Garmin Fenix 5 Sapphire

Garmin's fifth Phoenix is a good example of what a serious smartwatch should be. The model is clearly not aimed at everyone and most of all will appeal to avid adherents of an active lifestyle.

Full control

First of all, the Garmin Fenix 5 Sapphire captivates with the vastness and accuracy of the data it collects. Judge for yourself, the watch case is “stuffed” to the eyeballs with all sorts of sensors, which are tasked with collecting the maximum amount of information about the user’s activity during training. An optical heart rate monitor visible to the eye on the back of the waterproof case of the model starts the baton, and under the outer “wrapper” of the watch there are GPS and GLONASS geopositioning modules, a gyroscope, a barometer, a thermometer, a 3-axis compass and a barometric altimeter.

Virtual trainer on the wrist

Based on the measurements made, the watch builds activity graphs, gives recommendations during training, and also calculates the recovery time at the end of sports activities. Flexible customization of the watch interface helps you monitor your performance in real time, thanks to which you can display a number of parameters of interest on their screen (for example, heart rate along with jogging speed or cycling pace along with data on the distance covered).

Sapphire glass

The screen of the model turned out to be far from the best in the top class of wearable gadgets: it lacks touch input support, displays a picture in low resolution (240x240 pixels) and can display only 64 colours. However, before us is a bird of a different flight, which does not pursue outstanding display characteristics, but simply and without unnecessary pathos ensures the readability of data in any conditions. In addition , the watch screen, covered with high-strength sapphire glass, is made using transflective technology, which has a positive effect on the duration of the gadget’s operation without recharging — in mixed mode, you need to chain the Phoenix to the outlet once a week, and with continuous GPS tracking, the energy reserves in the battery are exhausted after 20 hours of activity.