What’s new and what’s interesting about the Garmin Forerunner 965?
By far the biggest change here is the touchscreen, which now uses state-of-the-art AMOLED technology while also bumping the resolution up from 260 x 260 pixels on the Forerunner 955 to 416 x 416.
Incredibly enough, this very significant upgrade is unlikely to have a massive impact on the Forerunner 955’s stellar battery life, rated at up to 15 days in “smartwatch mode” and up to 42 hours in “GPS-only mode without music.”
A few questions remain unanswered
Compared to its predecessor, the Garmin Forerunner 965 is also all but guaranteed to add a flashy yellow color option to a fairly “boring” current chromatic lineup composed squarely of black and white flavors.
Interestingly, the overall product weight is only expected to grow by a gram, from 52 to 53, in spite of the screen size (and quality) increase, as well as the battery life upgrade (in smartwatch mode).
Under that not-so-chunky hood, the 965 hides a heart rate monitor and a bunch of other parts designed to follow your every move, track all the calories you burn during your indoor and outdoor workouts, count your steps, anticipate your recovery time, and estimate your “body battery” levels.
After all, we do expect the Forerunner 965 to cost a little less than the aforementioned $700 and up Fenix 7, but with the 955 regularly priced at $500 in an entry-level variant, we obviously can’t be overly optimistic on the affordability front.
