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Multiple sites have listed the Garmin Forerunner 965 with what appears to be the official marketing images and a full product description.
Both retailers have the Garmin Forerunner 965 listed at $599.99.
Garmin has also posted to Twitter confirming a new watch is coming soon and a caption of light up your run.
It seems very likely that the watch will launch on Thursday 2nd March.
Some people have suggested the FR965 will have a flashlight, similar to the Fenix 7X and Enduro 2. However, none of the product photos or marketing material suggests this is true.
I would guess the rumour of a flashlight came from the “light up your run” phrase, but Garmin are actually referencing the fact that the watch has an AMOLED display.
The product listings state the battery life will be 23 days in smartwatch mode and up to 31 hours in GPS mode. This confirms earlier leaks about the Garmin Forerunner 965.
Product Details: About Garmin Forerunner 965
Train brilliantly with Forerunner 965, the premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch with a bright AMOLED touchscreen display and lightweight titanium bezel. Wake up to your morning report with HRV status to see health insights with an overview of sleep, recovery and training outlook (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked). The training readiness feature tells you when you’re primed for a productive session – while daily suggested workouts adapt to performance and recovery alongside the race widget, which provides training tips, course details and completion time predictions.
Navigate any route confidently with multi-band GPS and full-color, built-in maps. With traditional buttons and a touchscreen display, it’s easy to tap into your training status and know whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained. If you’re pushing to outshine the competition, the Forerunner 965 is there to light up every run with up to 23 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.
Garmin Forerunner 965 Key Features
- Brilliant AMOLED touchscreen display with traditional button controls & lightweight titanium bezel
- Battery life: up to 23 days of battery life in smartwatch mode, up to 31 hours in GPS mode
- Confidently run any route using full-color, built-in maps and multi-band GPS
- Training readiness score is based on sleep quality, recovery, training load and HRV status
- Multi-band GNSS with SatIQ technology provides superior accuracy in challenging environments
- Get wrist-based running dynamics, including cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more
- Safety and tracking features, including incident detection and Assistance
- Pay on the go with Garmin Pay contactless payments (with a supported country and payment network)
Garmin Forerunner 965 Features
- Brilliant AMOLED touchscreen display with traditional button controls and lightweight titanium bezel
- Battery life: up to 23 days of battery life in smartwatch mode, up to 31 hours in GPS mode
- Confidently run any route using full-color, built-in maps and multi-band GPS
- Training readiness score is based on sleep quality, recovery, training load and HRV status to determine if you’re primed to go hard and reap the rewards (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
- Plan race strategy with personalized daily suggested workouts based on the race and course that you input into the Garmin Connect app and then view the race widget on your watch; daily suggested workouts adapt after every run to match performance and recovery
- Switch between sports with a button press by using built-in profiles for triathlons, decathlons, brick workouts and swim runs – or customize your own multisport profiles
- Using indicators such as HRV status, recent exercise history and performance, get insight into overall effort with training status – and know whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
- As soon as you wake up, get your morning report with an overview of sleep, recovery and training outlook alongside HRV status, training readiness and weather (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
- Multi-band GNSS with SatIQ technology provides superior accuracy in challenging environments while also optimizing the device’s battery life
- Get wrist-based running dynamics, including cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more, plus wrist-based running power, which gives you a continuous measurement of how much power you’re applying to the road
- Safety and tracking features, including incident detection (during select outdoor activities) and Assistance, send a message with your live location to emergency contacts when paired with your compatible smartphone; requires setup and your smartphone to be in an area with network coverage where data connectivity is available
- See your health and fitness information, connect and compete with friends, sign up for challenges to earn badges and more – all in our free, zero-subscription Garmin Connect app
- Pay on the go with Garmin Pay contactless payments (with a supported country and payment network); listen on the go with downloaded songs and playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music or Deezer (subscription may be required), and connect with your wireless headphones for phone-free listening
Originally Posted on Mighty Gadget
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