COLMI P8 Plus GT is the latest upgrade of the most popular smartwatch COLMI P8 Plus, in this release, they have improved many things, the most important of which are the large 1.69-inch screen and a big 230mAh battery and supports TWS headsets with an improvement in the sensor and the health and sports side and the most important thing its built-in with speaker and microphone to make calls, all this at a price not exceeding $30, which give me a good feeling about their capabilities, so stay with me for more details.

COLMI P8 Plus smartwatch Review

COLMI P8 Plus GT Smartwatch Features

  • Built-in Speaker And Microphone
  • 1.69-inch screen 240*280 resolution
  • 230mAh Battery
  • Customize Watch Faces
  • Heart Rate And Blood Pressure Monitor
  • 8 Multi-Sport Modes
  • IP67 Waterproof
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Design And Build Quality

The COLMI P8 Plus GT Smartwatch features a modern and elegant design that is somewhat similar to the COLMI P8 Plus. It’s designed in a square shape with a 2.5D curved screen on the sides, and a rotatable button works for page-turning, zoom in/out, back, turn on-off. Also has holes in the left part, which is the built-in speaker and microphone.

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Overall, The body is slim and light made of high-quality aluminum alloy with 44mm large size and 11mm thickness and lightweight of not more than 45g, which makes it comfortable on the wrist. Also, it comes in 3 colors the same as the strap that I will mention shortly. Although it’s a budget smartwatch, you will notice the manufacturing quality is amazing, it’s one of the best budget smartwatches under $30.

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if you look from below you find a plastic with charging pins and a sensor.

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The strap on the P8 Plus GT smartwatch is made of silicone, lightweight and comfortable on your wrist for long-lasting use. You can use any 20mm belt because it’s removable and is available in 3 main colors, Black, Pink, Blue, but you can purchase colored and other shapes straps separately.

Display Screen

The screen in COLMI P8 Plus GT is my favorite type, it’s a large 1.69 inch IPS screen, and 2.5D curved to display better content and details, and because it has a resolution of 240*280 pixels, the resolution is normal, but it’s better than some models at the same price, however, sharpness Colors are so good even when you wear them in the sunlight you won’t be alarmed by them.

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In fact, the reason to make this type of screen my favorite, because this screen is large and takes over most of the interface, and with narrow sides, and this is only found in smartwatches with higher costs. This is in contrast to other inexpensive smartwatches that contain a touch screen, which comes in the middle of the screen and has rather wide sides, such as the COLMI P8, which had a smaller screen size and was in the middle of the body.

COLMI P8 Plus GT Watch faces

COLMI P8 Plus has some different pre-installed watch faces, and you can switch between them easily by rotating the button or via the Da Fit app which has over 50 additional watch faces with customization capabilities for a variety of colors, retro, analog, and digital faces available or you can even use your own photos as a watch face background.

Waterproof

With IP67 waterproof in COLMI P8 Plus GT Smartwatch, which means you can wear it while washing hands or on rainy days, although the watch is not approved for swimming but is good for wearing for activities, so, I do not recommend swimming or exposing it to hot water or saltwater to avoid any harm Long or short term and with the presence of a speaker and a microphone, avoiding it will be good, however, if it’s exposed to water in any way, I prefer to dry the watch after immersing it in water and before operating it so that it stays with you for as long as possible.

Under The Hood

COLMI P8 Plus GT adopts the built-in GR5515 chip for faster response speed and faster data processing, and it is powered by 64KB RAM and 64MB ROM so that the watch can be equipped with more watch faces, for your health, this device has a heart rate sensor The HRS3300 Heart and G-sensor, so this wearable device manages your movement in every moment and takes good care of you throughout the day.

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This watch has Bluetooth 5.1 support Bluetooth calls, it makes the watch with low power consumption and a more stable connection. And this version is compatible with Android 5.0 and later or iOS 10.0 and above so that the connection is through the Da Fit app. However, it does not have its own GPS sensor, which means that you will always have to use it with a smartphone to get your location.

How To Use The COLMI P8 Plus GT

So far, The COLMI P8 Plus GT Smartwatch runs a very easy-to-use platform, and the touchscreen navigation is responsive.

You can access a quick menu when swiping from the top to the bottom that enables you to change the screen brightness, the ability to do not disturb, and the flashlight, Bluetooth and you will find the quick access toggle switch to go to the settings.

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By swiping from the left, you can find a list of icons to smartwatch functions, such as weather, heart rate, shutdown, sports modes, etc, all in bubbles icons like the one we find in Apple watches, and by rotating the button on the right, you can zoom in and out of the icons.

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When swiping from the right, basic functions such as heart rate and sleep monitoring, steps, and sports modes will arrive, as well as sports modes and other features that include capturing photos from the watch and playing music.

Regarding scrolling from the bottom, you will see a list of Sports Modes, Health Monitor, notifications, messages, settings, and more.

COLMI P8 Plus GT Health & Fitness Functions

The COLMI P8 Plus GT smartwatch is equipped with 8 sports modes to suit any of your needs, including walking, running, cycling, skipping, badminton, basketball, football, swimming; Count steps, distance, and calories burned.

Apart from the sports features, you can monitor your heart rate in real-time to check whether it’s beating normally or not and monitor sleep to measure your total light sleep, deep sleep, and wake time to provide you with an analysis of your sleep patterns, monitor blood pressure and measure oxygen levels in the blood in real-time to improve The ability of the cardiovascular system to prevent the low level of oxygen in the blood that causes discomfort to a person’s body.

Although it has a good sensor HRS3300 that is more accurate than other sensors, this does not mean that the measurements provided by this smartwatch are completely accurate, as most of them are largely unreliable because it’s not a medical instrument, but it makes you very aware of your health and physical performance. unfortunately, this is often the case with watches in this price range.

Da Fit App For COLMI P8 Plus GT Smartwatch

COLMI P8 Plus GT Smartwatch is compatible with the Da Fit app for Android and iOS to help you set up and use the watch more efficiently. You can take advantage of some features, stats, and functions without any additional equipment, such as steps taken, sleep hours, heart rate measurements that you have taken, and all this is done by automatically integrating watch data on the home screen with the ability to view it on a daily or monthly basis. Also set exercise goals and encourage yourself to complete your exercise amount each day through a simple and easy-to-understand operating interface with sections like steps, distance, notifications, alarm, and more.

The app is downloaded through the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store, so you know it is a safe app.

How To Pair The COLMI P8 Plus GT To a Smartphone

It’s easy to connect the COLMI P8 Plus GT to your phone. After installing the Da Fit app and setting it up, all you have to do is log in and click on the + sign at the top of the app’s home page, and it will search and find the watch in seconds, and you must do that by searching for the Bluetooth and the watch through the app’s Bluetooth and not Via Bluetooth in the phone. When this is done, it will communicate directly and without any complications, with automatic setting of time and language or update of the smartwatch software if available.

Feature of Making Calls On COLMI P8 Plus GT Smartwatch

The most important feature of the COLMI P8 Plus GT Smartwatch is that it is equipped with a microphone and a loudspeaker, so it not only displays an incoming call but can also receive and dial calls are made via Bluetooth directly from the watch with HD speakers and mic, and of course, this is done with your smartphone, you will not need to take your phone out of your pocket to answer a simple call.

Notifications

Notifications are clearly visible and easily readable. You can choose lots of different popular apps to give notifications on COLMI P8 Plus GT Smartwatch, for example, WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, SMS, WeChat, and other apps are supported.

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You can also access call or message notifications with many other functions such as stopwatch, alarm, calendar, reminders to not sit, remote control of the camera to take selfies with a touch on the screen, and you can control the music from your watch only.

COLMI P8 Plus GT Battery Life & Charging Time

In the end, the COLMI P8 Plus GT offers a decent battery that is considered good in this category with a capacity of 230mAh, which is larger compared to the 190mAh battery in the COLMI P8 Plus, although this gives you up to 10 days of normal use with continuous heart rate tracking. And 72 days in standby mode, it all depends on the type of activities you do, and it must be charged with a magnetic charger cable and it takes about two hours.

Differences between COLMI P8 Plus VS COLMI P8 Plus GT

COLMI P8 PlusCOLMI P8 Plus GT
Manufacturing Year01 / 2021 08 / 2021
Body43*37*10mm 44*37*11mm
Screen size1.69-inch 1.69-inch
Screen resolution240*280 240*280
Battery Capacity190mAh  230mAh 
Battery Life (Standby time)30 days 72 days
ConnectivityBluetooth 5.1 Bluetooth 5.1
AppDa Fit Da Fit
Sport modes8 8
Water & DustproofIP67 IP67
SensorsHeart Rate Sensor Heart Rate Sensor
Bluetooth Call Built-in Speaker And Microphone
TWS HeadsetsSupports
Weight45g 45g

COLMI P8 Plus GT Smartwatch Price And Where To Buy

The COLMI P8 Plus GT Smartwatch is currently available on the Aliexpress store for a very good price So, don’t miss out on this great deal. And to view its price or buy it, you can access the offer by clicking on the store icon.

Package content

  • COLMI P8 Plus GT Smartwatch
  • magnetic charger
  • User Manual

COLMI P8 Plus GT Smartwatch Specifications

BrandCOLMI
ModelP8 Plus GT
ColorBlack, Pink, Silver
Chip GR5515
Memory256KB + 64Mb
Bluetooth VersionBT 5.1
Compatible OSAndroid 4.4, iOS 9.0 or above
Operating ModeFull Touch + Side Key
APP NameDa Fit
App LanguageEnglish, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Czech, Japanese, French, Polish, Thai, Swedish, Ukrainian, Finnish, Dutch, Vietnamese, Arabic, Korean, Danish, Bulgarian, Bokmal, Norwegian, Hindi, Indonesian, Pashto, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.
Watch LanguageEnglish, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Arabic, Ukrainian, Italian, Indonesian, Thai, Chinese, Traditional Chinese.
Multi-sport ModesSupport (8 Kinds Sport Modes: walking, running, cycling, skipping, badminton, basketball, football, swimming; Count steps, distance, and calories burned.)
WaterproofIP67
SensorG-sensor, HRS3300 Heart Rate Sensor
ScreenSize: 1.69 inch
Display Type: IPS
Resolution: 240*280 RGB
BatteryBattery Capacity: 230 mAh
Standby Time: Up to 72 days
Using time: About 10 days
Charging Time: About 2.5 hours
Charging Type: Magnetic charging
Case and BandThe shape of the dial: Square Shaped
Band Size: 20mm  ( Removable watch strap)
Band Material: Silicone
Case Material: Alloy
Weight: about 43g
Body length: 44mm
Body width: 37.4mm
Device thickness: 11mm
Other Featuresthe custom watch face, message notifications, alarm, weather, find watch, music controls.