Dizo Watch R review: The one to beat under Rs. 4000

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Fitness trackers are a dime-a-dozen and for less than Rs. 4,000, you can find many that could literally put some expensive smartwatches to shame. However, brands are trying to blur the lines between fitness bands and watches, with Realme and Dizo making a name for themselves with affordable sub-Rs. 5,000 smartwatches. Dizo’s latest attempt in 2022 makes me wonder whether fitness bands are done!

Because one look at the Dizo Watch R and it is easy to lose your heart over it. I do not recall any other smartwatch that looks this desirable and still carries a figure of ₹3,999. And it’s only the looks; Dizo has loaded it up with almost every imaginable feature you expect from a smartwatch costing at least twice!

Has Dizo hit the ball out of the park? I have been wearing the Watch R for close to 10 days and here’s all I have to share.

If you follow all developments in the world of smartwatches, you might be familiar with the Amazfit GTR 3; an expensive watch costing Rs. 14,000. The Dizo Watch R looks and feels exactly like it. No kidding, place them next to each other and you will be hard pressed to choose the right one. It’s large 1.3-inch circular dial fusing into a slim metal body makes even my Apple Watch Series 7 ashamed of all its bloated figure.

It is built extremely well too. This has a metal chassis that feels nice to touch, while the glass display is good at resisting smudges – characteristics that I haven’t seen on a watch this affordable. Even the buttons have a satisfactory tactility to them. The underbody holding all the optical sensors is smooth and does not dig into the skin like most fitness bands do at this price.

I also have high praises for the strap. Made of silicone material, it is highly flexible and is soft