Future TechnologyHonor Watch 6: a month of battery life for £149
Apple Watch Series 10 lasts about 18 hours. The Honor Watch 6, which went on sale on June 18 at £149.99, claims 35 days in long-endurance mode and 17 days in regular use. Those aren't comparable experiences at all, but they do answer a very specific question: if you want a smartwatch that survives a fortnight away without a charger, what does that cost?
About £150. Possibly less, because Honor launched it at an early-bird price of £149.99 with a free pair of Honor Choice Earbuds Clip thrown in, lasting until mid-July 2026. After that, the rubber strap version moves to £229 and the leather option to £249.
What you get for the money
The display is a 1.46-inch AMOLED at 464 x 464 resolution with 3,000 nits of peak brightness. That's genuinely good for outdoor use. The watch sits in a 46.5mm case and weighs 41 grams in the aluminium version, or 50 grams in the stainless steel Twilight Brown build. It covers 120 sports modes, has NFC for contactless payments, and handles health tracking including heart rate, sleep, and blood oxygen monitoring.
The software runs well on both Android and iPhone. Reviews from Trusted Reviews and Tech Advisor note that it feels solid and polished for the price, but they also flag that it lacks the depth and app ecosystem you'd get from a Wear OS device or a Galaxy Watch. There's no third-party app store. What's built in is what you get.
Who it's actually for
If you want deep integration with Google Maps navigation on your wrist, music controls from Spotify with its own connection, or any kind of third-party watch face beyond what Honor provides, this won't satisfy you. That's a Wear OS conversation, and those watches cost significantly more.
But if your requirements are: track my workouts, monitor my sleep, let me pay contactless, and don't make me hunt for a charger every night, the Honor Watch 6 at the launch price is a very strong offer. It does all of those things well. And 17 real-world days between charges, which is what you'll probably see rather than the 35-day maximum, is still about five times what any Apple Watch manages.
If you've been holding off on a smartwatch because the charging ritual puts you off, this is the one to try.