• Design


Mere looking at the appearance of these two smartwatches, it almost identical. However, starting from the screen, the Oppo watch has used 3D flexible hyperboloid screen – the first of it’s kind in the industry compared to the Watch 5 with a flat 3D screen. Secondly, the Oppo watch available in 46mm and 41mm is slightly bigger than the Watch 5 available in 44mm and 40mm. This, of course, leaves the Oppo watch with bigger 1.9inch and 1.6inch compared to 1.7inch and 1.5inch respectively which allows you to see more at a glance, but less compact than the Watch 5.

Looking at the buttons, instead of a digital crown and physical button, Oppo watch has 2 physical very flat buttons which I think are very stylish.

The materials are the same, Oppo implemented the same aluminum or stainless steel with ceramic back just like the Apple Watch. Although, the Apple Watch is also available in more durable titanium and ceramics materials. And on the display, sapphire glass crystal has been used while the straps are available in leather and fluororubber the same as the Watch 5. And just like the Watch 5, you can access apps directly from the Oppowatch which features proprietary ColorOs, although a quite limited number of apps.

• Storage

The 32GB storage capacity of the Watch 5 dwarfs the Oppo watch 8GB which allows you to take more of your favorite files with you.
Both watches have a microphone and loudspeaker that supports their respective standalone features. Voice assistant is also available on both smartwatches, while the Watch 5 uses Siri, the Oppo watch uses proprietary Breeno voice assistant.

• Activity Tracking

Just like the Watch 5, the Oppo watch is equally equipped to track your active life. Both watches have inbuilt GPS, heart rate, accelerometer, and barometer. Both smartwatches will track your steps, distance, heart rate, and menstrual cycle. ECG tracking is also present on both devices which can help you detect irregular heart rhythms.

Incidental fall detection and international emergency calling are present on the Watch 5, while the Oppo watch is able to track your sleep comprehensively and can also detect your sleep quality and time spent in each stages; deep, light and REM. – A feature the Apple Watch still lacks, although the Apple Watch can track your sleep via an app.

• Battery Life

One major advantage the Oppo watch has over the Watch 5 is the quite impressive longer battery life. The Oppo watch uses a dual Snapdragon 2500 alongside a Apollo co-processor that allows it to switch between a smart mode powered by the 2500 chip and the essential mode powered by the Apollo chip.

The Oppo watch has been tested to last up to 40 hours and over 2 weeks with the essential mode compared to the Watch 5 that last barely 18 hours. Moreover, another fine feature of the Oppo watch is the VOOC fast charging technology that gives you about 46% of charge under 15 minutes and fully charged under 75minutes. This is a lot better than the Watch 5 that takes about 2 hours or more to fully charge.