Fitbit Charge 4 Special Edition vs Charge 5 - Where are the differences?

Let's have a closer look by comparing the differences between the two Wearable Charge 4 Special Edition* and Charge 5* made by Fitbit.

Release Date

Both products were released in two consecutive years. The Fitbit Charge 4 Special Edition was released in 2020. Consequently, the Fitbit Charge 5 from 2021 is newer.

Display

You'll get a display with both devices. The Fitbit Charge 5 has a color display, which the Fitbit Charge 4 Special Edition doesn't. In both cases, there is a touch display. the Charge 5 comes with a {$tg->_pa(2)}} display. The Fitbit Charge 4 Special Edition has a OLED display. The Fitbit Charge 4 Special Edition has a bigger display with 1,56 ". The diameter of the Charge 5 counts 1,04 ". The always-on display is only featured with the Charge 5.

Waterproof

Both, the Charge 4 Special Edition, as well as the Charge 5 are waterproof, and have no further difference in this feature. Both Wearable can be used under water in depths of up to 50 m. The two devices can even track and record your swimming lanes.

Battery

The battery of both products lasts the same with 7 days.

GPS

Both Wearable feature an integrated GPS. This will provide you with a higher accuracy than your smartphone's GPS. This is generally also called Connected GPS. The GLONASS technology is only available with the Charge 5.

Heart Rate Monitor

A fitness watch without a heart rate monitor is basically useless and not advisable to buy. That's because your heart rate is one of the key elements of different calculations. For example, many devices without a heart rate monitor claim to count your calories burned too. That number will hardly be right without having access to your heart rate.

Comparing the Fitbit Charge 4 Special Edition and the Fitbit Charge 5, both devices offer the heart rate monitor function and score in our books. On top of that, both will monitor your heart rate 24/7. Some devices only do that when you press a button, which is practically speaking rather useless.

Measured values

Both devices come with the feature of tracking and recording how many floors you've walked. Generally, this means that the altitude differences get calculated and presented to you. Unfortunately, in many cases these numbers can be rather inaccurate.

Both Wearable offer you the possibility to record your sleep time. On top of that, they also allow you to do a sleep analysis.

With the Fitbit Charge 5 the data is stored up to 7 days.

Bracelet

Being able to change your fitness watch band is a great advantage. You'll only have to worry about the color of the device itself, and not the color or material of its accompanying watch band. For pretty much every device, you can get cheap watch bands that will fit your device. You can make use of this advantage with both devices of this comparison.

Smarct functions

Getting call, text, or other notifications is a feature that both tools have. Often times, this feature is only possible with an Android device. iOS user can be left behind on this. Sending QuickReplies is not an option for either one of the two devices.

The interface, or the dial of your watch, can be changed with both, the Fitbit Charge 4 Special Edition , and the Fitbit Charge 5.

Contactless payment

Contactless payment is a highly useful and more in demand than ever technology. Many Wearable already offer it. Being able to do this from your wrist is even more convenient than using your smartphone or a credit card. the Fitbit Charge 4 Special Edition and the Fitbit Charge 5 both offer this useful feature. Both products use Fitbit Pay.