The wristwatch is constructed with Power Glass, a clear
solar charging lens that prolongs its battery life up to 3 weeks in smartwatch
mode. As stated by the article, the
"Fenix 6X Pro Solar was manufactured with titanium or diamond-like carbon
coated with titanium." The Fenix 6 collection has expanded the display
size of its offering to 1.3 and 1.4 inch respectively. Aside from the hardware
enhancement, the series also include new software such as the Dynamic PacePro
that is proclaimed to help the user keep pace with its "grade-adjusted
guidance" as the user runs a route. Users can synchronise and stockpile
their beloved music playlist from their premium music service subscriptions on
their wristwatch for music on the go without the need of their smartphones.
Some of the unique design limited to the Fenix 6 series is that it has this
Body Battery Score give an integrated score of your body's energy levels. It
fetches your sleep data, heart rate data, training data and stress metrics into
one software, which is known as "Body Battery". The battery life is prolonged
by changing the chip set from Polar Vantage series, Coros Vertix and the Suunto
9 to the Sony GPS chip set and it drastically enhance the battery life across
the Garmin Fenix 6 series.
According to Andy(2019), he compared to the previous series,
Garmin Fenix 5, the Fenix 6 has a longer battery life. The pulse oximeter is
now available in all of series 6 as it was only applicable to Garmin Fenix 5X
Plus. Another comparable factor is that it has a wrist-based Heart Rate
Monitor(HRM) while swimming, more data fields on the watch face, an enhance on
the Optical Heart Rate Monitor, solar charging, body battery, diamond-like
carbon coated with titanium and it has over 20 different design to choose from.
As the Garmin Fenix 6 is still a newly launched product,
which was released around the month of August, the cons of it are minimum. Even
though the Fenix 6 does not have many new designs compared to Fenix 5 Plus, the
upgrade from the Fenix 5 plus to Fenix 6 is not much, therefore the pricing of
Garmin Fenix 6 is quite hefty ranging from $599.99 USD to $1,149 USD.
Overall, I would strongly recommend the Garmin Fenix 6
series because the battery life is prolonged as a lot of user wants a product
that can last for at least a whole day, it is able to analyse body data and
keeping track of your body health. It is also made from a material that is
strong enough to resist it from being scratched. The Garmin Fenix 6 is a great
fitness watch, as the wealth of sensors and fitness apps it consists of, the
insights it holds, plus the capability to evaluate in depth via Garmin Connec.
As far as it is concern, the Fenix 6 series is able to connect to both Android
and Iphone so there will not any problem on these aspect at all.
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Andy. (2019, September 11). Garmin Fenix 5 Plus vs Garmin
Fenix 6 Pro - Product Comparison. Retrieved from
https://5krunning.com/garmin-fenix-5-plus-vs-garmin-fenix-6-pro-product-comparison/.
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