Garmin India today launched the Fēnix 7 Series that includes the Fenix 7, Fenix 7 Solar, Fenix 7 Sapphire Solar, Fenix7X Sapphire Solar and the epix in India. These feature enhanced solar cell efficiency and longer battery life. This series also features the first smartwatch in the industry that comes with a built-in flashlight. Additionally, the Garmin epix comes with high-definition vibrant AMOLED touch screen and promise exceptional battery life along with multi-sport functions.
The Garmin Fēnix 7 series comes with a
robust suite of rugged features, an inbuilt flashlight with four levels of
brightness along with a red strobe light that displays an SOS signal when
activated in critical situations. These feature wear-resistant,
scratch-resistant and anti-reflective high standard power sapphire as well as
highly permeable patented solar panel.
Due to the increased surface of the solar
panels and the optimization of solar cells’ configurations and conductive
materials, solar efficiency is 200% higher than in the previous generation,
said the company. The Power Manager function has been upgraded, allowing the
overall battery life of fēnix 7X to increase by nearly 300% , achieving up to
24 days of battery life under UltraTrac Mode, up to 122 hours in GPS mode with
solar charged and up to 37 days in smartwatch mode.
These feature more than 40 advanced
built-in outdoor and indoor sport modes suitable for mountaineering, running,
biking, hiking, rowing, skiing, golfing, surfing, indoor climbing and more. It
also comes with pre-loaded high-intensity interval training workouts, including
AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata, etc. The Real-Time Stamina feature allows users to adjust
their speed and intensity in real time based on their current physical
strength. Garmin Connect lets users create a route and mark waypoints. Once
synced with the smartwatch, pre-set checkpoints, water stations, medical
stations and other route data will be displayed to the athlete.
The Garmin epix features an AMOLED screen
with a high-resolution touch screen and buttons. Besides the scratch-resistant
sapphire crystal lens, the watch has more than 40 built-in outdoor and indoor
sports modes, supporting over 42,000 golf course maps and 2,200 ski resorts
around the world.
Additionally, the smartwatch has Real Time
Stamina. In smartwatch mode, the battery life remains up-to 16 days and 42
hours in GPS mode and up to 21 days when the Power Manager function is
activated. Additionally, these offers both touchscreen and physical button
usage flexibility, so its users have complete control in tough outdoor
ventures.
The new Fēnix 7 Series and epix are built
to US Military MIL-STD-810 specifications, at the same time, supports
Multi-GNSS positioning (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo). These boast about the
inbuilt broadest range of 24/7 health monitoring factors like the Body Battery
Energy Monitor, Pulse Ox3, stress tracking, advanced sleep with sleep score,
respiration tracking and more.
Pricing and availability
- Fenix 7 – Rs. 67,990
- Fenix 7 Solar – Rs. 82,990
- Fenix 7 Sapphire Solar – Rs. 93,990
- Fenix7X Sapphire Solar – Rs. 98,990 for Black DLC Titanium with Black Band and Rs. 1,29,990 for Carbon Grey DLC Titanium with Carbon Grey DLC Vented Titanium Band
- epix – Rs. 89,990 for Slate steel and Rs. 99,990 for Black Titanium
These smartwatches will be available from
Amazon, Flipkart, Synergizer, Tata Cliq, Tata Luxury, Decathlon, Anubhava
store, Bangalore and Garmin Brand Stores starting today, February 17th. The
Solar models and epix will also be
available from Helios and Just In Time stores.
