Garmin has launched solar-powered editions of its popular smartwatches. The company has also launched a new series with solar charging technology. Read more to find about Garmin Fenix, Instinct, Tactix Delta Solar Editions Price in India, Specifications, and Features
Garmin has decided to do address the issue of regularly charging wearables. The company is now using solar energy to bump the battery life on its smartwatches.
The Sports watch manufacturer has relaunched some of the popular smartwatches with solar charging technology. Additionally, it has launched a new series. Let’s take a closer look:
Garmin Fenix 6 Solar Edition Series
Both the Fenix 6 Pro Solar and Fenix 6S Pro Solar come with a Garmin Power Glass solar charging lens over their dials that help adds battery life when outdoors.
The company claims that with “sufficient solar exposure”, the Fenix 6 Pro Solar can last up to 16-days. It has a battery life of 14 days indoors.
On the other hand, the Fenix 6S smartwatch gets up to 10 and a half days of battery life with “sufficient solar exposure”. It can last around 9 days indoors.
Garmin has also added some new features to both smartwatches. This includes tracking surfing, mountain biking, and indoor climbing.
An Advanced Sleep Monitoring offers a detailed sleep breakdown of light, deep, and REM sleep stages along with respiration during sleep. Whereas an Acclimation Widget tracks current elevation along with pulse oxygenation.
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Garmin Instinct Solar Series
The company has launched three new smartwatches in the Instinct Solar series – Instinct Solar, Instinct Solar Surf Edition, and Instinct Solar Tactical Edition.
The Garmin Instinct Solar series comes with 24-day battery life. However, with “sufficient solar exposure” it is touted to last more than 50 days.
Additionally, the Surf Edition comes with specialized surf features such as tide data and dedicated surfing activity. The Tactical Edition is compatible with Night Vision Google and Stealth mode.
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Garmin Tactix Delta Solar Edition
The new MIL-STD 810 certified smartwatch is built to military standards. It offers up to 24 days of battery life outdoors and up to 21 days of battery life indoors.
The Garmin Tactix Delta Solar Edition also features a stealth mode. It disables location sharing and wireless connectivity. There is also a kill switch that wipes all user memory.
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Price and Availability
| Garmin Fenix 6 solar editions | $850 (approx Rs 63,800) |
| Garmin Instinct Solar series | $400 (approx Rs 30,000) |
| Garmin Tactix Delta Solar Edition | $1,100 (roughly Rs. 82,500) |
The Garmin Fenix 6 solar editions come with a starting price of $850 (approx Rs 63,800). The Fenix 6 series was launched in November last year.
While the Garmin Instinct Solar series starts at $400 (approx Rs 30,000), the Tactix Delta Solar Edition starts at $1,100 (roughly Rs. 82,500).
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