Garmin Forerunner 255 Series and Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar Launch in India. The Garmin claims the Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar to be world’s first GPS running smartwatch with solar charging.
The Power Glass solar charging on Garmin Forerunner 955 gives a claim 50% more battery life with up to 49 hours of battery life to athletes in GPS mode.
The Garmin Forerunner 955 and Garmin Forerunner 255 series smartwatches get multi-band GPS and multi-satellite-system tracking to help wearers navigate different routes.
Price in India
- Garmin Forerunner 955 price set at Rs. 53,490.
- Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar price set at Rs. 63,990.
- Garmin Forerunner 255 and Garmin Forerunner 255S price set at Rs. 37,490.
- Garmin Forerunner 255 Music and Garmin Forerunner 255S Music price set at Rs. 42,990
Colours
The Garmin Forerunner 955 comes in black and white colour options.
Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar comes in black and white colour options.
The Garmin Forerunner 255 comes in Slate Grey and Tidal Blue colour options.
Garmin Forerunner 255S comes in only Powder Grey colour option, while the
Garmin Forerunner 255 Music and Garmin Forerunner 255S Music are available only in Black colour option.
The new smartwatches from Garmin are currently available for purchase on the company’s official website.
Garmin Forerunner 255 series is currently available for purchase on the company website with four variants in India.
Customers can choose to buy the smartwatches through online channels including Garmin’s website, Amazon, and Flipkart or through offline channels such as Croma store, Garmin Brand Store, and Helios watch store.
Customers can choose to buy the smartwatches through online channels like Garmin’s website, Amazon, and Flipkart or through offline channels like Croma, Garmin Brand Store, and Helios watch store.
Specifications
Garmin Forerunner 255 series
Garmin Forerunner 255 series will gets a 1.3-inch display with 260×260 pixels resolution and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
The Garmin Forerunner 255S and the Garmin Forerunner 255S Music will feature a 1.1-inch display with 218×218 resolution but a similar Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
All four smartwatches come with an inbuilt triathlon feature and also support over 30 sports activities.
The Garmin Forerunner 255 series suggest workouts, training plans for marathon programme, and gym exercises.
Garmin Forerunner 255 series gets a new race widget that offers tips and workouts for training.
Garmin Forerunner 255 series also receive compile data for the day that is present when they wake up as a ‘morning report’.
The Garmin Forerunner 255 series offer heart rate and sleep tracking, in addition to SpO2 monitoring.
Garmin Forerunner 255 series also provide hydration tracking and women’s health features.
Health related data can be access by users via the Garmin Connect application.
Garmin Forerunner 255 series also get Garmin Pay support.
Both the music models of the Forerunner 255 can store up to 500 songs.
The Garmin Forerunner 255 series smartwatches get Bluetooth and ANT+ connectivity.
As per Garmin, Garmin Forerunner 255 and Garmin Forerunner 255 Music come with up to 14 days of battery life.
The Garmin Forerunner 255S and Garmin Forerunner 255S Music can provide up to 12 days of battery life.
Garmin Forerunner 955
The Garmin has claim that the new Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar smartwatch is the world’s first GPS running smartwatch with solar charging.
Garmin Forerunner 955 and Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar share most of the features with the Forerunner 255 series.
The smartwatches provide support for more dynamic data of workouts.
Both the smartwatches feature a 1.3-inch display with 260×260 pixels resolution and Corning Gorilla Glass DX protection.
The Garmin Forerunner 255, they also come with the new race widget and morning report feature.
Garmin Forerunner 955 and Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar can store up to 2,000 songs.
Both the smartwatches come with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and ANT+ connectivity.
The Garmin Forerunner 955 comes with a claim battery life of up to 15 days on a single charge.
The Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar model comes with up to 20 days of battery life.
Both of them are 5 ATM water resistant.
