is that when shooting HD video it’s like having a little bit longer on the zoom range – though you lose out at the wide angle end.

The COOLPIX B700 doesn’t have a movie position on the mode dial, so recording is started by pressing the dedicated record button whatever mode you’re in. One of the drawbacks of this approach is that you can’t frame up your shot very easily as the screen switches from 4:3 proportions to 16:9 (assuming your shooting in one of the HD or iFrame modes). But there is a least a display mode that superimposes the 16:9 area on the 4:3 screen for you.

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Above: This clip was shot with the COOLPIX B700’s 4K UHD mode at 25fps. The quality is good, but not as detailed as you might expect and the noise from the zoom motor is a little intrusive. The stabilisation does a great job of keeping things steady when zoomed all the way in though.

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Above: For this second clip, also shot in 4K UHD, the camera was mounted on a tripod and the stabilisation was disabled. The COOLPIX B700 makes a pretty good job of challenging lighting conditions and the AF does well, though it goes out at the end of the zoom and takes a few seconds to recover.

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Above: The quality of this interior low light panning clip, shot in the B700’s 1080 / 25p mode, is quite noisy, though to be fair the light levels were very low. On the plus side the white balance is good and the colours are nicely saturated.

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Above: For this clip I tested the COOLPIX B700’s continuous AF performance in 1080 /25p mode by zooming the lens in slightly and panning from the beer glass on the table up to the bar and back again. As we saw in the earlier clips, the B700’s AF responds quite slowly, but it doesn’t hunt around too much and gets there in the end.

Nikon COOLPIX B700 shooting experience

The COOLPIX B700 offers a choice of six AF area modes, plus manual focus. Face priority works well when people are within a few metres of the camera in good light. If there are no faces in the frame it defaults to the nine-area AF system which it uses to focus on the subject closest to the camera. Alternatively you can manually select the focus area from one of 99 positions using the multi-selector to move the frame around a 9×11 grid, or set a central focus point. There are three manual modes, spot, normal and Wide, but in reality this is a single mode with options for the AF area size. All the same the ability to change both the size and position of the AF area is a useful thing to be be able to do and in certain situations can greatly increase your chances of getting sharp snaps.

The COOLPIX B700 also includes target finding AF. This identifies subjects (objects as well as people) in the frame when the camera is pointed at a scene. Potential subjects are identified and tracked with green rectangles. If you’re shooting people, face recognition is probably a better choice of AF modes, but target finding does seem to have an uncanny knack for picking the main subject in a scene which for some situations is a real improvement on the nine-area AF mode.

Finally, there’s a subject tracking mode which allows you to identify a subject with an AF point which then follows it around. this works well, provided your subject is well separated from the background, you’re not zoomed in a long way and the subject isn’t moving quickly or erratically. When you’re fully zoomed in, in any of the focus modes the COOLPIX B700 can be slow to focus, it can spend more than a second adjusting the focus through the entire range and sometimes you need to make more than one attempt. This is frustrating at the best of times, but when you’re fully zoomed in it can really reduce your chances of getting a sharp shot particularly with moving subjects like wildlife.

Above: 1/1000, f6.5, 100 ISO, 258mm (1440mm equivalent)

Selecting the PASM modes from the mode dial allows you to select aperture and shutter speed where appropriate using a combination of the multi-selector dial and the thumb-operated rear control dial. The multi-selector controls the aperture and the control dial the shutter speed. That means in Aperture and Shutter priority modes either one or the other is redundant, which is a shame. It would be good to be able to configure the redundant dial for exposure compensation, or even ISO sensitivity.

There are two Fn buttons which can be assigned to a range of menu items including drive mode, white balance, metering mode and ISO sensitivity. That makes up a little for the absence of a quick menu – something Nikon has never provided on its compacts – but why Nikon makes the default setting for both buttons the same is a little baffling. Why not make life a little easier for people? Especially as it takes some time (at least five minutes in my case) to find out how to re-assign the buttons. For anyone similarly lost, you press the Fn1 or Fn2 button, scroll to the bottom Fn menu item (which isn’t visible initially), then choose the menu function you want to assign to the button from the list.

In addition to the PASM modes, the B700 mode dial has positions for Auto , Scene modes, Night Landscape, Night portrait and Landscape modes, Creative mode and a position marked U which you can save your own setup to. With the mode dial in the Scene position you have a pretty wide choice of scene modes, many of which will be familiar to anyone who’s owned a point-and-shoot compact, for example Portrait, Landscape, Party, Beach, Snow, Food and Fireworks modes. Among the more interesting ones are Easy Panorama, Moon and Birdwatching scene modes.

The last two were introduced on the budget COOLPIX L840. Moon provides a selection of tint options which you can select on screen. More usefully, a small square in the middle of the frame indicates the area framed when fully zoomed in, so with the camera on a tripod you can frame the moon in the small square then press OK to automatically zoom the lens all the way in, theoretically at least. In practice, as anyone who has tried to shoot the moon will know, framing is a tricky business. That said, the new Moon scene mode may be enough to encourage first timers to have a crack at lunar photography.

Birdwatching mode offers single shot and continuous modes, the later shooting a 5 frame burst in a second. Like Moon mode, it provides a frame guide and zooms in automatically, this time to 800mm. The arbitrary limit on the focal length is a bit of an imposition though and I reckon most bird photographers will be happier just to use program auto mode and set the set the drive mode to one of the continuous options.

The Creative mode works in the same was as on the B500 taking a sequence of five images – a ‘normal’ one and four with a range of effects applied. Apart from some selective colour options the effect sets provide four variations on a theme – noir are black and white filters, Classic are strong coloured monochrome tints, Memory gives you variation on a slightly washed out cross-processed look. There are others, but to be honest I wasn’t blown away with them and found myself longing for the usual Nikon effects at least some of which offered a degree of customisation. One good thing about Creative mode though is that it does at least provide you with an unflitered JPEG alongside the filtered versions.

The COOLPIX B700 is one of the first Nikon super-zooms to feature its new SnapBridge technology which works with Wifi, NFC and Bluetooth to provide wireless links between the camera and your smartphone. As with earlier Wifi-equipped models you can control the camera remotely and download photos to your phone, what’s new is that you can transmit images to your phone in the background as you shoot using the low power Bluetooth connection.

Bluetooth allows the COOLPIX B700 to maintain a low-power wireless link with your smartphone at all times, allowing it to embed GPS positions or watermarks on images as you take them, while also trickling photos from the camera to phone, all without intervention – even when the camera’s switched off if desired. Bluetooth may be technically slower than Wifi, but by tagging, watermarking and or copying images without intervention, it invariably gets the job done quicker as there’s no need to pause and manually initiate the process. Of course if you prefer you can always use Wifi to transfer images manually, and the Wifi link also allows you to shoot remotely using your phone.

Setup is easy enough, First you install the app on your Android or Apple device, then start the pairing process with the camera. If you have an NFC-equipped Android phone you simply hold the handset against the side of the camera for a couple of seconds before both devices display passcodes for you to confirm.

I tested SnapBridge on the B700 using my iPhone 6 and the process is almost as simple – instead of making contact with the two devices the app displays the camera name, which you tap to select, it then initiates pairing with displayed passcodes for you to confirm.

Once confirmed, the phone and camera are connected by Bluetooth and you’ll never need to do it again. That is unless you have more than one Snapbridge-enabled camera. As I was testing the COOLPIX B500 and B700 together I found it necessary to unpair and forget one camera on my phone if I wanted to connect the other. This isn’t likely to be a common problem though.

Above: 1/100, f6.5, -1EV 100 ISO, 258mm (1440mm equivalent) Program Auto

I set the app to automatically download my photos as I took them, opting for the reduced 2 Megapixel size partly for speed but also to save space on my phone. If preferred you can manually select which images you’d like to copy, and there’s also the chance to transfer originals, although beware their larger file sizes will understandably take longer to copy across and also consume more storage on your phone. You can also opt to upload your photos to the Nikon Image Space service and I can see that this might be useful as a backup or if you wanted to share full-size JPEGs on from there.

Having your shots immediately accessible on your phone makes sharing to social networks about as simple as if you’d taken the shots on your phone in the first place. The only drawback is you might not want everything you shoot on your phone, but a few minutes spent culling the unwanted images easily takes care of that – and again you can choose to manually tag specific images for transfer if you don’t want all of them queued.

Time taken for 2 Megapixel images to be automatically transferred from the camera to your phone is a little variable and in my experience could be anything from a few seconds to nearly a minute, longer if there’s a queue of images to be transferred. That said, even if you’re staring at your phone screen waiting for the image to transfer, that’s not too bad and it’s more likely you’ll review a batch of photos a short while after you’ve shot them, in which case it doesn’t matter. The Bluetooth link between the camera and your phone is maintained when you switch the camera off, so any remaining downloads can complete and to save time connecting when you turn the camera back on again.

I tried using SnapBridge both ways – with the always on connection sending 2 Megapixel versions of everything I shot to my phone and manually transferring individually selected photos when I stopped for a break and got home. Personally I prefer the always on method, it’s just far simpler as it just happens without you having to think about it.

Manual transfer using the Bluetooth connection means you only get the keepers on your phone, but it involves a bit more time and effort, not least because the slow Bluetooth connection means it can take a long time to display thumbnails of all the images on the camera’s card on your phone screen, find and select the ones you want, then queue them for transfer. I’d go far as to say if you’re not using SnapBridge’s Bluetooth connection for automatic image transfer, you’re probably better off using Wifi if you want to manually transfer selected images.

In fact, when you attempt to transfer photos in this way the SnapBridge app helpfully suggests you switch to a Wifi connection for faster transfers. It then gives you a yes button which takes you to the App settings, rather than Wifi settings which isn’t particularly helpful, and switching from Bluetooth to Wifi is only one area where the Snapbridge user experience could be greatly improved without a lot of effort.

For example, to shoot remotely you also need to switch to a Wifi connection, and this isn’t made as easy as it could be. Selecting the COOLPIX B700’s SSID is easy enough, but then you’re asked for the WPA2 password. If you know where to look it’s not hard to find in the B700’s Network settings menu, but there’s no clue given and I expect this will be a stumbling block for many.

Remote shooting is basic, you can see camera’s view on your phone screen , but you can’t tap to focus and until you take a shot the blurry view isn’t much use. You can zoom the lens using touch buttons on your phone display, though it’s slow and a little clunky and you can activate a self-timer mode. It’s about as primitive as it gets, but if you simply want to set the camera up for a family portrait, or shoot some garden wildlife from the comfort of your kitchen (providing it’s in Wifi range) it’ll do the job.
 
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The watches also include several advanced fitness tracking features including body composition monitoring which we found quite useful. During our Galaxy Watch 4 review, we were pleasantly surprised by the line’s much-improved heart rate monitoring. Additionally, users will find ECG and SpO2 sensors, though some features can only be used with a paired Samsung smartphone.

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Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic

Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic

Classy, durable designs • Multiple size options • Wear OS 3 is all-around good

Even if you aren’t a huge Samsung fan, you’ll find a lot to like.

If you’re looking for a high-end follow-up to Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 3, look no further. Now with Wear OS on board, the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic will be perfect for your trip to the office or a night out.

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Pros

• Classy, durable designs
• Multiple size options
• Wear OS 3 is all-around good
• Large models have decent battery life
• Improved heart rate sensor
• Useful body composition metrics

Cons

• No solid software update commitments from Google
• Slow, slow charging
• Poor GPS performance
• Sleep tracking needs tweaking
• Small models have short battery life

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: The best Tizen Samsung smartwatch

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The Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 is still a great smartwatch in 2023, even if it’s not running the latest, greatest software. The predecessor to the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, this device includes a crisp display as well as a handy rotating bezel (did we mention how much we like those?). It’s also the best option for Tizen fans who don’t want to jump ship to Wear OS.

For starters, the Galaxy Watch 3 delivers a solid smartwatch experience. It’s a good-looking device on the wrist and we love the opportunity to personalize it during our Galaxy Watch 3 review with tons of first and third-party watch faces available. The two-day battery also isn’t bad compared to the Apple Watch, for example. We also found a few advanced tools for running worth tapping into and were pleased with what the device offers in terms of sleep tracking, especially sleep score.

That said, this range-topper isn’t without its flaws. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 isn’t built with sensor accuracy in mind. In other words, if fitness tracking is a key feature for you, your money is best spent elsewhere. You also won’t find an abundance of apps on Tizen as you would on Wear OS, either.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3

Fantastic display and rotating bezel • Thinner, lighter design • Two-day battery life

Samsung’s premium smartwatch is a jack of all trades, master of many.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 is one of the more versatile smartwatches you can buy. It’s stylish, sporty, comes with plenty of smartwatch features, and has new health sensors that will make the watch better over time.

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Pros

• Fantastic display and rotating bezel
• Thinner, lighter design
• Two-day battery life
• Advanced running metrics can be super helpful
• Useful sleep tracking and insights

Cons

• GPS and HR sensors can be inaccurate
• No MST payments with Samsung Pay
• The setup process for non-Samsung phones is a pain
• Third-party app support is lacking

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2: The best cheap Samsung smartwatch

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2

The Galaxy Watch Active 2 is an attractive Samsung smartwatch and can be found for just a couple hundred dollars. Unlike the Galaxy Watch 3, it sports a slimmer touch-sensitive bezel with a slightly curved glass face and a host of band options. The Galaxy Watch 4 is the direct follow-up to this device (you probably notice in its sporty aesthetic).

Prior to the release of the Galaxy Watch 4, the Active 2 was the best Samsung smartwatch for fitness and sleep tracking. That’s not to say it’s fantastic, but it was the best available and it is pretty solid. We just wouldn’t suggest this device if you’re a dedicated athlete looking for absolute precision. Instead, the Active 2 is for shoppers looking to save a little cash without sacrificing too many features. It packs LTE support, too, making it a good option for streaming music at the gym or during runs.

Of course, cutting costs has its consequences. For one, during our Galaxy Watch Active 2 review, we found key health tracking metrics, like heart rate monitoring, could be unreliable. The device’s blood pressure monitor is a definite low point. If you don’t need hardcore monitoring though, this smartwatch is plenty good. Most significantly, this is the best cheap Samsung smartwatch available.

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 (40mm, LTE)

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 (40mm, LTE)

Sleek, premium design • Sharp AMOLED display • 2-day battery life

The Galaxy Watch Active 2 is a product that proves Samsung is listening to user feedback. The touch-sensitive bezel really helps with the overall experience, and there’s now LTE connectivity for those who need it. All in all, it’s a good all-around smartwatch.

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Pros

• Sleek, premium design
• Sharp AMOLED display
• Touch-enabled bezel for quick navigation
• Bluetooth + LTE variants for more flexibility
• ~2 day battery life
• Fantastic sleep tracking

Cons

• No MST payments with Samsung Pay
• Tizen app ecosystem is lacking compared to Wear OS
• Heart rate, GPS, and altimeter sensors can be wonky
• The setup process still needs work

FAQs

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro are the latest watches from Samsung.

Devices from both the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 series and Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 series can utilize Google Pay. Meanwhile, watches powered by Tizen can only use Samsung Pay.

Yes, the Samsung Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Watch Active, Active 2, Galaxy Watch 3, Galaxy Watch 4 series, and Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 series can all charge wirelessly with their included chargers. However, the watches may not charge properly with wireless chargers typically used for smartphones, so your best bet is to use a charger designed specifically for Galaxy Watch devices.

The Galaxy Watch 5 is a very impressive device with a lot to offer. However, whether it is worth buying depends on your budget and what devices you already own. For example, if you currently own a Galaxy Watch 4, read our Galaxy Watch 4 vs Galaxy Watch 5 comparison guide for deciding whether or not to upgrade.

The 10 best fitness trackers in 2023

Fitness trackers have come a long way from the simple bands that tracked steps and little else. Modern trackers can monitor everything from your heart health to how well you’ve recovered from a hard bout of training. They’ve got sensors galore and, in some cases, can give smartwatches a run for their money. Whatever your fitness goals are, there’s probably a fitness tracker that can help you achieve them.

Compared to some other gadgets, wearables are incredibly personal, which means there are a few extra considerations you’ll have to take into account before reaching for your wallet. It makes it hard to say that any one fitness tracker is the best for everyone. Thankfully, the best thing about fitness trackers in 2023 is that there’s enough variety to fit into every kind of lifestyle. 

What we’re looking for

1. Audience: Who is this fitness tracker for? The ideal fitness tracker for hardcore athletes will look different than the best one for casual users looking to get a few more steps in.
2. Battery life: A fitness tracker should be able to go at least two to three days between charges. If it’s a flagship smartwatch, it should at least offer quick charging.
3. Form factor: Is it a band or a smartwatch? Is it comfortable to wear 24/7?
4. Metrics: What metrics does this device track? We prioritize active minutes over steps and calorie burn, but health metrics like resting heart rate, VO2 Max, and sleep quality are plusses.
5. Consistency: Accuracy is nice, but it’s more important for measuring progress that your device delivers consistent results for heart rate, distance tracking, and steps.
6. Platform: Certain trackers are limited to specific phone ecosystems — others will work regardless of what your phone is. We prioritize the latter wherever possible.

Best fitness tracker overall

Amazfit GTR 4

$200

The Amazfit GTR 4 is a platform-agnostic smartwatch that delivers a lot of bang for your buck. It has dual-band GPS, is Alexa-compatible, and has 14 days of battery life.

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Size: 46mm w/ 22mm straps / Weight: 34g / Battery life: up to 14 days / Display type: OLED touchscreen / GPS: Dual-frequency and six GNSS systems / Connectivity: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi / Water resistance: 5ATM / Music storage: 2.3GB

The Amazfit GTR 4 punches way above its weight. It’s affordable at $199 and includes a whole array of features you’d expect to see on much pricier wearables. That includes a bright OLED screen, blood oxygen monitoring, sleep stage tracking, stress tracking, Amazon Alexa compatibility, and an offline digital assistant. It’s also got a native camera remote and a handy Pomodoro timer built in. And for outdoor fitness enthusiasts, the GTR 4 also has multiband GPS for more accurate GPS tracking in challenging environments. You can even import GPX routes from sites like Strava and Komoot. The GTR 4 takes a more holistic approach to health, trading in steps for PAI points to gauge whether you’re getting the recommended 150 minutes of moderate activity per week.

The OLED display is one of the Amazfit GTR 4’s best features. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

For smart features, the GTR 4 has all the basics: push notifications, quick text replies on Android, alarms, timers, and the ability to make and take calls over Bluetooth. The only thing the GTR 4 is really missing is contactless payments, but it more than makes up for it given the expansive feature set and battery life. It lasts about 10–14 days on a single charge with normal use and about a week with heavy usage. It may not have the brand recognition of a Fitbit, but since Google nerfed both the Versa 4 and Sense 2 last year, you might want to overlook that. Plus, the GTR 4 doesn’t have thick bezels like either of those watches. Watchfaces on the OLED display are crisp, and animations are smooth. When you consider that Amazfit watches are often on sale, it’s a no-brainer.

Read my full review of the Amazfit GTR 4 here.

Best fitness watch for casual users

Garmin Venu Sq 2

$250

The Garmin Venu Sq 2 is a great replacement for a Fitbit smartwatch. Not only do they look similar, but the Venu Sq 2 has way more fitness features, long battery life, and no subscription.

$250 at Garmin$250 at Amazon

Sizes: 40mm w/20mm straps / Weight: 38g / Battery life: up to 11 days / Display type: OLED touchscreen / GPS: All-systems GNSS / Connectivity: Bluetooth, Ant Plus / Water resistance: 5ATM / Music storage: 4GB (for Music Edition)

The $250 Garmin Venu Sq 2 is the watch I recommend for anyone looking to replace their aging Fitbit Versa 2 or 3. It’s got a similar look and vibe, with a much nicer OLED display and longer battery life.

Garmin is known for its comprehensive fitness tracking, and that’s not an exception here. Of course, you get the basics, like steps and calories burned, but you get a whole lot more, too. There’s built-in GPS for tracking walks, runs, and bike rides — as well as plenty of other sports profiles like yoga and strength training. For smart features, you get push notifications, timers contactless payments, and a bunch of safety features like Garmin’s Incident Detection, which is its take on fall detection. (You will need to carry your phone with you, however, as this doesn’t have LTE.)

The Garmin Venu Sq 2 has a bright, beautiful OLED display and long battery life.Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

If you want the option of onboard music, you can shell out $50 extra for the Music Edition, which comes with enough storage for about 500 songs. I wouldn’t recommend it, however, as you’ll most likely have your phone on you since this isn’t a true standalone watch.

What I like most about this watch, however, is it’s one that you can grow with. On top of recovery metrics and sleep tracking, it also has Garmin Coach — a built-in, free training program for beginner and intermediate-level runners hoping to tackle a 5K, 10K, or half marathon. For health tracking, you can monitor heart rate, blood oxygen, intensity minutes (how many minutes of moderate exercise you get per week), stress, hydration, respiratory rate, and menstrual cycles. And the best part is Garmin doesn’t lock any of this behind a paywall.

Read my full review of the Garmin Venu Sq 2.

Best for serious outdoor athletes

Garmin Fenix 7S Sapphire Solar

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The Garmin Fenix 7S Sapphire Solar is the smallest of the Fenix 7 lineup, but it combines durability with long battery life and solar charging. Use the code GARMIN15 at checkout for an additional $15 off your purchase.

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Sizes: 7S: 42mm w/20mm straps, 7: 47mm w/22mm straps, 7X: 51mm w/26mm straps / Weight: 7: 79g (Standard, Solar), 73g (Sapphire Solar) 7S: 63g (Standard, Solar), 58g (Sapphire Solar) 7X: 89g (Solar and Sapphire Solar) / Battery life: 7: up to 18 days, 22 w/solar 7S: up to 11 days, 14 w/ Solar, 7X: up to 28 days, 37 w/solar / Display type: MIP touchscreen / GPS: All-systems GNSS and dual-frequency GPS on Sapphire Solar editions / Connectivity: Bluetooth, Ant Plus, Wi-Fi / Water resistance: 10ATM / Music storage: up to 32GB

Garmin’s flagship Fenix 7 series is no joke. It’s got built-in multi-band GPS, weeks’ worth of battery life, the option of touchscreen or button navigation, topographical maps, and oodles upon oodles of data. There’s also a handy real-time stamina feature that helps you figure out how much you’ve got left in the tank.

Depending on the model you get, you might also get a built-in LED flashlight and solar charging. Garmin wearables are also known for providing extensive, in-depth metrics, and the Fenix is no exception. You get excellent recovery metrics, as well as helpful training guides and coaching programs. The best part is Garmin doesn’t charge extra for those features. That’s good news since the Fenix 7 series starts at $699.99.

The Fenix 7S Sapphire Solar is an excellent outdoors fitness tracker Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge

We appreciate how quickly the Fenix 7 watches are able to pick up a GPS signal. That’s a must if you’re training in the dead of winter. These watches can also take a beating. All models are built to military-grade standards and feature up to 10 ATM of water resistance. That means they’re more than capable of a dunk in the ocean. Another plus is that the Fenix 7 series comes in some attractive colorways, making this watch less of an eyesore than some other rugged fitness watches. That helps people who may want a watch that can double as a daily driver.

The transflective screen isn’t our absolute favorite — the OLED on the Garmin Epix 2 is a lot easier on the eyes. (The Epix 2 is also a good option if battery life isn’t your highest priority.) However, the Fenix 7 lineup’s multiple size options make it a more versatile pick if you don’t have large wrists. It’s on the pricier end of things, but it’s an excellent option for people who spend a lot of time outdoors. 

Read my full review of the Garmin Fenix 7S Sapphire Solar Edition.

Best non-wrist tracker

Oura Ring Gen 3

$299

The Oura Ring Gen 3 is a discreet sleep and recovery tracker that tracks heart rate, body temperature, and activity. It comes with a six-month free trial, with a $5.99 subscription after that.

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Sizes: 8 proprietary sizes, 6-13, sizing kit needed / Weight: 4-6g (depends on size) / Battery life: up to 7 days / Display type: None / GPS: None / Connectivity: Bluetooth / Water resistance: Up to 328 feet / Music storage: None

The vast majority of fitness trackers are worn on the wrist, but the $299 Oura Ring isn’t. The smart ring is a good option for people who are looking for something a little more discreet. It’s also less distracting than some other wrist-based options, as it lacks a screen and doesn’t forward push notifications. 

The Oura Ring is one of the most recognizable smart rings around.Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge

While smaller than your average wearable, the Oura Ring still tracks a ton of metrics, including heart rate variability and body temperature. The third iteration of the device also introduces SpO2 sensors, as well as all-day heart rate monitoring and period predictions. Future updates will also add activity tracking (at the moment, you have to import activities) and blood oxygen levels. If you’re looking for some stress relief, the Oura Ring also lets you track guided meditation sessions. 

The Oura Ring tracks typical metrics — such as steps and calories burned —  but its main focus is sleep and recovery. Each day, you’re given three sets of scores for your readiness, sleep, and activity. It’s a simple, holistic look at your overall wellness and an ideal pick if you want a more hands-off experience with your data.

Read my full review of the Oura Ring (Gen 3).

Best fitness band

Amazfit Band 7

$50

The Amazfit Band 7 is an unassuming, basic fitness tracker with a bright OLED display, long battery life, and an incredible feature set for the price.

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Size: 42mm x 24mm x 12.2mm with 16mm straps / Weight: 28g / Battery life: up to 18 days / Display type: OLED / GPS: Tethered / Connectivity: Bluetooth / Water resistance: 5ATM / Music storage: None

It’s truly hard to beat the Amazfit Band 7’s $49.99 price — doubly so since you can often find it on sale for even less. Wearing the Band 7 feels like a throwback to 2014, which is great if all you’re looking for is a simple and casual tracker that won’t break the bank.

No one is going to compliment you on the Band 7’s design, but it’s got a handful of cute watchfaces that make good use of its OLED touchscreen. And despite having an OLED display, you’ll still get roughly 14 days of battery life on a single charge. It’s also incredibly lightweight, making it a good option for sleep tracking as well.

The Amazfit Band 7 won’t turn heads, but it’s the type of capable yet affordable fitness band that’s much harder to find nowadays.Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

You also get an absurd number of features for the price. That includes Amazon Alexa, continuous heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen monitoring, stress tracking, advanced sleep tracking, training metrics like VO2 max and load, abnormal heart rate alerts, menstrual tracking, push notifications, find my phone, a camera remote, and even a Pomodoro timer. You’re sacrificing contactless payments and will have to settle for tethered GPS, but this is a fair tradeoff considering everything else you’re getting. It’s not the best option for hardcore fitness tracking, but this is a great option if all you’re looking to do is casually track activity and your steps.

Read my full review of the Amazfit Band 7.

Most stylish fitness watch

Garmin Vivomove Sport

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The Garmin Vivomove Sport is an affordable, stylish hybrid-analog tracker. It’s not as beefy as Garmin’s other trackers and is well suited for casual activity.

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Sizes: 40mm w/20mm straps / Weight: 19g / Battery life: up to 5 days / Display type: “hidden” OLED touchscreen / GPS: Tethered GPS / Connectivity: Bluetooth, Ant Plus / Water resistance: 5ATM / Music storage: N/A

While Garmin’s made some truly exquisite hybrid trackers in the past, the price made them hard to recommend. However, the Vivomove Sport finally gets things right. It looks like an analog Swatch, thanks to the hidden OLED display, but you don’t actually lose anything in terms of accuracy. 

For $179.99, you are giving up some things like built-in GPS and NFC payments. However, you do get push notifications and access to Garmin’s entire fitness tracking platform. There are some more jewelry-like trackers — Bellabeat’s lineup or the Fitbit Luxe come to mind — but the Vivosport Move’s design is a lot sturdier for active lifestyles. 

The Garmin Vivomove Sport is a beautiful hybrid tracker that doesn’t cost a fortune.Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge

Read my full review of the Garmin Vivomove Sport.

Best fitness tracker for iPhone users

Apple Watch Series 8 (41mm, GPS)

$399

The latest smartwatch from Apple features watchOS 9 along with Crash Detection and temperature sensors that enable menstrual cycle tracking — something you won’t find on any other model.

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Sizes: 41mm, 45mm / Weight: 32g (41mm), 39g (45mm) / Battery life: up to 18 hours / Display type: always-on LTPO OLED / GPS: Built-in GPS, plus GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, Beidou / Connectivity: LTE (optional), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi / Water resistance: up to 50 meters / Music storage: 32GB

If you’re looking for a smartwatch that does fitness well, then iPhone owners need to look no further than the $399 Apple Watch Series 8. (The LTE version costs $50 more.) Not much has changed in terms of the overall design; the Series 8 still comes in 41mm and 45mm sizes.

This year’s refresh makes the Series 8 a much more well-rounded fitness and health tracker than it’s been in the past. With watchOS 9, Apple has added advanced running metrics and the ability to create your own custom workouts. The watch also has two temperature sensors for advanced cycle tracking and Crash Detection if you ever find yourself in an accident. That’s on top of established health features like heart rate monitoring, EKGs, SpO2 monitoring, and sleep tracking, which have also been improved. And if you’re bad at taking your medications, the Series 8 has a handy medication reminders app.

The Apple Watch Series 8 is the best pick for most people.Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

If you’re a first-time buyer, you can also opt for the second-gen Apple Watch SE. It’s slightly cheaper at $279, and while you don’t get as many features, it’s a good introduction to the ecosystem.

Read my full review of the Apple Watch Series 8.

Best fitness smartwatch for Samsung phones

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 (Bluetooth and Wi-Fi)

$279

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 comes in two sizes: 40mm and 44mm. It offers slightly longer battery life than the Galaxy Watch 4 and new capabilities like measuring skin temperature, analyzing body composition data, and more.

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Sizes: 40mm, 44mm / Weight: 28.7g (40mm), 33.5g (45mm) / Battery life: up to 40-50 hours / Display type: always-on OLED / GPS: Built-in GPS, plus GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou / Connectivity: LTE (optional), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi / Water resistance: up to 50 meters / Music storage: 16GB

If you have a Samsung phone, this is going to be the best full-featured smartwatch for fitness tracking. It’s no longer the only Wear OS 3 watch available right now, but Samsung has made more improvements to its wearable health features, especially sleep tracking. The $279.99 Galaxy Watch 5 also has its predecessor’s 3-in-1 sensor, which enables body composition analysis. That’s a unique feature that no other smartwatch at the moment is capable of. You can also access workout videos from the Samsung Health app — though the production values aren’t as good as Fitness Plus or Peloton.  

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 has incremental improvements over last year’s Galaxy Watch 4.Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

The Watch 5 also adds a temperature sensor. While the watch didn’t make much use of this when it launched, Samsung has since announced it’s adding temperature-based period tracking sometime this quarter.

This year, there are fewer growing pains with the transition to Wear OS 3 (at least for Samsung). Google Assistant, Google Pay, and YouTube Music are all available on the Watch 5. However, some features are limited to Samsung owners, making it hard to wholeheartedly recommend this to non-Samsung Android users. We also wish battery life was better, but it’s an improvement over the Galaxy Watch 4 and Wear OS 4 might help extend this even further when it arrives later this year. If battery life is your top concern, you might be better off with the $449.99 Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.

Read my full review of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5.

Best fitness smartwatch for Android

Google Pixel Watch

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Google’s first in-house smartwatch has a beautiful domed display and native Fitbit integration for health tracking. It comes with six months of Fitbit Premium and three months of YouTube Music.

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Sizes: 41mm / Weight: 36g / Battery life: up to 40-50 hours / Display type: always-on OLED / GPS: Built-in GPS, plus GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou / Connectivity: LTE (optional), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi / Water resistance: 5ATM / Music storage: 32GB

Last year, the Google Pixel Watch shifted the playing field for Android smartwatches. Not only did it mark Google’s entry into wearable hardware, but it’s also technically the best Fitbit smartwatch. Unlike Samsung’s smartwatches, the experience is the same for all Android phones. It’s gorgeous on the wrist and really, the thick bezels aren’t so bad in person.

As far as fitness tracking goes, everything on the Pixel Watch is done via an exclusive Fitbit integration. It’s not perfect, as Google nerfed or omitted some features to boost the lackluster Fitbit Sense 2 and Versa 4. For instance, it lacks automatic exercise logging. However, Google has since added some health features missing at launch. Plus, you’re still getting a built-in GPS sensor, cellular capability, and FDA-cleared EKGs.

The Google Pixel Watch has some kinks to work out, but it’s the best way to get Fitbit on a smartwatch. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

When it comes to smarts, this is the only non-Samsung smartwatch that has Google Assistant right now. And since it’s Google’s flagship smartwatch, it comes with Google Maps, Google Wallet, and YouTube Music already installed. You also don’t have to worry about upgrading the software because it ships with Wear OS 3. Performance-wise, Wear OS 3 runs smoothly thanks to a Samsung processor. It’s not as powerful as the chip in Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 or 5, but it’s a better experience than Android watches running on the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100 Plus platform.

Keep in mind, this is a first-gen device. Although it’s a strong debut, it has quirks that will likely be worked out in future generations. If you want a more polished Wear OS 3 smartwatch, it might make sense to wait for Mobvoi’s forthcoming Wear OS 3 smartwatch that will purportedly run Qualcomm’s latest W5 Plus platform.

Read my full review of the Google Pixel Watch.

Best for early adopters and elite athletes

Whoop 4.0

$30

This distraction-free recovery tracker helps you monitor your sleep quality and cardiovascular strain. The hardware is “free,” but it costs $30 per month.

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Sizes: 43mm by 28mm by 10mm / Weight: 18g / Battery life: 4-5 days / Display type: None / GPS: None / Connectivity: Bluetooth / Water resistance: up to 10 meters / Music storage: None

The Whoop 4. 0 is not for the casual enthusiast. Not only does it come with an expensive $30 monthly subscription, but the information it provides is only useful if you’re actively training for a cardio-intensive sport. If strength training is your main form of exercise, you’re better off looking elsewhere. Like the Oura Ring, this is a distraction-free tracker that specializes in sleep and recovery. The main difference is this has a more athletic bent. For instance, you’ll get way more insight into how much strain you’ve taken on in the past week. 

Whoop also provides a lot of novel ways to wear its tracker, including in underwear and arm/knee sleeves. This makes it an appealing option if you’re one of those unicorns who needs a secondary tracker to supplement another form of fitness tracking. Again, this is a tracker best appreciated by people who go hard and aren’t afraid to experiment. 

The Whoop 4.0 is best for elite athletes or people who don’t mind experimental trackers. Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge

Read my full review of the Whoop 4.0.

Update May 23rd, 10:27AM ET: Swapped out Amazfit Bip S for Garmin Venu Sq 2 and the Fitbit Charge 5 for the Amazfit Band 7.

Popular models of fitness years Samsung

Just like smart-year-olds, fitness bracelets have become an indispensable accessory for a modern brown man, showing a lot of brown abilities. Fitness trackers can easily replace most of the functions of smart yearners, as well as a compact and affordable gadget. Samsung Fitness Years can control your heart rate, improve your sleep quality, improve your calories and calories, and also improve a number of important indications. The sports tracker is indispensable for those who support an active way of life and follow the camp of health.

Those, who are looking for a Samsung fitness year, give priority to models with a large screen and a sports bracelet, a good butt for such an attachment is the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 44 mm. This gadget miraculously fits both for everyday wear and for training. The screen of the Samsung anniversary date is 450×450, the battery is 361 mAh and gives the tracker autonomy. The Galaxy gadget has a heart rate monitor and a lot of informative functions, and in the passive station, the hour and task icons are clearly shown on the display.

Models Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 40 mm and Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 eSIM Gold small 40 mm are a wonderful fit for those who are looking for Samsung Women’s Fitness Year. Gadgets harmoniously combine like a hairdresser, giving a number of brown functions and the possibility of choosing different dials. Having offended gadgets, a screen with a high distribution of buildings and a battery with a high reserve of mAg, can improve the consumption of calories and control stress.

Popular Samsung fitness bracelets

Like a Samsung fitness year, Samsung sports bracelets provide high-quality information and necessary communication between mobile devices. The Galaxy gadget will show you an hour, it will become a show in the body and will inform you about the warnings. Popular fitness bracelets are gadgets of the Samsung Galaxy Fit and Samsung Gear Fit series, we can see the specifics of the skin model.

Samsung Galaxy Fit

Sports bracelet of the Galaxy Fit series, 2019 has a lot of ideas, but the architecture copes with high demands, and the sensors provide the necessary information. The color AMOLED screen has a diagonal of 0.95 inches and a size of 120×240 dots. Installed processor MCU Cortex M33F, 512 KB of RAM and 32 MB of internal memory. Galaxy Fit has Bluetooth and NFC, as well as a gyroscope, accelerometer and heart rate monitor.

Battery 120 mAg provide independent work up to 11 days with a dead battery, for charging transfers contact port. The Galaxy Fit plastic case without belt is important 24 grams, 5 ATM waterproof and MIL-STD 810G certified. The model is suitable for interoperability with smartphones under the control of Android and iOS.

Basic functions of the tracker Samsung Galaxy Fit:

• Alert to alert;
• Heart rate control;
• Sleep monitoring and analysis;
• Stress related functions;
• Activity type recognition.

In automatic mode, Samsung fitness year shows 6 types of physical activity, and in the Samsung Health mobile add-on, it is permissible to have up to 10 types of training with a complex of over 90 to take. Samsung trackers have the ability to set up a quick launch of one type of activity, in which the gadget will more often kill the necessary indicators. In the Samsung Health for Galaxy Fit program, you can see the activity and progress for the song period, see the number of consumed calories, display the heart rate monitor and adjust the number.

The presence of the Together function is aimed at exchanging the achievements of the participants in the song. Zavdyaki tsyomu can zmagatisya with friends and look at the statistics. You can buy a fitness yearbook Samsung Galaxy Fit in our company’s online store Samsungshop.com.ua, choosing a model in the required color.

Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro

Tracker Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro announcements in 2017. This legendary zoom fitness bracelet demonstrates the advantages of a compact smart device with the ability to mimic displays in the body. Fitness bracelet with a year of Samsung’s year in the midst of the camp of activity and May at your order, see the training. The gadget may have a 1.5-inch color Super AMOLED screen with 216 x 432 pixels, 0.5 GB of RAM and 4 GB of internal memory.

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GLONASS and GPS modules, as well as accelerometer, barometer, heart rate monitor and gyroscope. The capacity of the battery was 200 mAh, with a low cost of one charge, it can be used for a 5-day robotic tracker. Also in Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro there is a music player and a library, as well as over 3000 different dials. The Samsung bracelet is interoperable with Android and iOS systems.

Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro capacity:

• Listening to music, asking for help;
• Pulse rate monitoring;
• Functions for assigning activity;
• Enhancement through a mobile add-on.

The body of the Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro bracelet is protected by the 5ATM standard from water penetration, and the tracker itself is suitable for training near the water. As part of the Samsung Health mobile supplement, it is permissible to change the improvement and control of success, as well as to win recommendations for physical activities. Every hour of the day, the gadget broadcasts the hour of activity, pace, distance and displays information about the pulse.

When exercising at the pool, the bracelet will show data about the heart rate and the level of exercise. Otherwise, the training must be installed in a mobile addon, within the framework of which a lot of basic information is available. Despite the fact that nearly 4 years have passed since the release of the model, the tracker so effectively performs its functions and is an indispensable gadget for physical activity.

Samsung Galaxy Fit E

This fitness bracelet is Samsung’s most modest and minimalist tracker in the entire Galaxy family. The tracker of the Fit E series has the smallest body and a set of functions, however, a lot of koristuvachivs were rightly appreciated by their superiority. The plastic case of the Samsung Galaxy Fit E weighs only 14 grams, but in new implementations it is protected from water by 5ATM.

Monochrome PMOLED screen 0.74 inch, 128×64 dot, can be connected to Android and iOS devices. The Samsung tracker has an MCU Cortex M0 processor, 128 KB of RAM and 4 MB of internal memory. For communication, a Bluetooth module, a presence accelerometer and a heart rate monitor are installed. The capacity of the battery is 70 mAh, a proprietary attachment is used for charging. On a single charge, the Galaxy Fit E bracelet can last up to 5 days.

Functions of Samsung Galaxy Fit E tracker:

• Alert to alert;
• Heart rate monitoring;
• Sleep activity monitoring functions;
• Get training through Samsung Health.

The Samsung Fitness Yearbook is perfectly suitable for simulating basic indicators in the body, even if it has a heart rate monitor and an accelerometer to control movement. The compactness of the tracker is overcompensated by the possibilities of the Samsung Health mobile add-on, within the framework of any presence of a lot of add-on installations. Informative recommendations for running, walking, cycling, swimming, paddling and other activities.

The minimalistic design of the Samsung Galaxy Fit E is suitable for the average student, allowing you to control the hour and save the necessary information. This bracelet is an ideal solution for a budgetary request, but I will add it to collect information about activity and consumption of calories.

How to choose what to pay respect to?

In order to choose a Samsung fitness year, which will become a practical and handy accessory, we recommend paying attention to the cost of factors. It is also important for mothers to have more functional and similar attachments, or it is better to buy a Samsung smart year in Ukraine, even if only in this way it is possible to take into account the expansion of the possibilities with the support of the picker. When looking for a fitness bracelet, hurry up with the recommendations below.

How to choose a fitness bracelet:

1. Respect for ergonomics is the clarity of the bracelet. Apparently, bracelets of Chinese brands often provoke allergies;
2. Which sports require a bracelet? Fitness bracelet Samsung is suitable for more modern sports;
3. Find out how the bracelet works with Android and iOS. On the view of other gadgets, Samsung trackers save all the capabilities when connected to these types of OS;
4. What features are available in the mobile add-on? It is important that the program improved, functions, information and analytics, and was also supported by updates;
5. For what purposes is the bracelet purchased? For example, if a tracker is necessary for hiking, rather take a model with good autonomy and water protection.

The catalog of our company’s online store presents not only smart yearners and Samsung fitness bracelets, but also other goods of the virobnik. You can get a Samsung year fitness bracelet through the form on the site, or by calling 0-800-303-707 to our call center. Payment for the goods will be made in a way that is convenient for you, and there is an official guarantee for the products.

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One: The Smart Speaker for Music Lovers

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Enjoy richly detailed sound and built-in voice control with this surprisingly powerful smart speaker.

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Stream over 100 million songs, ad-free. Listen across all your devices. And feel sound all around with spatial audio.

Room-filling sound

Hear greater detail and richer bass than you ever thought possible from a smart speaker, and enjoy sound that’s perfectly adapted for your space with Trueplay tuning.

Room-saving design

Compact enough for your kitchen counter and beautiful enough for your bookshelf, this speaker fits and looks good anywhere you want to listen.

Twice as amazing

Enjoy even clearer, more spacious sound when you create a stereo pair with One and the microphone-free One SL.

Plug, tap, play

Simply plug in the power cable and follow a few steps in the Sonos app to get started. In a few minutes you’re streaming music, radio, podcasts, and audiobooks from all your favorite services.

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Connect all your streaming services, discover new music on Sonos Radio, and personalize settings.

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Send sound directly from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, then ask Siri to turn it up from your device.

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Tap or swipe the touch controls to pause the music, adjust the volume, skip a track, and more.

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Stream from supported apps, including Amazon Music, Audible, Pandora, Spotify, and TIDAL.

Just say “Hey Sonos”

Play music and control your system with hands-free ease and unmatched privacy.

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Ask Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant to set timers, check the news, control your smart home devices, and more.

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Engineered for high fidelity, Five elevates your listening experience with vivid stereo separation, clean bass, and spectacularly detailed vocals.

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HiFi and mighty

Meticulously engineered and masterly tuned, Five fills even your largest room with tight top notes, faithful vocals, and striking low end.

The dedicated center tweeter brings vocals forward so you feel like you’re front row at an intimate live performance.

The sealed acoustic architecture balances out unwanted resonance for clearly defined and impeccably tuned bass.

Three high-excursion woofers turbocharge the lowest frequencies so you feel every pulse of the kick drum.

A pair of angled tweeters center you in a beautifully wide and precise stereo soundstage.

The dedicated center tweeter brings vocals forward so you feel like you’re front row at an intimate live performance.

As easy as plug and play

Simply plug in the power cable, connect your phone or tablet to WiFi, and open the Sonos app. Before you know it, you’re streaming music, radio, audiobooks, and more from all your favorite services.

Connect any device and every room

Use an auxiliary cable to connect your turntable, CD player, or computer to Five’s 3.5 mm audio input. Easily send sound to all the Sonos speakers in your home for a best-in-class multiroom listening experience.

Outstanding on its own

Place Five horizontally and it automatically separates the left and right channels for full stereo sound. Position it vertically on either side and the digital processing adjusts to mono. The touch controls smartly adapt for any orientation.

Incomparable when paired

Make the sweet spot even sweeter with a stereo pair. Position both speakers vertically for an out-of-this-world focused listening experience or horizontally for a mind-blowingly expansive soundstage.

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Using the microphones in your iOS device, Trueplay™ tuning technology analyzes the unique acoustics of your space and optimizes the speaker’s EQ. So all your content sounds just the way it should.

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Stream high-resolution lossless audio from anywhere in your home over WiFi. Unlike with Bluetooth®, listen without interruptions from phone calls or dropouts from limited range.

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Having discussed rather expensive wired full-size headphones, I suggest to immediately switch to the new wireless product from 1More called Sonoflow. With the stuffing, everything here is of the highest standard: a 40 mm dynamic driver, bluetooth of the fifth version, a battery for as much as 70 hours of operation, noise reduction, multipoint and, of course, support for the LDAC codec. Technically, this is, without a doubt, an absolute hit, questions remain only about the sound. That’s what we’re going to deal with today.

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• Bluetooth: v5.0
• Codecs: SBC, AAC, LDAC
• Emitters: dynamic 40 mm
• Acoustic type: closed
• Frequency response: 20Hz – 40kHz
• Impedance: 32 Ohm
• Working time: 70 h
• Battery capacity: 720 mAh
• Other: Active Noise Cancellation, EQ, Multipoint
• Weight: 250 g

Headphones arrived in a rather catchy cardboard box, which directly depicted the heroes of the review, a list of technical characteristics, as well as two Hi-Res Audio certification logos.

The kit included a very good tight box for transportation, instructions in many languages, including Russian, and two cables: a short Type C for charging the gadget and a one and a half meter AUX for using headphones in normal wired mode.

There is only one nuance here, on the one hand it is a well-known 3.5 mm jack, and on the other hand, a not so common 2.5 mm jack. So another such cable will have to be looked for.

From the characteristics of the speakers, we only know their impedance equal to 32 ohms. Unfortunately, I did not find the value of sensitivity. However, it is already clear that they are completely undemanding to the amplifying part and can even work from the analog output of your smartphone, tablet or laptop.

The headphones themselves feature a closed full-size design with a 40mm driver and a grid of compensation holes. They sit comfortably on the head, the ears practically do not sweat in them, and they weigh only 250 grams.

The headband is one-piece, with a soft layer on the inside and adjustment with tactilely pleasant mechanical clicks.

Cups have two degrees of freedom offset by approximately 45 degrees horizontally and 90 degrees vertically, but only in one of the directions. On the plus side, I note the folding design, which noticeably saves space.

The ear pads here are moderately comfortable made of some inexpensive leatherette.

The outer part is completely plastic, like the rest of the model’s structure, except for the height adjustment element – a metal insert was visible there. All this looks very worthy, plastic, obviously, is not cheap.

Well, at the bottom we got a 2.5 mm input for using headphones as regular wired ones.

From the wireless part, there is a Type C charging port with a corresponding indication, a button for switching noise reduction modes, also with an indicator, two volume keys, they also switch tracks back and forth, two more LEDs and a power button, it also works as a pause and call answer. Everything, in my opinion, is simple and as logical as possible. I suggest you familiarize yourself with the quality of the microphone.

We are promised some fantastic 70 hours of work, which it doesn’t even make sense to check. Anything more than 24 hours is already a lot for headphones, and 70 is generally space. In terms of volume, you will definitely have a reserve of 3-4 divisions, so there is something to talk about if you suddenly need it. From the rest, there is a multipoint for two connections, support for SBC, AAC and LDAC codecs, and a bunch of settings for all this from a proprietary application.

There, I first of all updated the firmware from some earlier version to the current one, enabled support for the LDAC codec and clicked on the equalizer presets, which, by the way, you can wind up your own. Well, here is the smart testing of the headphones and the inclusion of the multipoint mode. By default, all this is programmatically disabled.

What I didn’t find is support for AptX, water protection and the proprietary Sound ID sound setup system – I really liked it. Not everyone can wind up the equalizer correctly.

I measured using a specialized Behringer ECM8000 microphone on a MOTU M4 audio interface in wired and wireless mode. In the case of a wired connection, I got a very fast, as in gaming solutions, momentum and peak distortion reaching 3%. Which is no doubt a lot.

The phase is slightly shifted, but behaves naturally, and the attenuations at 30 and 60 dB are in the lows of 80 and 98 ms, with minor disturbances.

AFC here has a relatively flat lower half of the spectrum and slowly decreasing its upper part. Quite a normal schedule, without any particularly controversial places.

The impulse of the wireless connection, although it retained its speed, but gained a more pronounced amplitude, but the distortion in the peaks fell to an insignificant 0.5%.

The phase in this case is not interesting at all, but the attenuations at 30 and 60 dB were at the minimums of 76 and 98 ms, with small perturbations in the lower part of the spectrum. That is, the outrage has increased greatly.

The frequency response, in comparison with the wired version, received a small boost on the sub-part, an amplitude doubled by 1.3 kHz and exactly the same gradual attenuation to high frequencies.

This is what it looks like on one graph. In each of the cases, as you probably noticed, there are strengths and weaknesses.

In terms of sound, if we talk about wired connection, the model did not really surprise me. The main emphasis here is on the low-frequency part of the instruments, from which we get such a solid number of resonances that drown out all. It turns out rather booming and unnatural, the vocals seem to fade into the background, freeing attention, for example, for bass guitar. In principle, there are enough details, the middle seems a little defocused, but the cymbals are in order. In total, magic obviously does not happen through the wire, and in this mode Sonoflow is no better than other Chinese headphones at this price – you can listen, but without enthusiasm and revelations. Tried different sources – nothing much has changed.

But for bluetooth, that is, using the electronics built into them, it’s a completely different story – there is not even a hint of resonances, the vocals are collected, well articulated and, more importantly, are in their rightful place. It already sounds real. The bass is a little highlighted, but it cannot be said quantitatively that there is a lot of it, which is why we get good speed performance and a very decent texture transfer. The middle is slightly warm, expressive and overly musical, it does not go into detailing much, but all the nuances are in full view. The top, unlike a wired connection, on the contrary, is slightly relegated to the background in order to remove excess brightness and sharpness and shade various sound recording artifacts. It turned out to be a comfortable sound with a bias towards melody and macro contrast. However, clarity can be well added using the LDAC codec, if you wish. With it, as usual, the drawing is better, and without it, the vocals are juicier.

In terms of style, the headphones can be called omnivorous, they have enough technicality and composure to transmit some kind of fast aggressive music, enough depth and volume for jazz or something else acoustic, as well as moderate meat and clarity for diverse electronics. What can I say, Sonoflow played the orchestral recordings so cool that I literally hung up on them. Yes, not perfect, but very impressive and as realistic as possible. All plans are perfectly drawn, everything is perfectly balanced, and the positioning of the instruments is on top. That’s what the DSP module means – right in the kings. Such a sound is certainly worthy of being talked about in the vein of audiophile headphones.

Turning on the noise reduction mode, in my opinion, slightly changes the nature of the low frequencies. Depth and volume, of course, remain, but its upper part loses mass and becomes a little airy. Not critical, but it affects the overall character of the sound. Without the ANC module, the sound is much more mature and richer. The transparency mode also does nothing good with the sound, that is, it is better to turn it all off. That’s when it will be possible to squeeze the absolute maximum out of their sound.

As a result, 1More Sonoflow full-size wireless headphones look very dignified, the pressure to the head is good, we were pleased with the folding design of the model, multipoint and some completely space battery life. Their sound over the cable was a little disappointing, I expected, of course, more, and with the noise reduction modes turned on, the sound, of course, deteriorates noticeably.

By bluetooth, this is the most effective, slightly warm sound, with good drawing of nuances, the right balance of frequencies and simply excellent transfer of the scene in depth, with the same timbre volume, good separation and excellent positioning. By bluetooth, even on the AAC codec, the model sounds simply excellent, and given their price, it’s generally brilliant. It is clear that the miracle happens only thanks to the built-in DSP module, but it happens. Very cool headphones, even to my very spoiled ear.

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Sonos, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops , manufactures and markets multi-room audio products in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. The company provides wireless speakers, home theater speakers, components and accessories. The company offers its products through approximately 10,000 third-party retail stores, including individual home audio installers and e-commerce retailers, and through its sonos.com website, the company was formerly known as Rincon Audio, Inc. and changed its name to Sonos, Inc. in May 2004. Sonos Inc. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.

As of the end of the trading day 2023-06-16 , the price of 1 share of Sonos Inc is 16.