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The market for smartwatches has grown substantially since the debut of the Apple Watch with numerous competitors coming into the fold to challenge the iOS product line.
Chinese electronic giant Huawei has been rolling out its own smartwatches for the last few years with the latest iteration, the Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro, being distributed in September of 2024.
The watch is designed to look like a traditional analog watch but with numerous digital features like smart functionality, sports tracking and health metrics.
Compatible with both iOS and Android operating systems, the company is looking to appeal to all sorts of consumers — those sports enthusiasts as well as those looking for a stylish watch that has smart functionality.
The following is a partial deep dive into the smartwatch conducted by TechInsights.
Summary
- 1.43-inch AMOLED
- 4 GB MLC NAND Flash
Targeted market: Consumer electronics
Released: September 2024
Price: $364.88
Availability: China
The main board found inside the Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro. Source: TechInsights
Main board
Found inside the main board of the Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro is the electronic components mostly used for operations of the consumer electronics device. On board are memory components that are unknown to TechInsights as well as no applications processor. The electronic components found on the board include:
- QST’s three-axis electronic compass
- STMicroelectronics’ six-axis MEMS accelerometer and gyroscope
- RichTek’s 3 A buck-boost converter
- Maxscend’s SPDT RF switch
- Huaying’s dual SAW filter
- NXP Semiconductor’s NFC and secure element chip
- Goodix’s class-D audio amplifier
(Learn more about RF and wireless chips on Globalspec.com)
The power board inside the Huawei GT 5 Pro. Source: TechInsights
Power board
Electronic components found on the power board of the Huawei Watch GT 5 pro smartwatch include:
- AWINIC’s load switch and 300 mA/2.8 V LDO regulator
- Renesas’ 1.5-amp battery charger
- ST Microelectronics’ wireless power receiver
- CellWise Semiconductor’s battery fuel gauge
(Learn more about power chips on Globalspec.com)
The sensor board that is found inside the Huawei GT 5 Pro. Source: TechInsights
Sensor board
Inside the sensor board the following electronic components are found:
- Toshiba’s load switch
- SGMicro’s dual SPDT analog switch
- ETEK’s USB 2.0 SPDT analog switch
- MediaTek’s heart-rate monitor and bio-sensor
- Novosense’s temperature sensor
(Learn more about sensor chips on Globalspec.com)
Some of the electronic components found inside the Huawei GT 5 Pro. Source: TechInsights
Major components
- $28.17 — Display/touchscreen subsystem — Visionox (Qty: 1)
- $21.73 — Main frame (Qty: 1)
- $5.01 — Bluetooth 5.2 /audio SoC w/memory — BES TECHNIC (Qty: 1)
- $4.49 — Back cover (Qty: 1)
- $2.70 — Button crown (Qty: 1)
- $1.90 — Multichip memory — 4 GB MLC NAND flash, memory controller (eMMC) (Qty: 1)
- $1.63 — GPS receiver w/memory (Qty: 1)
- $1.58 — Vibrator: haptic LRA X-axis (Qty: 1)
- $1.33 — 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi SoC w/flash memory — 2 MB — HiSilicon (Qty: 1)
- $1.30 — NFC and secure element chip — NXP Semiconductors (Qty: 1)
