Early in release cycle
Best for: Android and iPhone users who want a premium smartwatch experience — full offline maps, ECG, long battery, and a bright sapphire display — at a price well below Apple Watch or Galaxy Watch. A strong choice for runners, hikers, and health-focused users who want GPS map navigation without a subscription.
Full details →Late in cycle — a new model is likely coming
Best for: Expedition athletes, mountaineers, and ultra-endurance competitors who do multi-day or multi-week events where charging is impossible. If you need GPS tracking for 140 continuous hours, no other watch comes close.
Full details →| Amazfit Balance | COROS Vertix | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | Smartwatch | Sports GPS |
| Platform | iOS & Android | iOS & Android |
| Battery | 21 days | 140 days |
| Always-on display | ✅ | ❌ |
| GPS | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cellular | ❌ | ❌ |
| Health sensors | ecg, spo2, hrv, hr, body comp, stress | hr, spo2, hrv, training load, skin temp |
| Released | Jun 24, 2025 | Oct 1, 2023 |
| Cycle length | 601 days | 1095 days |
| Cycle advice | good | bad |
| Deals advice | neutral | good |
| Next model | — | COROS Vertix 3 (2026 or 2027) |
21 days typical use and 33 hours GPS — combined with a scratch-resistant sapphire glass 1.5" AMOLED that outshines most watches at this price.
Precise dual-frequency L1+L5 GPS across six satellite systems, with downloadable offline topo maps and turn-by-turn navigation — rare at this price tier.
First Amazfit with official HYROX training and competition modes, 40,000-course golf maps, and SCUBA dive support — more sport breadth than any previous Balance.
No other GPS watch currently on the market delivers 140 hours of GPS tracking — enough for most ultra-endurance events and multi-day mountain traverses.
GPS + GLONASS + Galileo + BeiDou + QZSS with dual-frequency reduces error in challenging terrain to near-meter precision.
Military-grade scratch and impact resistance for the harshest environments: extreme altitude, cold, and sustained physical stress.