{"id":5249,"date":"2022-04-04T06:36:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T04:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/04\/garmin-epix-review-the-ultimate-adventure-smartwatch\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T06:36:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T04:36:12","slug":"garmin-epix-review-the-ultimate-adventure-smartwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/04\/garmin-epix-review-the-ultimate-adventure-smartwatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin Epix review: the ultimate adventure smartwatch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New top sports watch line gets slick OLED screen upgrade, but shorter battery life as a result<\/p>\n<p>Garmin\u2019s latest luxury sports watch is a departure for the firm, which has swapped its usual low-power LCD for a fancy OLED screen, sacrificing battery life in the process. It better competes with the Apple Watch and its ilk, but are the trade-offs really worth it for an adventure-tracking smartwatch?<\/p>\n<p>The Epix (gen 2) is a new line of expensive all-singing, all-dancing watches from Garmin costing from \u00a3799.99 ($899.99\/A$1,399). They are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/feb\/07\/garmin-fenix-7-review-next-gen-boss-of-adventure-smartwatches-battery-gps\">built on the company\u2019s Fenix 7<\/a> \u2013 the benchmark for these types of smartwatches \u2013 sharing its design, sensors, software and comprehensive navigation, sport and activity-tracking features.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screen:<\/strong> 1.3in AMOLED (416&#215;416 pixels)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Case size:<\/strong> 47mm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Case thickness:<\/strong> 14.5mm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Band size:<\/strong> standard 22mm quick release<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weight:<\/strong> 47 or 53g body only<\/p>\n<p><strong>Storage:<\/strong> 16 or 32GB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water resistance:<\/strong> 100 metres (10ATM)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sensors:<\/strong> GNSS (GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDuo, QZSS), compass, thermometer, HR, pulse Ox<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connectivity:<\/strong> Bluetooth, ANT+, wifi<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/apr\/04\/garmin-epix-review-the-ultimate-adventure-smartwatch\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/80173c24eac141e6b4ea8c60f4cca2097219e9e8\/369_346_4587_2751\/master\/4587.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8a32d5644a7ae511a8ddc29cd7e1d71f\" title=\"Garmin Epix review: the ultimate adventure smartwatch?\" \/>New top sports watch line gets slick OLED screen upgrade, but shorter battery life as a result<br \/>\nGarmin\u2019s latest luxury sports watch is a departure for the firm, which has swapped its usual low-power LCD for a fancy OLED screen, sacrificing battery life in the process. It better competes with the Apple Watch and its ilk, but are the trade-offs really worth it for an adventure-tracking smartwatch?<br \/>\nThe Epix (gen 2) is a new line of expensive all-singing, all-dancing watches from Garmin costing from \u00a3799.99 ($899.99\/A$1,399). They are built on the company\u2019s Fenix 7 \u2013 the benchmark for these types of smartwatches \u2013 sharing its design, sensors, software and comprehensive navigation, sport and activity-tracking features.<br \/>\nScreen: 1.3in AMOLED (416&#215;416 pixels)<br \/>\nCase size: 47mm<br \/>\nCase thickness: 14.5mm<br \/>\nBand size: standard 22mm quick release<br \/>\nWeight: 47 or 53g body only<br \/>\nStorage: 16 or 32GB<br \/>\nWater resistance: 100 metres (10ATM)<br \/>\nSensors: GNSS (GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDuo, QZSS), compass, thermometer, HR, pulse Ox<br \/>\nConnectivity: Bluetooth, ANT+, wifi Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New top sports watch line gets slick OLED screen upgrade, but shorter battery life as a result Garmin\u2019s latest luxury sports watch is a departure for the firm, which has swapped its usual low-power LCD for a fancy OLED screen, sacrificing battery life in the process. It better competes with the Apple Watch and its &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/04\/garmin-epix-review-the-ultimate-adventure-smartwatch\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Garmin Epix review: the ultimate adventure smartwatch?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5249"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}