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Garmin Forerunner 55
Garmin Forerunner 55 is a GPS sports watch released in June 2021. Key specs: case size 42 mm, screen size 1.04″, battery life (smartwatch mode) 14 days, GPS battery life 20 h.
3.6Score
Display2.4
Battery life3.8
Build & durability3.7
price range$175–220
- Released
- June 2021
- Type
- GPS sports watch
- Brand
Garmin- Popularity
- #568 of 796
42 mmCase size
1.04″Screen size
NoAMOLED / OLED display
14 daysBattery life (smartwatch mode)
20 hGPS battery life
5 ATMWater resistance
37 gWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among GPS sports watches of 2021
Screen size · 1.04″Bottom 5%Battery life (smartwatch mode) · 14 daysTop 39%GPS battery life · 20 hBottom 15%Water resistance · 5 ATMTop 49%Weight · 37 gTop 40%
Compared with GPS sports watches released in 2021. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other GPS sports watches
Why is Forerunner 55 a good choice?
Weight: 37 gbetter than 94% of GPS sports watches
Thickness: 11.6 mmbetter than 85% of GPS sports watches
Weak points
Screen size: 1.04″worse than 99% of GPS sports watches
Water resistance: 5 ATMworse than 93% of GPS sports watches
GPS battery life: 20 hworse than 91% of GPS sports watches
Specifications
Full specifications
Design & durability
- Case size
- 42 mm
- Weight
- 37 g
- Thickness
- 11.6 mm
- Height
- 42 mm
- Width
- 42 mm
- Sapphire crystal
- No
- Lens / cover glass
- chemically strengthened glass
- Strap material
- silicone
- Water resistance
- 5 ATM
- Water rating (maker)
- 5 ATM
Display
- Screen size
- 1.04″
- Panel
- Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel
- AMOLED / OLED display
- No
- Always-on display
- Yes
- Resolution (width)
- 208 px
- Resolution (height)
- 208 px
- Pixel density
- 200 ppi
Battery
- Battery life (smartwatch mode)
- 14 days
- GPS battery life
- 20 h
- Wireless charging
- No
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
Health sensors
- Optical heart rate
- Yes
- Sleep tracking
- Yes
- Sensors
- GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Elevate wrist heart rate monitor, Accelerometer
Sports & navigation
- Built-in GPS
- Yes
- Satellite systems
- GLONASS, GALILEO
- Sport profiles
- 15
Connectivity
- ANT+ sensors
- Yes
Smart features
- Storage
- 0.03 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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