Garmin
Garmin was founded in 1989 in Lenexa, Kansas as “ProNav”. Its first product was a GPS unit which sold for $2,500. The company was later renamed “Garmin”, an acronym of the first names of its two founders, Gary Burrell and Min H. Kao. In 1991, the US Army became its first customer.
Garmin was an early mover and pioneer in the wearables market when it introduced the Forerunner 201 in 2003 – its first GPS enabled wearable targeting the running market. Since then, the company has shipped more than 20 million wearable devices. Garmin’s wearables strategy is centered on purpose-built devices for consumers who want to measure and enhance their active lifestyle pursuits, whether it’s running, cycling, swimming, golfing, walking, or simply being more active.
Founded in 1989.
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Garmin: Wearables
- Screen: 1.4 inch AMOLED (regular variant) - also an MIP option for 47 and 51mm variants
- Battery life: up to 57 days (without solar - regular variant)
- Water resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, temperature, GPS/GLONASS/GALILEO/Beidou/QZSS, PulseOX
- Date: August 2024
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- Screen: 1.3 inch MIP (regular variant)
- Battery life: up to 57 days (without solar - regular variant)
- Water resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS/GLONASS/GALILEO, PulseOX
- Date: May 2023
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- Screen: 1.3 inch MIP (regular variant)
- Battery life: up to 57 days (without solar - regular variant)
- Water resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS/GLONASS/GALILEO, PulseOX
- Date: January 2022
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- Screen: 1.3 inch MIP (regular variant)
- Battery life: up to 48 days
- Water resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS/GLONASS/GALILEO, PulseOX
- Date: September 2019
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- Screen: 1.2 inch MIP (regular variant)
- Battery life: up to 20 days
- Water resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS, GLONASS. 5X version also comes with blood oxygen saturation sensor.
- Date: June 2018
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- Screen: 1.2 inch MIP
- Battery life: up to 6 weeks
- Water resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS
- Date: January 2017
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- Screen: 1.2 inch MIP
- Battery life: up to 6 weeks
- Water resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS
- Date: January 2016
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- Screen: 1.2 inch MIP
- Battery life: up to 6 weeks
- Water resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS
- Date: January 2015
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- Screen: 1.3 inch AMOLED
- Battery life: up to 16 days
- Water resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS/GLONASS/GALILEO, PulseOX
- Date: May 2023
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- Screen: 1.3 inch AMOLED
- Battery life: up to 16 days
- Water resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS/GLONASS/GALILEO, PulseOX
- Date: January 2022
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- Screen: 1.4 inch MIP
- Battery life: Smartwatch: Up to 34 days / 46 days with solar.
- Water resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS, GLONASS. PulseOX
- Date: August 2024
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- Screen: 1.4 inch MIP
- Battery life: Smartwatch: Up to 34 days / 46 days with solar.
- Water resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS, GLONASS. PulseOX
- Date: August 2022
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- Screen: 1.4 inch MIP
- Battery life: up to 1 year
- Water resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS, GLONASS. PulseOX
- Date: February 2021
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- Screen: 1.4 inch MIP
- Battery life: up to 16 days
- Water resistance: Dive (100 meters)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS, GLONASS, SpO2, Depth sensor
- Date: October 2020
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- Screen: 1.2 inch MIP
- Battery life: up to 19 days
- Water resistance: Dive (100 meters)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, GPS, GLONASS, Depth sensor
- Date: October 2017
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- Screen: 1.3 inch LCD
- Battery life: up to 2 days
- Water resistance: 5 ATM (50 metres)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, GPS/Glonass, Ambient light sensor
- Date: November 2022
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