{"id":35203,"date":"2020-07-01T00:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T00:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2628979"},"modified":"2020-07-01T00:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T00:58:00","slug":"polars-new-affordable-fitness-watch-takes-on-the-fitbit-versa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/01\/polars-new-affordable-fitness-watch-takes-on-the-fitbit-versa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar\u2019s new affordable fitness watch takes on the Fitbit Versa 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4126-logo-1-1495.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn57.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/polar-unite-fitness-watch-on-wrist-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"polar unite fitness watch on wrist\" width=\"596\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"aa_tldr_text\">\n<ul>\n<li>The Polar Unite is an affordable fitness smartwatch for users who just need the basics.<\/li>\n<li>It supports smartphone notifications and comes with connected GPS.<\/li>\n<li>You can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=74660X1524607&amp;xs=1&amp;xcust=jimmy.westenberg&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.polar.com%2Funite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-vars-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=74660X1524607&amp;xs=1&amp;xcust=jimmy.westenberg&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.polar.com%2Funite\">buy it right now<\/a>&nbsp;from Polar.com for $149.95.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most people who work out want some type of wearable to track their activity, but not everyone needs all the bells and whistles.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/best-polar-watches-1078483\/\">Polar<\/a>&nbsp;today announced the Polar Unite, a new multisport fitness smartwatch for users who want to simply keep track of their daily activity.<\/p>\n<p>The Polar Unite is in the same class as devices like the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/fitbit-versa-2-review-1023127\/\">Fitbit Versa 2<\/a>, Suunto 3, or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/garmin-vivosmart-4-review-901372\/\">Garmin Vivosmart 4<\/a>. It&rsquo;s a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/best-smartwatches-706178\/\">smartwatch<\/a>&nbsp;with a color touchscreen 1.22-inch LCD display (240 x 204) with support for smartphone notifications. It&rsquo;s quite light, too, at 32g.<\/p>\n<p>The Unite comes with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/connected-gps-1019351\/\">connected GPS<\/a>&nbsp;, so it&rsquo;ll be a decent option for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/best-running-gear-1067204\/\">runners<\/a>&nbsp;who don&rsquo;t mind bringing their phone along with them on a run. However, there&rsquo;s no altimeter or compass on board. Elsewhere, it offers Polar&rsquo;s Precision Prime&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/best-heart-rate-monitor-watches-757725\/\">heart rate sensor<\/a>, as well as Sleep Plus Stages and Nightly Recharge features for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/best-sleep-trackers-1012670\/\">sleep tracking<\/a>. It also supports the company&rsquo;s Serene breathing exercises.<\/p>\n<p>Like the recently announced&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/polar-grit-x-outdoor-multisport-watch-1109544\/\">Polar Grit X<\/a>, the Unite supports FitSpark, Polar&rsquo;s training guide for daily workouts. Following your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/best-workout-apps-android-914936\/\">workout<\/a>&nbsp;with the Polar Unite, it&rsquo;ll display heart rate zone analysis, caloric burn, as well as how much strain you put on your cardiovascular system.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s no&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/mil-std-810g-rating-1017646\/\">MIL-STD-810G<\/a>&nbsp;rating here, though it is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/ip-ratings-explained-746306\/\">IP rated<\/a>&nbsp;to 30 meters.<\/p>\n<p>Polar says the Unite will be able to last up to four days in smartwatch mode, or up to 50 hours in workout mode using connected GPS and the heart rate sensor.<\/p>\n<p>Interested? It&rsquo;s available now from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=74660X1524607&amp;xs=1&amp;xcust=jimmy.westenberg&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.polar.com%2Funite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-vars-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=74660X1524607&amp;xs=1&amp;xcust=jimmy.westenberg&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.polar.com%2Funite\">Polar.com<\/a>&nbsp;for $149.95. Color options include black, white, pink, and blue, and there are additional mint and blush accessory bands available at an extra cost.<\/p>\n<p>I think the Polar Unite sounds like an interesting alternative to the Fitbit Versa 2. Polar has proven itself with its optical heart rate sensor accuracy, and offering that tech in a sub-$150 package sounds like a win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/polar-unite-1131625\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/polar-unite-1131625\/<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Jimmy Westenberg<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Jimmy Westenberg<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4126-logo-1-1495.png\" alt=\"\">The Polar Unite is an affordable fitness smartwatch for users who just need the basics. It supports smartphone notifications and comes with connected GPS. You can&nbsp;buy it right now&nbsp;from Polar.com for $149.95. Most people who work out want some type of wearable to track their activity, but not everyone needs all the bells and whistles.&nbsp;Polar&nbsp;today &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/30\/polars-new-affordable-fitness-watch-takes-on-the-fitbit-versa-2\/\">Continue reading <span>Polar&rsquo;s new affordable fitness watch takes on the Fitbit Versa 2<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/01\/polars-new-affordable-fitness-watch-takes-on-the-fitbit-versa-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Polar\u2019s new affordable fitness watch takes on the Fitbit Versa 2 - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/01\/polars-new-affordable-fitness-watch-takes-on-the-fitbit-versa-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Polar\u2019s new affordable fitness watch takes on the Fitbit Versa 2 - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Polar Unite is an affordable fitness smartwatch for users who just need the basics. 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