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Garmin Descent Mk2
Garmin Descent Mk2 is a GPS sports watch released in October 2020. Key specs: case size 52 mm, screen size 1.4″, battery life (smartwatch mode) 16 days, GPS battery life 48 h.
6.3Score
Display4.0
Battery life7.3
Health tracking4.9
Sports & outdoor4.7
Smart features6.6
Build & durability8.2
price range$1,150–1,450
- Released
- October 2020
- Type
- GPS sports watch
- Brand
Garmin- Popularity
- #626 of 891
- Model numbers
- Descent Mk2SDescent Mk2i
52 mmCase size
1.4″Screen size
NoAMOLED / OLED display
16 daysBattery life (smartwatch mode)
48 hGPS battery life
10 ATMWater resistance
103.8 gWeight
YesNFC payments
Spec guide
How it ranks among GPS sports watches of 2020
Screen size · 1.4″Top 31%Battery life (smartwatch mode) · 16 daysTop 22%GPS battery life · 48 hTop 26%Water resistance · 10 ATMTop 9%Weight · 103.8 gBottom 1%
Compared with GPS sports watches released in 2020. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other GPS sports watches
Why is Descent Mk2 a good choice?
GPS battery life: 48 hbetter than 70% of GPS sports watches
Rated dive depth: 100 mbetter than 88% of GPS sports watches
Water resistance: 10 ATMbetter than 70% of GPS sports watches
Battery saver mode: 50 daysbetter than 70% of GPS sports watches
Weak points
Weight: 103.8 gworse than 97% of GPS sports watches
Specifications
Full specifications
Design & durability
- Case size
- 52 mm
- Weight
- 103.8 g
- Thickness
- 17.8 mm
- Height
- 52 mm
- Width
- 52 mm
- Sapphire crystal
- Yes
- Lens / cover glass
- sapphire crystal
- Strap material
- silicone
- Water resistance
- 10 ATM
- Water rating (maker)
- Dive (100 meters)
- Rated dive depth
- 100 m
Display
- Screen size
- 1.4″
- Panel
- Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel
- AMOLED / OLED display
- No
- Always-on display
- Yes
- Resolution (width)
- 280 px
- Resolution (height)
- 280 px
- Pixel density
- 200 ppi
Battery
- Battery life (smartwatch mode)
- 16 days
- Battery saver mode
- 50 days
- GPS battery life
- 48 h
- Wireless charging
- No
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary clip charger
Health sensors
- Optical heart rate
- Yes
- Blood oxygen (SpO2)
- Yes
- Temperature sensor
- Yes
- HRV tracking
- Yes
- Sleep tracking
- Yes
- Sensors
- GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Elevate wrist heart rate monitor, Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation monitor, Barometric altimeter, Compass, Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Thermometer, Depth sensor
Sports & navigation
- Built-in GPS
- Yes
- Satellite systems
- GLONASS, GALILEO
- Offline maps
- Yes
- Barometric altimeter
- Yes
- Compass
- Yes
- Multisport / triathlon mode
- Yes
- Sport profiles
- 44
- Dive mode
- Yes
Connectivity
- NFC payments
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 4
- ANT+ sensors
- Yes
Smart features
- Music on the watch
- Yes
- Storage
- 32 GB
- Third-party apps
- Yes
Specs are collected from manufacturers and open databases and normalised to one format; check details with the seller before you buy.
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