How does Garmin do it?!
Make that models (in the plural), as the Garmin Venu Sq 2 offers quite a few interesting color combinations at the reasonable aforementioned prices, ranging from the classic slate-and-gray or slate-and-black to some decidedly fashionable cream gold/white, cream gold/French gray, and peach gold/ivory flavors and a downright funky metallic mint/cool mint version.
It’s certainly nice to see Garmin add a touch of style and a splash of color to an otherwise… unremarkable-looking smartwatch settling for “cheap” (read lightweight and durable) silicone bands across the board and a love-it-or-hate-it square-shaped “fiber-reinforced polymer case” with an extra-robust (and again lightweight) anodized aluminum bezel.
More than just a battery life champion
This bad boy is definitely not going to win any (traditional) beauty contests, but of course, beauty often comes from within… or from an almost surprisingly sharp (for $250 and up) AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 320 x 360 pixels and a generous 1.41-inch diagonal.
Simply put, the Garmin Venu Sq 2 can track a lot of stuff for a whole lot of time, so if you don’t mind its design and somewhat poorer selection of apps compared to Apple or Samsung watches, it’s sure going to be hard to keep your 250 bucks unspent starting today.
By the way, the apps inconvenience clearly does not apply to general fitness enthusiasts, casual runners, swimmers, bikers, golfers, or tennis players, who can all rely on a dedicated little program monitoring their every move right from the smartwatch’s initial setup process.
Oh, and the Venu Sq 2 is (of course) swim-proof as well. And it also comes with native support for contactless wrist payments. And “smart notifications.” And a bunch of preloaded workouts. And a whopping 1,600+ different exercises allowing you to create your own custom workout. And a neat little feature called Health Snapshot that gathers together all of the most important metrics and stats to provide an overview of your wellness. Okay, we’ll stop now and let you think how you could possibly do better than all that at just $250.
