Just a few weeks after the arrival of the Garmin Fenix 7, details of the long-awaited Forerunner 955 may have accidentally leaked on the company's Australian website.
Like the leaked Garmin Venu 2 Plus, which appeared fleetingly on the company's support website in December 2021 before its official reveal in January, this appears to have been a case of a web page under construction being made public. by mistake.
There are no images this time, making it difficult to verify the leak, and as NotebookCheck notes, the page in question appears to have been removed before Google or the Wayback Machine could cache it. However, Garmin fans on the company's forums and on Reddit have shared screenshots showing the same page on different devices, so it may be genuine.
Freedom from your phone
The screenshots show a partially built page on Garmin's online store, with details of a Forerunner 955 LTE plan priced at AU$1,049 (about £750/€550).
The Forerunner 945 LTE edition launched in the US, but not in Australia or the UK, so this is an interesting development. This means that you can train completely offline from your smartphone. If it's real, this new watch will let you make and receive calls, download apps via Garmin Connect, and stream music without being within Bluetooth range of your phone.
The fact that it's a bundle likely means that, like the Forerunner 945, the new watch will be available for purchase with one or more chest strap heart rate monitors for more accurate heart rate measurements while running. swim and ride a bike.
The price seems plausible, although slightly lower than we expected. The non-LTE Forerunner 745 bundle (with HRM-Tri and HRM-Swim heart rate monitors) is $749.99 / £629.99 / AU$1,199, so if that's okay, it's a great level upgrade for very little extra money. Alternatively, it could mean that the new package contains just one heart rate monitor, possibly the Garmin HRM-Pro.
TechRadar contacted Garmin, but the company declined to comment.
Analysis: what we expect
After the release of the Garmin Forerunner 55 last year, it's only a matter of time before the rest of the Forerunner series catches up. The Australian leak was skimpy on details, we can make an educated guess as to what the Forerunner 955 will have to offer when it lands.
First off, we're not expecting an AMOLED display like the Venu 2 and Epix. The Forerunner line is well known for its impressive battery life, and sticking with a memory-in-pixel (MIP) color display will keep power consumption to a minimum.
In fact, we expect an increase in battery life, especially if the 955 is available with Garmin's Power Glass to keep the battery topped up. The Fenix 7 Solar is much more efficient at harvesting energy than its predecessor, so we'd expect Garmin to transfer its improved solar cell to the Forerunner 955 as well.
We also expect the Forerunenr 955 to inherit the Fenix 7's graphical runtime predictor and wrist-based resistance tracking. Both are extremely useful tools for runners who want to push themselves a little harder. Hopefully the seven-day training load graph will show up as well.
It's hard to predict whether the Forerunner 955 will have a touch screen or stick to physical buttons like the 945. cards. practical addition.
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