Wearables – JM Communications

Honor Band 5: a £30 smart band on sale from today

By Jonathan Morris on September 5, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Honor has introduced its newest wearable, a sub-£30 smart band the company hopes will improve people’s lives, both day and night. With a 0.95-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 24-hour heart rate monitoring, numerous sport and fitness tracking modes, plus multiple customised watch faces, the Band 5 offers exceptional value for […]

Huawei confirms September 19th launch for Mate 30 series in Germany

By Jonathan Morris on September 3, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

September 19th is the confirmed date for the launch of the new Mate 30 series of phones. At this time, its not clear what the situation will be regarding the inclusion of Google services (and if not included, how easy it might be to side-load). Fingers crossed, there […]

Hands-on with the new Huawei Mate 20 Pro and the Huawei Watch GT

By Jonathan Morris on October 16, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

So many new phones end up being evolutionary than revolutionary, that it becomes a welcome surprise when a company brings something new to the table. In the case of the Mate 20 Pro, Huawei has brought a whole new table. It wasn’t that long ago that Huawei revealed […]

Qualcomm launches Snapdragon Wear 3100 smartwatch platform, offering up to 30 day battery life

By Jonathan Morris on September 10, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Qualcomm has launched its all-new Snapdragon wearable platform, Snapdragon Wear 3100. Although based on the existing 28nm design used in existing watches using Snapdragon Wear 2100, the new ‘killer app’ feature is an ultra-low co-processor that can extend battery life to as high as 30 days, although the […]

Happy Birthday Honor: One year old today, but already all grown up

By Jonathan Morris on October 28, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

This week marks the first anniversary of Honor in the UK and Europe, and a lot has been achieved within this short time. Honor was launched as a spin-off brand for Huawei, first in China and then later spreading worldwide. The aim was to reach a new audience, and attract sales from people who […]

Hands on with the Honor 7 and a fitness watch with no name

By Jonathan Morris on August 27, 2015 • ( 3 Comments )

After a very busy afternoon, I got a chance to have a quick play with the new Honor 7 and I have to say that you can think of it as a Huawei P8 that got a battery boost, camera uplift, and a fingerprint sensor. And that’s no […]