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Apple Watch Series 2 42mm

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Apple Watch Series 2 42mm vs Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer

Apple Watch Series 2 42mm

Apple Watch Series 2 42mm

Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer

Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer

Apple Watch Series 2 42mm

Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer

Network
2G network

N/A

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900; CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
3G network

-

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100
4G network

-

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

5.76 Mbps
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A, (4CA) Cat16, 1024 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

No

Yes
EDGE

No

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2016-9

2018-5
Status

-

2018-7

Design
Build

Stainless Steel/Ceramic back

Front/rear glass, aluminum frame (7000 series)
SIM

No

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

42.5 mm

154.9 mm
Width

36.4 mm

74.8 mm
Thickness

11.4 mm

7.6 mm
Weight

52.4 g

177 g
Waterproof

50m

-
Colors

Sport band: silver case/white, black case/black; Leather band: silver case/blue, brown, orange; Stainless Steel band: silver case/silver, black case/black

Black

Display
Display type

AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

1.65 inches

6.21 inches
Resolution

390 x 312 pixels

1080 x 2248 pixels
Pixel density

303 ppi

402 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Sapphire crystal glass

Corning Gorilla Glass
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Display features

-

HDR10 display

Hardware
CPU

-

Octa-core
CPU

Dual-core

Quad-core 2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver
Chipset

Apple S2

Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
GPU

-

Adreno 630
Memory RAM

-

8 GB
Internal storage

-

128 GB
Memory card

No

OS
OS

watchOS 3.0

Android 8.1 (Oreo)

Sound
3.5mm jack

No

No
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes
Notifications

Vibration; Ringtones

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Earpiece

-

Yes
Headphone adapter

-

Yes

Multimedia
Radio

No

No

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
WLAN DLNA

-

Yes
USB

Type-C reversible connector
Bluetooth

v4.0

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

-

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

aptX HD
NFC

Yes

Yes
GPS

Yes

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

-

Yes
GALILEO

-

Yes
BDS

-

Yes
QZSS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

-

Push Email
Messaging Push Mail

Push Mail

-
Java

No

-
Sensors

Accelerometer, gyro, heart rate

Face ID, accelerometer, barometer, compass, fingerprint (under display), gyro, proximity

Browser
HTML

-

HTML5
Browser

No

-

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Po
Battery capacity

-

3000 mAh
Battery removable

Non-removable

Non-removable
Fast battery charging

-

Quick Charge 4.0+

Main camera
Camera type

-

Dual
Main camera

12 MP, f/1.8 , 1/2.55" , 1.4 µm, 2x optical zoom
12 MP, f/2.4 , 1/3.4" , 1 µm
Primary camera resolution

-

4032 x 3024 pixels
Primary camera video

-

2160p@60fps, 1080p@30/240fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

dual pixel phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

-

dual-LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

-

4-axis OIS
Camera features

-

Geo-tagging, HDR, face detection, panorama, touch focus

Selfie camera
Selfie camera

20 MP, f/2.0 , 1.8 µm
Selfie camera resolution

-

5120 x 3840 pixels
Selfie camera video

-

1080p

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