Nice apps and watchfaces for Instinct 2

Yes, my mistake. 2S is smaller. I don’t think that different watchface need extra procesor power ;)

The Instinct2 and 2X share the same display.  They have the same physical size and same 176x176px resolution and if you compare them closely you will see the larger area around the screen on the 2X.  Some of the 2X default watch faces use smaller fonts that give the illusion that the 2X has a larger screen.   Note that the 2S uses a different and lower resolution screen.

Here is one of several watch faces, created and designed specifically for the Instinct2 and 2X - apps.garmin.com/.../2e2aceea-f873-4d41-91db-ff0464738e0a 

7780811 said:

The Instinct2 and 2X share the same display.  They have the same physical size

That is simply untrue. The Instinct 2 display is approximately 22mm x 22mm while the Instinct 2X display is approximately 26mm x 26mm.

HTH

Edit to add:

Here's a photo for reference:

There is Tetris for Instinct2:
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/454c01a0-3ff4-4fb4-8e77-30680b0e9c7d

psman said:

We’re talking about screen size on pixels not the watch size. Both have screen 176x176px. Watch size doesn’t matter.

I agree that the screen RESOLUTION of both I2 and I2X is the same (i.e. 176x176), but the PHYSICAL SIZE of the displays on the two watches is different - obviously.

My disagreement was with 7780811 where he states that the I2 and I2X displays "...have the same physical size..." and goes on to say, "Some of the 2X default watch faces use smaller fonts that give the illusion that the 2X has a larger screen."  It is not an "illusion," the I2X display is physically larger.

HTH

I was referring to pixel size but can see that this can be interpreted as actual size.  Your picture illustrates this very well and it is interesting to see that the smaller Instinct is sharper looking than the larger Instinct, because they have the same pixel dimension.  You can see this when the image above is enlarged and if you focus on the 07 hours, you will see more pixels visible on the sloping 7 when examining the larger Instinct screen image.

7780811 said:

they have the same pixel dimension

It is called "resolution", not dimension (or size). Both models have displays with the same resolution. The size of the pixels, as well as the dimension of the displays differ.

7780811 said:

You can see this when the image above is enlarged and if you focus on the 07 hours, you will see more pixels visible on the sloping 7 when examining the larger Instinct screen image.

That's an artefact coming from the low resolution of the photo. In fact, the digit 7 is built in the exactly same way, with exactly the same number of pixels on both models. The digit is bigger on 2X, because the pixels are bigger, but the number of "dents" on the diagonal of the digit 7 are exactly the same. And of course, biger pixels will create bigger "dents".

trux said:

That's an artefact coming from the low resolution of the photo.

Actually, it is because the PPI (pixels per inch) of the 2X display is lower than the 2 display.  We know this because they both have the same resolution of 176x176px, yet the 2X screen is physically bigger than the 2, and therefore, the 2X has a lower PPI than the 2.  This means that the point at which individual pixels become distinctly visible on characters such as that "7" will occur before that point on the 2.  That is why I pointed out that the 2 display is "sharper" than the 2X.  Or as you put it, the 2X has bigger "dents".

The higher the PPI, the sharper a display will be.  We live in a world surrounded by 450+ PPI devices and such low power devices have been available for 3-4 years from Amazfit and others.  It does seem amazing that Garmin makes such low PPI 1 bit devices.

The sharpness is irrelevant here, since the display is monochrome with absolutely no grayscale. The size of the pixel artefacts does not change the sharpness. Yes, the smoothness (not sharpness) of the diagonals is worse at the bigger display, but only absolutely. Relatively to the size of the characters it remains identical to the smaller display.

What counts is the readability. And it is definitely easier to read the same digit or letter, built with the exact identical number of pixels, and having the exact same number of "dents" in diagonals, when it is bigger. 

However, if you prefer smaller watches with smaller pixels, letters, and digits, where you cannot see the pixel artefacts because of their smaller size, nobody is forcing you to buy a bigger watch